Matius 27:27

27:27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence ¹  and gathered the whole cohort ²  around him.

Matius 27:58

27:58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ³  Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

Matius 28:16

The Great Commission

28:16 So ⁴  the eleven disciples went to Galilee to the mountain Jesus had designated.

[27:27]  ¹ tn Or “into their headquarters”; Grk “into the praetorium.”

[27:27]  sn The governor’s residence (Grk “praetorium”) was the Roman governor’s official residence. The one in Jerusalem may have been Herod’s palace in the western part of the city, or the fortress Antonia northwest of the temple area.

[27:27]  ² sn A Roman cohort was a tenth of a legion, about 500-600 soldiers.

[27:58]  ³ sn Asking for the body of Jesus was indeed a bold move on the part of Joseph of Arimathea, for it clearly and openly identified him with a man who had just been condemned and executed, namely, Jesus. His faith is exemplary, especially for someone who was a member of the council that handed Jesus over for crucifixion (cf. Mark 15:43, Luke 23:51). He did this because he sought to give Jesus an honorable burial.

[28:16]  ⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus’ instructions in v. 10.