Today, I am reading and commenting on  Matthew 27-28.

I am struck today by the report which the guards at Jesus tomb took to the chief priests and the response of the chief priests to this report.  The first interesting thing is why the guards were put on Jesus’ tomb in the first place.  The chief priests had gone to Pilate and told him that Jesus had said that He would rise again after three days and were afraid that Jesus’ disciples would steal His body and claim He had risen.  So, the chief priests knew that Jesus had predicted that He would rise from the dead after three days.  Matthew then reports that the guards reported everything that had happened to the chief priests.  I want to think about what the guards’ report would have contained.  At the very least, it would have included that there was a violent earthquake that caused the stone to be rolled away, further that a being which had an appearance like lightning and had clothes which were as white as snow appeared and sat on the stone.  Whether they were aware of what the angel said or not is open to debate.  Nevertheless, the response of the chief priests was to tell them to claim that they fell asleep and while they were asleep the disciples stole Jesus’ body.  This gives us an idea the lengths to which we as humans will go to deny truths which we do not wish to accept.  We should examine our own lives to see where God has revealed truths to us that we are unwilling to accept.

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