Matthew 27:36 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

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 getting out of their hands was not yet come. Here hung for a while that golden censer, Christ's body; which through the holes that were made in it, as through chinks or holes, fumed forth a sweet savour in the nestles of his heavenly Father,Ephesians 5:2, such as draweth all men to him, that have their "senses exercised to discern good and evil," John 12:32; Hebrews 5:14 .

Matthew 27:36

36 And sitting down they watched him there;