Matthew 27:43
The rest said ... - Still deriding his sufferings, and refusing to allow even the poor consolation of a drink, to assuage the thirst of the Savio...
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...
will come . is coming. Reference to Mai. Matthew 4:5 .
The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. After this verse, BCL and five others add, Another, taking a spear, pierced hi...
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).
Here many ancient authorities insert an account of the spear-thrust mentioned John 19:34 . It is remarkable that the interpolation (if such it is) m...
Let us see whether Elias will come. — Here again we have eager expectation rather than derision. Was the “great and dreadful day” ( Malachi 4:5 ) a...
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...
the Broken Heart and the Rent Veil Matthew 27:45-56 With hushed hearts we stand in the presence of “that sight.” It is the tragedy of time; the...
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...
The rest said, let be ,.... The others, to whom he belonged, that fetched the sponge, said to him, let him alone, keep at a distance from him, give...
The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. Ver. 49. Let us see whether Elias, &c. ] This mocking is the murder of...
Some said, This man calleth for Elias These must have been some of the strangers, of whom there was always a great concourse at the passover, who d...
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...
See Poole on " Matthew 27:50 " .
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...
Divine Vindication. Jesus Is The Son of God (27:45-54). By now Jesus had been on the cross about three hours, and around noon an extraordinary eve...
‘And some of those who were stood there, when they heard it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.” And immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge,...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 27:45 . From the sixth hour. —The first three Gospels agree as to time and fact. Assuming them to follow the usual Jewish...
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...
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...
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 gave Him to drink. The relenting crucifier No ill motive could have prompted this relief of thirst. I. The relenting crucifier may have...
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 last hours of suffering:
The rest said, Let be; let us see whether Elias will come to save Him. It was now high noon and the brightest time of the day. But suddenly the su...
49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.