Study Desk

"Take a guard," Pilate answered. "Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how."

So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.

"You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.

So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time.

Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come.

Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: "The one I kiss is the man; arrest him and lead him away under guard."

For it is written: "‘He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully;

For Jesus had commanded the impure spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places.

Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions."

And Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus.

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, "Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs?

The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were speaking to the people.

On hearing this report, the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests were at a loss, wondering what this might lead to.

The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance.

After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.

So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

he said, "I will hear your case when your accusers get here." Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod's palace.

He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard but to give him some freedom and permit his friends to take care of his needs.

When we got to Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him.