Word study · Greek
koustōdia
guard
Say it: koos-toh-DEE-ah (approximate)
κουστωδία
What it means
A Latin loan word (custodia): a guard, a watch. Used only in Matthew, here and in 28:11. Whether Pilate's words in 27:65 mean "You have a guard" or "Take a guard," and whether the soldiers were Roman or from the temple, are matters of debate; the Greek verb can be read either way.
Open question Debated
Whether the guard was Roman or from the temple, and whether Pilate says "you have" or "take" a guard, is debated.
Range of meaning
- GuardA detachment posted to watch something.
In Matthew
- Chapter 27
"You have a guard" (27:65-66).
Every verse (3)
Verses where G2892 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources