Matthew 28:13
11 While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened.
12 And after the chief priests had met with the elders and formed a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money
and instructed them: “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’
14 If this report reaches the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”
15 So the guards took the money and did as they were instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- and instructed them: “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’
- KJV
- Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
- WEB
- saying, “Say that his disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept.
- ASV
- saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
- DARBY
- saying, Say that his disciples coming by night stole him [while] we [were] sleeping.
- BLB
- saying, “Say, ‘His disciples, having come by night, stole Him—we being asleep.’
- ÅB
- og sa: «Dere skal si: ‘Disiplene hans kom om natten og stjal ham mens vi sov.’
- OTB
- og instruerte dem: "Dere skal si: 'Hans disipler kom om natten og stjal ham bort mens vi sov.'
- B1930
- og sa: I skal si: Hans disipler kom om natten og stjal ham bort mens vi sov.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 26:64
“You have said it yourself,” Jesus answered. “But I say to all of you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
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