Hey my friends, it's Matt. This is the 10 minute Bible hour podcast.

No matter what you believe about what we're talking about yesterday, that being

the approximate date and the circumstances of the writing of the book of Matthew.

What we can agree on is that definitely the manuscript evidence behind the English version

that we are reading here without

flinching supports Matthew having insinuated himself into the story not young

Matthew old Matthew who's writing this weighs in a little bit right here in

Matthew 28 verse 15 at the end of his account of the guards and their shenanigans

with the religious leaders and the religious leaders agreeing to run the cover for them

if there are any questions that come down from Pontius Pilate.

You know what, I didn't read the whole thing yesterday, I'm just gonna to read it real quick and then I'll get to what we're talking about today.

While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.

That's verse 11 to Matthew 28.

When the chief priests had met with the elders

and devised a plan they gave the soldiers a large sum of money telling them

you're to say his disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.

If this report gets to the governor, we'll satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.

So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed, and the story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.

But here's one of the questions I want to tackle today. Has it though? Is that where it came from?

Do we know that?

Well, to what extent do we know anything this far back?

It's not the same kind of knowing

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