ἄλλους ἔσωσεν κ.τ.λ. These words in the original would recall the ‘hosannas’ in the Temple which had enraged the chief priests; see note, ch. Matthew 21:9. They also connect themselves with the name of Jesus (σωτήρ).
βασιλεὺς Ἰσραήλ. Comp. ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδ. supra Matthew 27:37, and see John 1:49; John 12:13.
MATTHEW 27:42 basileu,j {B} Not understanding the irony implied by the statement, “He is the King of Israel,” copyists, influenced by ver. Matthew 27:40, inserted eiv. If originally presen...
Verse 42. _HE SAVED OTHERS; HIMSELF HE CANNOT SAVE._] Or, _Cannot_ _he save himself_? Several MSS. read this with the mark of _interrogation_ as above; and this makes the sarcasm still more keen. A...
HE SAVED OTHERS - It does not seem probable that they meant to admit that he had actually saved others, but only that he “pretended” to save them from death by miracles, or that he claimed to be the M...
CHAPTER 27 1. Delivered unto Pilate.(Matthew 27:1 .) 2. The Suicide of Judas.(Matthew 27:3 .) 3. Before Pilate. (Matthew 27:11 .) 4. The Awful Choice....
THE CRUCIFIXION (Mark 15:21 *, Luke 23:26). Mt. still follows Mk. clearly, the chief alterations being (_a)_ gall (Matthew 27:34) for myrrh (this is due to...
THE MAN WHO SENTENCED JESUS TO DEATH (Matthew 27:1-2 ; Matthew 27:11-26)...
As they were going out, they found a Cyrenian man, Simon by name, and they impressed him into their service, to bear Jesus' Cross. When they had come to the place which is called Golgotha (which means...
HE SAVED. Note the Alternation here, in the Greek. In Eng. it is an _Introversion._. | Others. | He saved _j_. Himself _k_. He cannot save. OTHERS. App-124. CANNOT. is not (Greek. _ou,_ as in Matthe...
The Crucifixion and Death of Jesus Mark 15:22-37; Luke 23:33-46; John 19:18-30. St Mark's account differs little from St Matthew's. St Luke names the mockery of the soldiers and the words of the rob...
_He saved others; himself he cannot save_ These words in the original would recall the "hosannas" in the Temple which had enraged the chief priests; see note ch. Matthew 21:9. They also connect themse...
Ver 39. And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their beads, 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 fr...
_JESUS' DEATH AND BURIAL MATTHEW 27:32-66:_ The power of the cross makes salvation possible. The sign over His head read, "This is Jesus the King of the Jews." He is far more though, "Now to the King...
ΈΣΩΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΣΩΖΩ (G4982) спасать, ΣΏΣΑΝ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΣΩΖΩ. _Aor._ указывает на специфическое событие и означает полное освобождение от креста, КАΤΑΒΆΤΩ _aor. imper. act. 3 pers...
DISCOURSE: 1410 THE MOCKING OF CHRIST UPON THE CROSS Matthew 27:38. Then were there two thieves crucified with him; one on the right hand, and another on the left. And they that passed by reviled him,...
LIKEWISE ALSO THE CHIEF PRIESTS, MOCKING, &C.— The rulers having, as theyimagined, wholly overturned our Lord's pretensions as Messiah, ridiculed him on that head, and with a meanness of soul which wi...
REVILING ABUSE AND SHAME HEAPED UPON JESUS TEXT: 27:38-44 38 Then are there crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left. 39 And they that passed by railed on him, waggin...
They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof he would not drink They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drin...
29 See Psa_69:19-20; Isa_53:3. 30 See Isa_50:6. 31 See Isa_53:7-8; Php_2:9-10. 31 In mockery, our Lord went through the mimic ceremony of being invested with imperial dignity. The shining attire wit...
BEFORE PILATE. THE CRUCIFIXION 1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate (Mark 15:1; Luke 23:1; John 18:28 : see on Jn)....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 27 JUDAS KILLS HIMSELF 27:1-10 V1 It was very early in the morning. All the chief *priests and the other leaders decided that Jesus...
HE SAVED OTHERS. — The mockers, as before (comp. John 11:50), bear unconscious witness to the truth. They referred, it may be, to the works of healing and the raising of the dead which had been wrough...
Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1 - Matthew 27:1 WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our Lord and Saviour. We have already noticed the large proportionate...
ἄλλους ἔσωσεν, etc., He saved others, Himself He cannot save. Both _facts_; the former they can now afford to admit, and they do so all the more readily that it serves as a foil to the other fact pate...
_Taunts of spectators_ (Mark 15:29-32; Luke 23:35-37; Luke 23:39). The last drop in Christ's bitter cup. To us it may seem incredible that even His worst enemies could be guilty of anything so brutal...
“WHERE THEY CRUCIFIED HIM” Matthew 27:32-44 He will not drink what would dull His keen sense of the momentous issues of the Cross. Those taunts were true. None who save themselves can save others. Th...
The morning saw the plot hatched in the night carried into effect. This is chronicled in the first two verses of the chapter. The picture of Judas in his remorse is very terrible. Pilate stands out as...
If he be the king of Israel. Pilate having written on the inscription set upon the cross, that Christ was the king of Israel, the Jews endeavoured to persuade him to remove or alter it; but Pilate gav...
THEY REVILE HIM ON THE CROSS Mark 15:29-32; Luke 23:35-43; Matthew 27:39-44. “ _And passing by_, _they continued to blaspheme Him_, _wagging their heads_, _and saying_, Thou that des
"And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. (33) And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, ...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
_APPARENT FAILURE_ ‘He saved others; Himself He cannot save.’ Matthew 27:42 We must face the fact that Jesus, Who died, is in the world to-day. I. APPARENT FAILURE OF THE MASTER.—Judged by the ord...
42._If he is the King, of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we shall believe him. _For they ought not to embrace as _King _any one who did not answer to the description given by the pr...
After this (chapter 27), the unhappy priests and heads of the people deliver up their Messiah to the Gentiles, as He had told His disciples. Judas, in despair under Satan's power, hangs himself, havin...
HE SAVED OTHERS, HIMSELF HE CANNOT SAVE,.... This was not so much a concession of theirs, that he had done many saving works, as healing the sick, cleansing lepers, causing the blind to see, and the l...
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. Ver. 42. _We will believe him_] They would not; but rather have sa...
_They that passed by reviled him_, &c. As it was a great aggravation of our Lord's sufferings that he was crucified along with two thieves, and in the middle of them, as though he had been the chief m...
KING OF ISRAEL; the Messiah....
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....
The taunts of the people:...
All night the Lord Jesus had been subjected to the persecution of the Jewish council. Now early in the morning, determined that He might be put to death as soon as possible, they bring Him bound to th...
35-44 It was usual to put shame upon malefactors, by a writing to notify the crime for which they suffered. So they set up one over Christ's head. This they designed for his reproach, but God so over...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 27:44"....
Matthew 27:42 saved G4982 (G5656) others G243 Himself G1438 cannot G3756 G1410 (G5736) save G4982 ...
‘In the same way also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, “He saved others; himself he cannot save. He is the King of Israel. Let him now come down from the cross, and we...
THE OPEN MOCKERY OF THE SON OF GOD (27:38-44). Having been mocked by the soldiers prior to His crucifixion Jesus must now face the mockery of His own nation. It begins with ‘those who pass by', it con...
THE FINAL FAREWELL (27:27-54). In sober words Matthew now portrays what Jesus had to endure from the moment when He was handed over to His executioners to be mocked as ‘the King of the Jews' to the t...
Matthew 27:42. HE SAVED OTHERS. This may be ironical, or it is a recognition of His miracles of mercy, to taunt Him with a supposed loss of power just when He needed it most for Himself. His very merc...
This section describes the _central fact of the world's history_. The accounts of the four Evangelists agree perfectly as to the main points; but each mentions circumstances omitted by the others. Mat...
HE SAVED OTHERS; HIMSELF HE CANNOT SAVE (αλλους εσωσεν; εαυτον ου δυνατα σωσα). The sarcasm is true, though they do not know its full significance. If he had saved himself now, he could not have sa...
Matthew 27:42 The Mockers at the Cross. I. The first remark that strikes me as deducible from the whole of these words before us is this, that Christ's cross apparently shatters to fragments Christ's...
Matthew 27:42 The Patience of Christ on the Cross. I. It was a cruel aggravation of the sufferings of our blessed Lord to heap reproaches on His head, even after His enemies had secured His condemnat...
Matthew 27:26 _(with Mark 15:15)_ Christ on the Cross. Christ on the Cross is our subject. You know His history, And when you read, "The people stood beholding" you will be ready to add, "And no won...
Our Lord was brought before the Roman governor Pilate. He was anxious to let Jesus go; but he was a weak-minded man, easily swayed by the noisy cry of the people, prompted by the chief priests and eld...
Matthew 27:27. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they...
Matthew 27:27. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they h...
Matthew 27:32. _And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross._ Perhaps they were afraid that Christ would die from exhaustion; so they compell...
Matthew 27:33. _And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not...
We are now to read about our Lord before Pontius Pilate. Matthew 27:15. Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. And they had then a notable pri...
CONTENTS: Jesus delivered to Pilate. Judas' remorse. Barabbas released in Jesus' place. The crucifixion of Christ. The entombment and sealing of the tomb. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Pilate, Judas, Jerem...
The redemption of man is comprised in many scenes. The last supper of our Lord his agony in the garden, for there man first offended the treason of Judas the apprehension of Christ his appearance befo...
IN THE SAME WAY. The Jewish leaders make fun of him. BUT HE CANNOT SAVE HIMSELF. A paradox! If he now saved himself, he would not be able to save others. ISN'T HE THE KING OF ISRAEL? Making fun of Jes...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 27:41 CHIEF PRIESTS, WITH THE SCRIBES AND ELDERS, MOCKED HIM. The religious leaders do not address Jesus directly. They turn to one another as they mock him. LET GOD DELIVER HI...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 27:27 As he tells of the crucifixion, Matthew focuses on the fulfillment of OT prophecies about the suffering servant (Isaiah 42:1;...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 27:35. THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED, ETC.—Omitted in R.V. It ought not to be questioned that the words were interpolated by the copyists, from John 19:24 (_Scrivener_). Matthew...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 27:1, MATTHEW 27:2 _Jesus brought to Pilate. _(Mark 15:1; Luke 2
This time shall we turn in our Bibles to Matthew's gospel chapter twenty-seven? In the twenty-sixth chapter we left Jesus before the high priest, the Sanhedrin, and Peter had just outside of this grou...
Acts 4:14; John 1:49; John 12:47; John 9:24; Luke 19:38;...
He saved others, etc. The Greek order is, Others he saved; himself he cannot save....