And as they spoke unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
The officer (of the guard) of the temple: literally, the magistrate of the temple. But this magistrate, by the Greek, was an officer over soldiers; we may presume, over those who were to guard the temple. (Witham)