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Mat 27:64. Ἀσφαλισθῆναι, to be made sure, to be secured) They ignorantly minister to the confirmation of the truth. No human ἀσφάλεια (making sure) hinders God; see Act 5:23; Act 16:23-26.-τῷ λαῷ, unto the people) The Pharisees supposed that they should not believe it themselves. They wish (as they persuade themselves) to take precautions for the people.-καὶ ἔσται ἡ ἐσχάτη πλάνη, κ.τ.λ., and the last error shall be, etc.) The latter victory of truth, however, spread more widely than the first.-ἡ ἐσχάτη, the last) A similar mode of expression occurs in 2Sa 13:16.