1Mind1Spirit
Literal lunatic
Beside that, there was a Roman guard of one hundred men guarding the tomb, because the tumb was ordered sealed shut.
What are you talkin' about?
Because a Centurion is a commander of 100 men, does not mean all 100 hundred of them are following him around all day every day.
I doubt seriously it took 100 soldiers to carry out a crucifixion.
However it is highly probable there was at least one ranking officer there.
The question then becomes, how many soldiers does it take to guard a tomb entrance?
We are talking of guarding against a few sneaky body snatchers not an army bent on tomb raiding.
Not only this Pilate had already confirmed his obligation by making sure his sentence had been carried out.
So what would compel him to spend money on a small detail of men let alone 100 of em to guard a body he had already given to Josephus.
He did have superiors he had to give account to for his expenditures.
There is still a very slim possibility Pilate sent some guards, but I find it more likely they used temple guards.
So color me stupid, but what point are you making with the statement, "besides there were 100 soldiers guarding Jesus?"
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