Matthew 28:11 While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.

English Standard Version
While they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place.

New American Standard Bible
Now while they were on their way, some of the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened.

King James Bible
Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As they were on their way, some of the guards came into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.

International Standard Version
While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and told the high priests everything that had happened.

American Standard Version
Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the city, and told unto the chief priests all the things that were come to pass.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who when they were departed, behold some of the guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all things that had been done.

Darby Bible Translation
And as they went, behold, some of the watch went into the city, and brought word to the chief priests of all that had taken place.

Young's Literal Translation
And while they are going on, lo, certain of the watch having come to the city, told to the chief priests all the things that happened,

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

28:11-15 What wickedness is it which men will not be brought to by the love of money! Here was large money given to the soldiers for advancing that which they knew to be a lie, yet many grudge a little money for advancing what they know to be the truth. Let us never starve a good cause, when we see bad ones so liberally supported. The priests undertook to secure them from the sword of Pilate, but could not secure these soldiers from the sword of God's justice, which hangs over the heads of those that love and make a lie. Those men promise more than they can perform, who undertake to save a man harmless in doing a wilful sin. But this falsehood disproved itself. Had the soldiers been all asleep, they could not have known what passed. If any had been awake, they would have roused the others and prevented the removal; and certainly if they had been asleep, they never would have dared to confess it; while the Jewish rulers would have been the first to call for their punishment. Again, had there been any truth in the report, the rulers would have prosecuted the apostles with severity for it. The whole shows that the story was entirely false. And we must not charge such things to the weakness of the understanding, but to the wickedness of the heart. God left them to expose their own course. The great argument to prove Christ to be the Son of God, is his resurrection; and none could have more convincing proofs of the truth of that than these soldiers; yet they took bribes to hinder others from believing. The plainest evidence will not affect men, without the work of the Holy Spirit.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

11. Now when they were going—while the women were on their way to deliver to His brethren the message of their risen Lord.

some of the watch came into the city, and showed unto the chief priests all the things that were done—Simple, unsophisticated soldiers! How could ye imagine that such a tale as ye had to tell would not at once commend itself to your scared employers? Had they doubted this for a moment, would they have ventured to go near them, knowing it was death to a Roman soldier to be proved asleep when on guard? and of course that was the only other explanation of the case.