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Matthew 27

Matthew 27:1

WHEN THE MORNING WAS COME, ALL THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND ELDERS OF THE PEOPLE TOOK COUNSEL AGAINST JESUS TO PUT HIM TO DEATH;... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:2

AND WHEN THEY HAD BOUND HIM, THEY LED HIM AWAY, AND DELIVERED HIM TO PONTIUS PILATE, THE GOVERNOR. The trial of Jesus before the Sanhedrin, the highest court of the Jewish Church, had lasted into the hours of early morning on Friday, to the time of cock-crowing. Even after that, the Lord had been gi... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:3

THEN JUDAS, WHICH HAD BETRAYED HIM, WHEN HE SAW THAT HE WAS CONDEMNED, REPENTED HIMSELF, AND BROUGHT AGAIN THE THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER TO THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND ELDERS,... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:5

AND HE CAST DOWN THE PIECES OF SILVER IN THE TEMPLE, AND DEPARTED, AND WENT AND HANGED HIMSELF. Here we see both facts, as Luther says, namely, that the sin enters in a very smooth way, but afterwards causes a terrible end. Judas had probably been under the impression that Jesus would do as He often... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:6

AND THE CHIEF PRIESTS TOOK THE SILVER PIECES AND SAID, IT IS NOT LAWFUL FOR TO PUT THEM INTO THE TREASURY, BECAUSE IT IS THE PRICE OF BLOOD.... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:9

THEN WAS FULFILLED THAT WHICH WAS SPOKEN BY JEREMY THE PROPHET, SAYING, AND THEY TOOK THE THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER, THE PRICE OF HIM THAT WAS VALUED, WHOM THEY OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID VALUE;... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:10

and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me The evangelist here draws a picture of hypocrisy in its most repulsive form. The remorse of Judas over the betraying of innocent blood makes absolutely no impression upon them, but the possible infraction of a rule drawn from Deuteronomy... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:11

AND JESUS STOOD BEFORE THE GOVERNOR; AND THE GOVERNOR ASKED HIM, SAYING, ART THOU THE KING OF THE JEWS? AND JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, THOU SAYEST.... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:14

And He answered him to never a word, insomuch that the governor marveled greatly. Matthew's story of the events of this Friday morning brings out very strongly the dignity, the divinity, the deity of the Lord, accused before the governor as being a criminal. Upon the question of the procurator as to... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:17

THEREFORE, WHEN THEY WERE GATHERED TOGETHER, PILATE SAID UNTO THEM, WHOM WILL YE THAT I RELEASE UNTO YOU? BARABBAS, OR JESUS WHICH IS CALLED CHRIST?... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:18

FOR HE KNEW THAT FOR ENVY THEY HAD DELIVERED HIM. Pilate's was a weak, vacillating, unreliable character. He did not have the courage of his convictions, nor was he a man to enforce respect for his opinions. Rulers of his kind are liable to be unduly lenient and yielding at one time, and correspondi... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:19

The dream of Pilate's wife: WHEN HE WAS SET DOWN ON THE JUDGMENT-SEAT, HIS WIFE SENT UNTO HIM, SAYING, HAVE THOU NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT JUST MAN; FOR I HAVE SUFFERED MANY THINGS THIS DAY IN A DREAM BECAUSE OF HIM. Here was an interlude. The first force of the attack against Jesus had spent itself,... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:22

PILATE SAITH UNTO THEM, WHAT SHALL I DO, THEN, WITH JESUS WHICH IS CALLED CHRIST? THEY ALL SAY UNTO HIM, LET HIM BE CRUCIFIED.... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:23

AND THE GOVERNOR SAID, WHY, WHAT EVIL HATH HE DONE? BUT THEY CRIED OUT THE MORE, SAYING, LET HIM BE CRUCIFIED. The fact that Pilate had placed Jesus on a level with Barabbas had been a concession to the Jews, for it placed an innocent man in the same class with a criminal, while in reality there was... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:24

WHEN PILATE SAW THAT HE COULD PREVAIL NOTHING, BUT THAT RATHER A TUMULT WAS MADE, HE TOOK WATER, AND WASHED HIS HANDS BEFORE THE MULTITUDE, SAYING, I AM INNOCENT OF THE BLOOD OF THIS JUST PERSON; SEE YE TO IT.... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:25

THEN ANSWERED ALL THE PEOPLE, AND SAID, HIS BLOOD BE ON US AND ON OUR CHILDREN. From the beginning, Pilate had miscalculated badly: He had not insisted upon proper legal procedure in demanding definite charges with sufficient testimony; he had not reckoned with mob influence, the chief priests outge... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:29

AND WHEN THEY HAD PLATTED A CROWN OF THORNS, THEY PUT IT UPON HIS HEAD, AND A REED IN HIS RIGHT HAND; AND THEY BOWED THE KNEE BEFORE HIM, AND MOCKED HIM, SAYING, HAIL, KING OF THE JEWS!... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:30

AND THEY SPIT UPON HIM, AND TOOK THE REED, AND SMOTE HIM ON THE HEAD. It was not a trial which here came to an end, but a travesty upon justice; Barabbas is released, but Jesus condemned. A type of the redemption, even at that: The innocent found guilty, the guilty released. But Pilate adds insult t... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:31

AND AFTER THAT THEY HAD MOCKED HIM, THEY TOOK THE ROBE OFF FROM HIM, AND PUT HIS OWN RAIMENT ON HIM, AND LED HIM AWAY TO CRUCIFY HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:35

AND THEY CRUCIFIED HIM, AND PARTED HIS GARMENTS, CASTING LOTS, THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED WHICH WAS SPOKEN BY THE PROPHET, THEY PARTED MY GARMENTS AMONG THEM, AND UPON MY VESTURE DID THEY CAST LOTS.... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:37

AND SET UP OVER HIS HEAD HIS ACCUSATION WRITTEN, THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS. The cruel mockery finally began to pall upon the soldiers; they proceeded to carry out the sentence. Taking off the mantle, they clothed Him once more in His own clothes, and led Him away to crucify Him. The very s... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:40

AND SAYING, THOU THAT DESTROYEST THE TEMPLE, AND BUILDEST IT IN THREE DAYS, SAVE THYSELF. If Thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:42

HE SAVED OTHERS; HIMSELF HE CANNOT SAVE. IF HE BE THE KING OF ISRAEL, LET HIM NOW COME DOWN FROM THE CROSS, AND WE WILL BELIEVE HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:44

THE THIEVES ALSO WHICH WERE CRUCIFIED WITH HIM CAST THE SAME IN HIS TEETH. Christ was numbered with the criminals, with the transgressors. Isaiah 53:12. On either side of Him were suspended men that had committed crimes worthy of death. And here the sinless Son of God, by His obedience to the will o... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:46

AND ABOUT THE NINTH HOUR JESUS CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE, SAYING, ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI? THAT IS TO SAY, MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:49

THE REST SAID, LET BE; LET US SEE WHETHER ELIAS WILL COME TO SAVE HIM. It was now high noon and the brightest time of the day. But suddenly the sun's rays were cut off, not by the obstructing circle of the moon, for it was now the time of full moon, when an eclipse of the sun is impossible (this wou... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:51

AND, BEHOLD, THE VEIL OF THE TEMPLE WAS RENT IN TWAIN FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM; AND THE EARTH DID QUAKE, AND THE ROCKS RENT;... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:53

AND CAME OUT OF THE GRAVES AFTER HIS RESURRECTION, AND WENT INTO THE HOLY CITY, AND APPEARED UNTO MANY. Christ, in His capacity as Vicar and Mediator, as the Substitute for all mankind, had now endured the eternal tortures, the full punishment for the sins of the whole world. While darkness had cove... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:54

NOW WHEN THE CENTURION, AND THEY THAT WERE WITH HIM, WATCHING JESUS, SAW THE EARTHQUAKE, AND THOSE THINGS THAT WERE DONE, THEY FEARED GREATLY, SAYING, TRULY, THIS WAS THE SON OF GOD!... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:56

AMONG WHICH WAS MARY MAGDALENE, AND MARY, THE MOTHER OF JAMES AND JOSES, AND THE MOTHER OF ZEBEDEE'S CHILDREN. The centurion and the soldiers of his band that had been detailed to watch the cross were deeply impressed by the remarkable evidences in nature that accompanied the death of this man whom... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:60

AND LAID IT IN HIS OWN NEW TOMB, WHICH HE HAD HEWN OUT IN THE ROCK; AND HE ROLLED A GREAT STONE TO THE DOOR OF THE SEPULCHER AND DEPARTED.... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:61

And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulcher. In the time of trial and greatest danger, when the chosen apostles of the Lord failed in their loyalty, some of those that had secretly clung to Him were made manifest. It was now the first evening according to the... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:64

COMMAND THEREFORE THAT THE SEPULCHER BE MADE SURE UNTIL THE THIRD DAY, LEST HIS DISCIPLES COME BY NIGHT, AND STEAL HIM AWAY, AND SAY UNTO THE PEOPLE, HE IS RISEN FROM THE DEAD; SO THE LAST ERROR SHALL BE WORSE THAN THE FIRST.... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:66

SO THEY WENT, AND MADE THE SEPULCHER SURE, SEALING THE STONE AND SETTING A WATCH. Whether it was due to a bad conscience or to vindictiveness, cannot be determined, but the Jewish chiefs even now were not satisfied. The day of preparation closed at sundown, and they were so anxious about a certain m... [ Continue Reading ]

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