“ And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, ”
Wagging their heads - In token of derision and insult. See Job 16:4 ; Psalms 109:25 .
(11) And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, (11) To make full satisfaction for us, Christ suffered and overcame not only the torments of the body, but also the most horrible torme...
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...
passed . were passing. Another indication that it was not the Passover day. See App-166.
Matthew 27:39 . And they that passed by. These circumstances carry great weight; for they place before us the extreme abasement of the Son of God, that we may see more clearly how much our s...
DISCOURSE: 1410 THE MOCKING OF CHRIST UPON THE CROSS Matthew 27:38-44 . Then were there two thieves crucified with him; one on the right hand, and another on the left. And they that passed by re...
And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, Wagging their heads - In token of contempt.
And they that passed by reviled— The common people whom the priests had incensed against our Lord by the malicious lies which they spread concerning him, and which they pretended to found on the ev...
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...
Before Pilate. The Crucifixion 1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate ( Mark 15:1 ; Luke 23:1 ; John 18:28 : see on Jn).
They that passed by. — The words bring before us the picture of a lounging crowd, strolling from one cross to the other, and mocking the central sufferer of the three. Rulers and chief priests were...
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...
“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...
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...
"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,...
And they that passed by ,.... In the road to or from Jerusalem; for, it seems, the crosses were placed by the wayside; or they who passed by the cross, the populace that came from Jerusalem, on purp...
And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, Ver. 39. Reviled him, wagging their heads ] God took notice of Cain's frowns, Genesis 4:6 , Miriam's mutterings, Numbers 12:2 , these me...
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 ch...
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...
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...
See Poole on " Matthew 27:44 " .
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...
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 27:26-51 (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,...
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...
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...
He saved others; Himself lie cannot save. He saved others, Himself He cannot save I. The incontestible fact-“He saved others.” Let us bring forth witnesses: Angels, healed men and women. II....
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...
The taunts of the people:
1 Peter 2:22-24 ; Lamentations 1:12 ; Lamentations 2:15-17 ; Luke 23:35-39 ; Mark 15:29 ; Mark 15:30 ; Psalms 109:2 ; Psalms 109:25 ; Psalms 22:17 ; Psalms 22:6 ; Psalms 22:7 ; Psalms 31:...