787. Temple Captains

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Luke 22:44And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. (Luke 22:4). He went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
These “captains” were not Roman military officers, but the Levitical officers who had charge of the temple watch. The “captain of the temple,” mentioned in Acts 4:1; 5:261And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, (Acts 4:1)
26Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. (Acts 5:26), was probably the chief officer of the whole guard of the temple.