Matthew 28:12

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
After the priests had assembled with the elders and agreed on a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money

King James Version (1611)
And when they were assembled with the Elders, and had taken counsell, they gaue large money vnto the souldiers,

King James Version
And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,

English Standard Version
And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers

New American Standard Bible
And when they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

New Century Version
Then the priests met with the elders and made a plan. They paid the soldiers a large amount of money

Amplified Bible
And when the chief priests had gathered with the elders and had consulted together [to develop a plan of deception], they gave a sufficient sum of money [as a bribe] to the soldiers,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And when they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

Legacy Standard Bible
And when they had assembled with the elders and took counsel together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

Berean Standard Bible
And after the chief priests had met with the elders and formed a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money

Contemporary English Version
So the chief priests met with the leaders and decided to bribe the soldiers with a lot of money.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then they met with the elders; and after discussing the matter, they gave the soldiers a sizeable sum of money

Darby Translation
And having assembled with the elders, and having taken counsel, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the priests met with the older Jewish leaders and made a plan. They paid the soldiers a lot of money

Geneva Bible (1587)
And they gathered them together with the Elders, and tooke counsell, and gaue large money vnto the souldiers,

George Lamsa Translation
So they gathered with the elders and took counsel; and they gave money, not a small sum, to the guards,

Good News Translation
The chief priests met with the elders and made their plan; they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers

Lexham English Bible
And after they had assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a rather large sum of money to the soldiers,

Literal Translation
And being assembled with the elders, and taking counsel, they gave enough silver to the soldiers,

American Standard Version
And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave much money unto the soldiers,

Bible in Basic English
And when they had come together with those in authority, and had made their decision, they gave much money to the watchmen, saying,

Hebrew Names Version
When they were assembled with the Zakenim, and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers,

International Standard Version
So they met with the elders and agreed on a plan to give the soldiers a largea sufficient">[fn] amount of money.

Etheridge Translation
And they assembled with the elders, and took counsel; and they gave money not a little to the guards,

Murdock Translation
And they assembled with the Elders, and held a council; and they gave no little money to the guards,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they gathered the together, with the elders, and toke councell, and gaue large money vnto the souldiers,

English Revised Version
And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,

World English Bible
When they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And having met together with the elders and taken counsel, they gave large mony to the soldiers,

Weymouth's New Testament
So the latter held a conference with the Elders, and after consultation with them they heavily bribed the soldiers,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne thei weren gaderid togidere with the elder men, and hadden take her counseil, thei yauen to the kniytis miche monei, and seiden, Seie ye,

Update Bible Version
And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave much money to the soldiers,

Webster's Bible Translation
And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

New English Translation
After they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

New King James Version
When they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

New Living Translation
A meeting with the elders was called, and they decided to give the soldiers a large bribe.

New Life Bible
The soldiers gathered together with the other leaders and talked about what to do. The leaders gave much money to the soldiers.

New Revised Standard
After the priests had assembled with the elders, they devised a plan to give a large sum of money to the soldiers,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, being gathered together with the Elders and taking counsel, sufficient pieces of silver, gave they unto the soldiers, -

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they being assembled together with the ancients, taking counsel, gave a great sum of money to the soldiers,

Revised Standard Version
And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sum of money to the soldiers

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they gaddered them to gedder with the elders and toke counsell and gave large money vnto the soudiers

Young's Literal Translation
and having been gathered together with the elders, counsel also having taken, they gave much money to the soldiers,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they came together with the elders, and helde a councell, and gaue ye souders money ynough,

Mace New Testament (1729)
and when they were assembled with the senators, and had consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, thus instructing them;

Simplified Cowboy Version
The head honchos met together and came up with a devious plan. They gave the deputies a bunch of money and said,

Contextual Overview

¹¹Meanwhile, the guards had scattered, but a few of them went into the city and told the high priests everything that had happened. They called a meeting of the religious leaders and came up with a plan: They took a large sum of money and gave it to the soldiers, bribing them to say, "His disciples came in the night and stole the body while we were sleeping." They assured them, "If the governor hears about your sleeping on duty, we will make sure you don't get blamed." The soldiers took the bribe and did as they were told. That story, cooked up in the Jewish High Council, is still going around.

Bible Verse Review
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Matthew 26:3, Matthew 26:4, Matthew 27:1, Matthew 27:2, Matthew 27:62-64, Psalms 2:1-7, John 11:47, John 12:10, John 12:11, Acts 4:5-22, Acts 5:33, Acts 5:34, Acts 5:40

Reciprocal: Acts 5:23 - The prison Acts 6:11 - they

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
After all these things, this word of God came to Abram in a vision: "Don't be afraid, Abram. I'm your shield. Your reward will be grand!"

Genesis 20:3
Abraham traveled from there south to the Negev and settled down between Kadesh and Shur. While he was camping in Gerar, Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She's my sister." So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her. But God came to Abimelech in a dream that night and told him, "You're as good as dead—that woman you took, she's a married woman."

Genesis 28:1
So Isaac called in Jacob and blessed him. Then he ordered him, "Don't take a Caananite wife. Leave at once. Go to Paddan Aram to the family of your mother's father, Bethuel. Get a wife for yourself from the daughters of your uncle Laban.

Genesis 28:5
So Isaac sent Jacob off. He went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Genesis 28:6
Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan Aram to get a wife there, and while blessing him commanded, "Don't marry a Canaanite woman," and that Jacob had obeyed his parents and gone to Paddan Aram. When Esau realized how deeply his father Isaac disliked the Canaanite women, he went to Ishmael and married Mahalath the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son. This was in addition to the wives he already had.

Genesis 28:13
Then God was right before him, saying, "I am God , the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. I'm giving the ground on which you are sleeping to you and to your descendants. Your descendants will be as the dust of the Earth; they'll stretch from west to east and from north to south. All the families of the Earth will bless themselves in you and your descendants. Yes. I'll stay with you, I'll protect you wherever you go, and I'll bring you back to this very ground. I'll stick with you until I've done everything I promised you."

Genesis 28:16
Jacob woke up from his sleep. He said, " God is in this place—truly. And I didn't even know it!" He was terrified. He whispered in awe, "Incredible. Wonderful. Holy. This is God's House. This is the Gate of Heaven."

Daniel 7:1
In the first year of the reign of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had a dream. What he saw as he slept in his bed terrified him—a real nightmare. Then he wrote out his dream:

Matthew 1:20
While he was trying to figure a way out, he had a dream. God's angel spoke in the dream: "Joseph, son of David, don't hesitate to get married. Mary's pregnancy is Spirit-conceived. God's Holy Spirit has made her pregnant. She will bring a son to birth, and when she does, you, Joseph, will name him Jesus—‘God saves'—because he will save his people from their sins." This would bring the prophet's embryonic sermon to full term: Watch for this—a virgin will get pregnant and bear a son; They will name him Immanuel (Hebrew for "God is with us").

Matthew 2:19
Later, when Herod died, God's angel appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt: "Up, take the child and his mother and return to Israel. All those out to murder the child are dead."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when they were assembled with the elders,.... Upon this the grand sanhedrim was convened together, which consisted of the chief priests, Scribes, and elders;

and had taken counsel among themselves what steps to take to stifle this matter, that it might not spread and be believed by the people; they agreed upon this, as the best expedient, to bribe the soldiers to give a false account of it, as they did:

they gave large money unto the soldiers, or "sufficient money"; they gave large sums of money, as were enough to satisfy the soldiers; they gave them whatever they would have; for though these men were very covetous, yet upon this occasion gave liberally; and that perhaps which were for the sacrifices, or for the repair of the temple, or for the supply of the poor.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And when they were assembled ... - They deemed the matter of so much importance as to justify the calling together of the great council of the nation. Notwithstanding all their caution, it was plain that the body of Jesus was gone. It was further plain that the disciples would affirm that he was restored to life again. It was not improbable that Jesus would himself appear, and convince multitudes that he was the Messiah, and that the guilt of putting him to death would, after all their caution and cunning, be charged on them. They had been at great pains to procure his death. They had convinced Pilate that he was dead. They had placed a guard for the express purpose of preventing his being taken away. It would be in vain, after this, to pretend that he was not dead; that he was in a swoon; that he died in appearance only. They had shut themselves out from this, which would have been the most plausible plea, and, whatever course they might now adopt, they were obliged to proceed on the admission that he had been really dead, and that all proper measures had been taken to prevent his being stolen. They concluded, after consultation, that but one way was left - to bribe the soldiers - to induce them to tell a falsehood - and to attempt to convince the world that Jesus, in spite of themselves, and in the face of all probability, had been really stolen.

Large money - Much money. This was given to bribe them; to induce them to conceal the truth, and to affirm what they knew was false.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 28:12. With the elders — That is, the senators of the great Sanhedrin or Jewish council of state, elsewhere called the elders of the people; they could now meet, as the Sabbath was over.