Matthew 27:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. ”

Matthew 27:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And set up over his head - John says John 19:19 that Pilate wrote the title and put it upon the cross. Probably Pilate wrote it or caused it to be written, and directed the soldiers to set it u...
Matthew 27:37 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(9) And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. (9) He is pronounced the true Messiah, even by those who reject him.
Matthew 27:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Crucifixion ( Mark 15:21-32 *, Luke 23:26-43 ). Mt. still follows Mk. clearly, the chief alterations being ( a) gall ( Matthew 27:34 ) for myrrh (this is due to Psalms 69:21 , and turns a k...
Matthew 27:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 garm...
Matthew 27:37 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:37 . And placed over his head. What is briefly noticed by Matthew and Mark is more fully related by Luke, ( Luke 23:38 ,) that the inscription was written in three languages. John...
Matthew 27:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. His accusation - It was a common custom to affix a label to the cross, giving a statement of the crime for which t...
Matthew 27:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 n...
Matthew 27:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Before Pilate. The Crucifixion 1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate ( Mark 15:1 ; Luke 23:1 ; John 18:28 : see on Jn).
Matthew 27:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. — This was what was technically known as the titulus — the bill, or placard, showing who the condemned person was, and why he was punished. Each Gospel gives i...
Matthew 27:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1-75 - Matthew 27:1-56 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 pr...
Matthew 27:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“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 othe...
Matthew 27:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Matthew 27:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"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,...
Matthew 27:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And set up over his head his accusation written ,.... The Evangelist John calls it a "title", John 19:19 , and Luke, a "superscription", Luke 23:38 , and Mark, the "superscription of his accusatio...
Matthew 27:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. Ver. 37. This is Jesus, the King of the Jews ] Pilate (by a special providence of God), intending nothing less...
Matthew 27:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And set over his head his accusation That is, a superscription, containing the substance of his pretended crime, written in capital letters, and in these remarkable words, THIS IS JESUS, (John adds...
Matthew 27:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 t...
Matthew 27:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Crucifixion. 33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, 34 They gave him vi...
Matthew 27:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 35-37. Mark saith, Mark 15:24-28 , When they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. And it was the third hour, and they crucified hi...
Matthew 27:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 th...
Matthew 27:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 27:37 - Scofield Reference Notes

This is Compare ( Mark 15:26 ); ( Luke 23:38 ); ( John 19:19 ). These accounts supplement, but do not contradict one another. No one of the Evangelists quotes the entire inscription. All ha...
Matthew 27:37 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 27:26-51 (with Mark 15:15-37 ) 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,...
Matthew 27:37 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We are now to read about our Lord before Pontius Pilate. Matthew 27:15-30 . Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. And they had then a nota...
Matthew 27:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 bef...
Matthew 27:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

And they crucified Him, and parted His garments, casting lots. The watch by the cross The thought of those who with tender heart watch by the cross of Jesus. I. The first thought concerns th...
Matthew 27:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 27:1 , Matthew 27:2 Jesus brought to Pilate. ( Mark 15:1 ; Luke 22:66 ; Luke 23:1 ; John 18:28 .) Matthew 27:1 When the morning was come. This is the e...
Matthew 27:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Crucifixion and Death.
Matthew 27:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 19:19-22 ; Luke 23:38 ; Mark 15:26

Matthew 27:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 27:37 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 27:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 27:37 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 27:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 27:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 27:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 27:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 27:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 27:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 27:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 27:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 27:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 27:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 27:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 27:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 27:37 - Scofield Reference Notes

Matthew 27:37 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 27:37 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 27:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 27:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 27:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 27:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 27:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge