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Mat_28:12 ff. Συναχθέντες ] Change of subject. Winer, p. 586 [E. T. 787].
συμβούλ . τε λαβόντες ] after consulting together, as in Mat_12:14, Mat_22:15, Mat_27:1; Mat_27:7. The conjunctive particle τε has the same force as in Mat_27:48, and occurs nowhere else in Matthew; found so much the more frequently in Luke’s writings, especially in the Acts.
ἀργύρια ] as in Mat_26:15, Mat_27:3; Mat_27:5; Mat_27:9. Silver pieces, a sufficient number of shekels.
εἴπατε , κ . τ . λ .] an infelix astutia (Augustine), seeing that they could not possibly know what had taken place while they were sleeping.
Mat_28:14. ἐπὶ τοῦ ἡγεμόνος ] coram procuratore. ἀκούειν is not to be understood, with the majority of expositors, merely in the sense of: to come to the ears of, which is inadmissible on account of ἐπί (for in that case Matthew would have simply written: καὶ ἐὰν ἀκούσῃ τοῦτο ὁ ἡγ , or used the passive with the dative), but in the judicial sense (Joh_7:51; Xen. Cyrop. i. 2. 14, and frequently): if this comes to be inquired into, if an investigation into this matter should take place before the procurator. Erasmus: “si res apud illum judicem agatur.” Comp. Vatablus and Bleek.
ἡμεῖς ] with a self-important emphasis. Comp. ὑμᾶς in the next clause.
πείσομεν αὐτόν ] we will persuade him, i.e. satisfy, appease him (see on Gal_1:10), in order, that is, that he may not punish you; see what follows.
ἀμερίμνους ] free from all concern (1Co_7:32), and, in the present instance, in the objective sense: free from danger and all unpleasant consequences (Herodian, ii. 4. 3).
Mat_28:15. ὡς ἐδιδάχθ .] as they had been instructed, Herod. iii. 134.
ὁ λόγος οὗτος ] not: “the whole narrative” (Paulus), but, as the context requires (Mat_28:13), this story of the alleged stealing of the body. The industrious circulation of this falsehood is also mentioned by Justin, c. Tr. xvii. 108. For an abominable expansion of it, as quoted from the Toledoth Jeschu, see Eisenmenger’s entdeckt. Judenth. I. p. 190 ff. For ἡ σήμερον ἡμέρα , see Lobeck, Paral. p. 534.