Matthew 27:36
and sat down there on guard.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
And sitting down they watched him there;
In Context
35After crucifying Him, they divided His garments among them by lot,
Cross References
Matthew 27:54As for the Captain and the soldiers who were with Him keeping guard over Jesus, when they witnessed the earthquake and the other occurrences they were filled with terror, and exclaimed, "Assuredly he was God's Son."
Mark 15:44But Pilate could hardly believe that He was already dead. He called, however, for the Centurion and inquired whether He had been long dead;
Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:34-50
The Crucifixion. 33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, 34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. 35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. 36 And sitting down they watched him there; 37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS… Read the whole commentary →