Matthew 27:45-56 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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The Death of Jesus (Mark 15:33-41 *, Luke 23:44-49).

Matthew 27:48 f. is to be preferred to Mark 15:36. vv. Matthew 27:51-53 is found only in Mt., and may have as its basis Ezekiel 37:12. after his resurrection: a still later insertion to fit the statement that Christ was the first fruits of them that sleep. We can hardly suppose that the original account of the miracle represented them as staying alive in their tombs from Friday afternoon till Sunday morning. The phrase the holy city (cf. Matthew 4:5) is picturesque. By the saints the writer probably meant devout Jews of the type of Simeon (Luke 2), or even patriarchs, prophets, and martyrs. According to Mt. not only the centurion but his comrades were impressed but by the earthquake.

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Matthew 27:45-56

45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

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?

47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.

48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.

50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

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;

52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.

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.

55 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:

56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.