Matthew 27:1
AGAINST. Greek. _kata._ App-104. JESUS. App-98. TO PUT HIM, &C.. so that they might put Him, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAINST. Greek. _kata._ App-104. JESUS. App-98. TO PUT HIM, &C.. so that they might put Him, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH HAD BETRAYED HIM. that delivered Him up. REPENTED HIMSELF. Greek. _matamelomai_. App-111. THE THIRTY PIECES, &C. Compare Matthew 26:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
SINNED. App-128. Literally "I sinned". THE INNOCENT. (No Art.) The innocence of the Lord affirmed by six witnesses, three in Matthew and three in Luk_:1. Judas (Matthew 27:4); 2. Pilate (Matthew 27:24); 3. Pilate's wife (Matthew 27:19); 4. Herod (Luke 23:15); 5. the malefactor (Luke 23:41); 6.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN. Greek. _en_. App-104. But all the texts read _eis_. into (vi) the Sanctuary, over the barrier _into_ the Sanctuary. TEMPLE. the Sanctuary. Greek. _naos._ See note on Matthew 23:16. HANGED HIMSELF. Greek. _apagchomai_. Occurs only here. Acts 1:18 describes what took place, in consequence, afterw... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE. since.... [ Continue Reading ]
BOUGHT. purchased with money in the market. In Acts 1:18, the word is not _agorazo,_ as here, but _ktaomai =_ acquired as. possession by purchase. Acts 1:18 refers to quite another transaction. See App-161. There is no "discrepancy" except that which is created by inattention to the Greek words used... [ Continue Reading ]
SPOKEN. Not "written", either by Jeremiah or Zechariah, but "spoken" by Jeremiah. Greek. _to rhethen,_ not _ho gegraptai._ See App-161. BY. by means of, or by [the mouth of]. Greek. _dia._ App-104.Matthew 27:1. JEREMY. Jeremiah. of. from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. CHILDREN. sons. App-108.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according to what. Greek. _katha._ Occurs only here. APPOINTED. Greek. _suntasso._ Occurs only in Matthew (here and Matthew 26:19).... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SAYEST. Thou thy self sayest [it].. Hebraism.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. by. Greek. _hupo._ App-104. Not the same as in verses: Matthew 27:9; Matthew 27:21. NOTHING. Note the occasions of the Lord's silence and speech.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEVER. not one. WORD. Greek. _rhema._ See note on Mark 9:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE. crowd. WOULD. Greek. _thelo_. App-102.... [ Continue Reading ]
BARABBAS. Aramaic. See App-94.... [ Continue Reading ]
WILL. choose. App-102. CHRIST. Messiah. App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
KNEW. was aware. Greek. _oida._ FOR. on account of. Greek. _dia._... [ Continue Reading ]
ON. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104. Not the same as in Matthew 25:30. UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Matthew 27:27; Matthew 27:33. but same as in Matthew 27:62. I HAVE SUFFERED. I suffered. A DREAM. Greek. _onar._ See note on Matthew 1:20. BECAUSE OF. Greek. _dia._... [ Continue Reading ]
PERSUADED. See App-150. MULTITUDE. crowds. ASK. ask for (themselves).... [ Continue Reading ]
CRUCIFIED. See App-162.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. Greek. _kakos._ App-128. CRIED. kept crying... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS MADE. arose, or was brewing. WASHED. Greek. _aponipto_. Occurs only here. See App-136. INNOCENT. guiltless. OF. from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. Same as in verses: Matthew 27:9; Matthew 27:57. Not the same as in verses: Matthew 27:12; Matthew 27:29; Matthew 27:48. BLOOD. Put by Figure of speech _... [ Continue Reading ]
ON. Greek. _epi_. App-104. Not the same as verses: Matthew 27:19; Matthew 27:30. CHILDREN. offspring. Greek. Plural of _teknon._ App-108.... [ Continue Reading ]
SCOURGED. Greek. _phragelloo._ Occurs only here, and Mark 15:15. DELIVERED HIM. handed Him over.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMON HALL. Praetorium. In Mark 15:16 it is called the _aule,_ or open courtyard (compare Matthew 26:3). In John 18:28; John 18:33; John 19:9, it is Pilate's house, within the _aule._ UNTO. against. Greek. _epi_. App-104. Not the same as in verses: Matthew 27:19; Matthew 27:33; Matthew 27:4 [ Continue Reading ]
SCARLET. purple. ROBE. Greek. _chlamus._ Occurs only here, and Matthew 27:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
CROWN. Greek. _Stephanos_ (used by kings and victors); not _diadema,_ as in Revelation 12:3; Revelation 13:1; Revelation 19:12. UPON. Greek. _epi._ App-104. IN. Greek. _epi._ App-104. But all the texts read _in_ (as in verses: Matthew 27:27; Matthew 27:5; Matthew 27:60). MOCKED HIM: as foretold by... [ Continue Reading ]
UPON. at. Greek. _eis._ App-104. SMOTE. kept heating. ON. Greek. _eis._ Same word as "upon", Matthew 27:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO. for to. Greek. _eis_ (with Inf.) App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIM. this [man]. COMPELLED. See note on Matthew 5:41.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Matthew 27:19; Matthew 27:27; Matthew 27:45, Mat 19:62. GOLGOTHA. An Aramaic word, from the Hebrew _Gulgoleth_ (see App-94.Judges 9:53; Judges 9:53; 2 Kings 9:35). Nothing is said about. "green hill". But an elevation, which we speak of a... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY GAVE HIM... DRINK. Note the five occasions on which this was done; and observe the accuracy of what is said, instead of creating "discrepancies": 1. On the way to Golgotha (Mark 15:23. were offering, Imperfect Tense), He did not drink. 2. When they arrived there (Matthew 27:33), He tasted it,... [ Continue Reading ]
PORTED HIS GARMENTS. This fulfilled Psalms 22:18. and marks. fixed point in the series of events, which determines the time of others.... [ Continue Reading ]
WATCHED. were keeping. GUARD OVER. (Note the Imperf. Tense.)... [ Continue Reading ]
SET UP OVER HIS HEAD. This is not therefore the inscription written by Pilate and put upon the cross before it left Pilate's presence (John 19:19); this was brought after the dividing of the garments; and was probably the result of the discussion of John 19:21; John 19:22. See App-163. OVER. Greek.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN. After the parting of the garments. See App-163. TWO THIEVES. two robbers. Greek. _lestia._ Therefore not the two "malefactors" (Greek. _kakourgoi)_ of Luke 23:32, who "were led with Him to be put to death", and came to Calvary and were crucified with Him (Luke 23:33). These two "robbers" were... [ Continue Reading ]
PASSED. were passing. Another indication that it was not the Passover day. See App-166.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU THAT, &C. Perverting the Lord's words (John 2:19). Compare Matthew 6:18. THE SON OF GOD. App-98. FROM. off. Greek. _apo._ App-104. Same as in _w._ 42, 45, 55, 64.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO THE CHIEF PRIESTS. the chief priests also. SAID. kept saying.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Matthew 27:6) able to. IF HE BE, &C. The condition is assumed. See App-118. All the texts omit "if", and... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUSTED. See App-150. Quoted from Psalms 22:8. IF HE WILL. The condition assumed, as in Matthew 27:42. Compare Psalms 18:19; Psalms 41:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAST... TEETH. kept reviling Him. _Both_ the robbers reviled; but only _one_ of the malefactors (Luke 23:39; Luke 23:40). See App-164.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SIXTH HOUR. Noon. See App-165. THERE WAS DARKNESS. No human eyes must gaze on the Lord's last hours. LAND. Greek. _ge._ App-109. UNTO. until. See App-165. THE NINTH HOUR. 3pm. See App-165.... [ Continue Reading ]
ABOUT. Greek. _peri._ App-104. Eli, Eli, lama sabachtnani. The English transliteration of the Greek, which is the Greek transliteration of the Aram,. _eli_,. _eli_, _lamah 'azabhani._ The whole expression is Aramaic. See App-94. Words not reported in Luke or John. Quoted from Psalms 22:1. See the no... [ Continue Reading ]
ELIAS. Greek for Elijah. Mistaken by the hearers for the Hebrew (or Aramaic) _'eliy-yah._... [ Continue Reading ]
VINEGAR. Greek. _oxos._ See notes on Matthew 27:34. GAVE. was offering.... [ Continue Reading ]
WILL COME. is coming. Reference to Mai. Matthew 4:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
GHOST. spirit. Greek. _pneuma._ See App-101.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. THE VEIL. Greek. _katapetasma_. that which is spread out downward, or that which hangs down. Septuagint for Hebrew. _masak,_ (Exodus 26:37; Exodus 35:12; Exodus 40:5). Occ only here; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45.Hebrews 6:19; Hebrews 9:3; Hebrews 10:20 [ Continue Reading ]
GRAVES. tombs. AROSE. were waked. All the texts read "were raised". Is this the resurrection referred to in Romans 1:3. See notes there. Greek. _egersis =_ awaking rousing up, or arising. Occurs only here. Compare John 12:24. They thus fulfilled the Lord's word in John 5:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
OUT OF. Greek. _ek._ AFTER. Gr _. meta._ App-104. RESURRECTION. arising He rose: they were raised. THE HOLY CITY. See note on Matthew 4:5. APPEARED: privately. Greek. _emphanizo._ See App-106.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAW. having seen.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLDING. Greek. _theoreo._ App-133. AFAR OFF. from (Greek. _apo._ App-104.) afar. WHICH. who _:_ i.e. such as. GALILEE. App-169.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH. Denoting. class: referring to Matthew 27:55. ZEBEDEE'S. See note on Matthew 4:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO HIMSELF. himself also. WAS, &C.. had been discipled to Jesus.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE. This [man]. The Lord was thus buried by two secret disciples. See John 19:38; John 19:39. Compare Mark 15:42; Mark 15:43.Luke 23:50. DELIVERED. given up. Compare Matthew 18:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
LAID IT. See note on Isaiah 53:9. NEW. Greek. _kainos._ See note on Matthew 9:17; Matthew 26:28; Matthew 26:29. Here. not newly hewn, but fresh; i.e. unused and as yet undefiled by any dead body. TOMB. monument. Greek. _mnemeion._ SEPULCHRE. tomb, as above. Not the same word as in Matthew 27:61.... [ Continue Reading ]
MARY... MARY. See App-100. SEPULCHRE. Greek. _taphos_. burying-place. Not the same -word as in Matthew 27:60.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT FOLLOWED. This was the "high Sabbath" of John 19:42, not the weekly Sabbath of Matthew 28:1. See App-156. THE DAY OF THE PREPARATION. See App-156 and App-166.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIR. See App-98. REMEMBER. [have been] reminded. DECEIVER. impostor. AFTER THREE DAYS. They had heard the Lord say this in Matthew 12:39; Matthew 12:40. This is how they understood the "three days and three nights". See App-144 and App-166,; compare "after" in Matthew 27:53.... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE SURE. secured. THE THIRD DAY. See App-148. THE DEAD. See App-139. ERROR. deception. THE FIRST. They do not say what the first was. It may be the crucifixion itself.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE HAVE. Or, Ye may have. A WATCH. a guard: the word being. transliteration of the Latin _custodia,_ consisting of four soldiers (Acts 12:4). See note there. Greek. _koustodia._ Occurs only in Matthew (here, and in Matthew 28:11). CAN. know [how]. Greek. _oida._ App-132.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SETTING. WATCH. with (Greek. _meta,_ as in verses: Matthew 27:34; Matthew 27:41; Matthew 27:54. Not as in verses: Matthew 27:7; Matthew 27:38) the watch: i.e. in the presence of the watch, leaving them to keep guard.... [ Continue Reading ]