They are a type of soldiers who worked in the temple to maintain order. Judas met with the captain of the temple guards to arrange for Jesus' capture. [1] The group of temple guards who arrested Jesus had a dispute with the Roman soldiers over where to take Jesus, whether to Annas' or Caiaphas' house. [2] This group that captured Jesus and other servants engaged in mocking, spitting, and beating Jesus. [3] Pilate agreed to send ten soldiers and join ten temple guards to guard Jesus' tomb. [4] They fled when they saw the stone of Jesus' tomb move by itself. [5] They were bribed to say that the disciples had taken Jesus' body. [6] The captain of the temple guards was the one who removed the stones Jesus' burial cloths and threw them over a nearby cliff. [7]