See Poole on "Matthew 27:37".
They watched him there - That is, the four soldiers who had crucified him. They watched him lest his friends should come and release him.
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 m...
watched . were keeping. guard over. (Note the Imperf. Tense.)
And sitting down they watched him there; They watched him - To prevent his disciples or relatives from taking away the body or affording any relief t...
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 wit...
Before Pilate. The Crucifixion 1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate ( Mark 15:1 ; Luke 23:1 ; John 18:28 : see on Jn).
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...
“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...
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...
"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 cal...
And sitting down, they watched him there. That is, the soldiers, after they had crucified Jesus, and parted his garments, sat down on the ground at...
And sitting down they watched him there; Ver. 36. They watched him there ] Lest haply he should get away thence by a miracle. But his time of get...
And they crucified him The person crucified was nailed to the cross as it lay on the ground, through each hand, extended to the utmost stretch, and...
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 de...
The Crucifixion. 33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is...
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 executi...
Jesus Is Put To Death As The King of The Jews (27:32-37). That Matthew saw the thought of the crucifixion of his Master as hard to bear comes out...
‘And when they had crucified him, they parted his clothes among them, casting lots, and they sat and watched him there. ‘And having crucified Him.'...
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...
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...
Matthew 27:36 The lessons that the incident teaches us may be very simply gathered together. I. First we infer from this the old truth of how ign...
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 p...
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 o...
Matthew 27:27-30 . Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they st...
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...
Matthew 27:33-34 . 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...
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 J...
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 c...
EXPOSITION Matthew 27:1 , Matthew 27:2 Jesus brought to Pilate. ( Mark 15:1 ; Luke 22:66 ; Luke 23:1 ; John 18:28 .) Matthew 2...
The Crucifixion and Death.
And sitting down they watched Him there;
Matthew 27:54 ; Mark 15:39 ; Mark 15:44
36 And sitting down they watched him there;