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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 26:4

Matthew 26:4. By subtilty— Surprise. Prussian Testament. See Luke 22:6. read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 26:5

Matthew 26:5. Not on the fast-day— 'Εορτη, the feast; that is to say, the whole time of the solemnity, which lasted seven days. All this interval was favourable to uproars and seditions, on account of the vast concourse of people. It is very remarkable, that the Jews in this instance receded from their usual custom; which was, to punish the most heinous criminals at this very time, that the example might be more general and diffusive. The priests, however, were doubtless more apprehensive of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 26:6-7

Matthew 26:6-7. Now when Jesus was in Bethany— Or, Now Jesus being in Bethany. It is not to be thought that Simon was now a leper; for in this case he would not have been suffered to live in a town, nor would the Jews have come to an entertainment at his house; but either he was once a leper, and had been cured by Jesus, or else the name was given to the family, as some considerable person in it had formerly been a leper. The boxes here spoken of were called only alabasters, not because they... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 26:8

Matthew 26:8. But when his disciples saw it— It appears from Joh 12:4-6 that none but Judas found fault with what this woman had done. St. Matthew has probably put the disciples in general, for one of the disciples; as he says elsewhere, with St. Mark, that the thieves reviled Christ, though it appears from St. Luk 23:39 that there was but one guilty of thatcrime. By the figure called enallage, the plural number is put for the singular, which Longinus mentions as an elegance in his treatise on... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 26:10-12

Matthew 26:10-12. Why trouble ye the woman, &c.— The vindication of the woman suggests the reason why Jesus permitted so expensive a compliment to be paid to him. He told them, that God had ordered it for the exercise and improvement of charity, that there should always be poor in the land to whom they might do good offices at anytime; but if their love was not testified to him at that juncture, they would have no opportunity to shew it afterwards; because he was to die within two days, for... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 26:15

Matthew 26:15. They covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver— Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, (a circumstance of such high aggravation, that each of the evangelists has marked it out in this view) having been more forward than the rest in condemning the woman, or, most probably, the only one who did so, thought himself peculiarly affronted by the rebuke which Jesus gave. Rising up, therefore, he went straightwayinto the city, to the high-priest's palace, where he found the whole... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 26:1-5

Jesus’ fourth passion prediction and the plot to betray Him 26:1-5 (cf. Mark 14:1-2; Luke 22:1-2)These verses record the fourth major prediction of Jesus’ death that He gave His disciples (cf. Matthew 16:21; Matthew 17:22-23; Matthew 20:18-19). Matthew just finished recording Jesus’ claim to judge humankind (Matthew 25:31-46). Now he wrote that the Judge would suffer condemnation from the condemned. Jesus had warned His enemies about the consequences of hypocrisy (Matthew 23:12-31). Now we... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 26:1-46

1. Preparations for Jesus’ crucifixion 26:1-46There were several events that led up to Jesus’ arrest. Matthew did not present them in strict chronological order but in a logical narrative order. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 26:3-5

Opposition to Jesus had been rising for some time (cf. Matthew 12:14; Matthew 21:45-46). Matthew’s mention of this plot’s advance toward its climax following Jesus’ prediction (Matthew 26:2) has the effect of showing that His enemies’ conspiracy was ultimately a result of Jesus’ sovereign authority. He was not a powerless pawn under their control. He was really orchestrating His own passion.The chief priests and elders represented the clerical and lay members of the Sanhedrin respectively (cf.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 26:6-7

This event evidently happened on the previous Saturday evening (John 12:1). [Note: Hoehner, Chronological Aspects . . ., p. 91.] The reference to two days before the Passover in Matthew 26:2 dates the plot to seize Jesus, not the anointing in Simon’s house. [Note: M’Neile, p. 373; Hendricksen, p. 898; Taylor, p. 527.] Apparently Jesus spent the evening of that Saturday in the home of Simon, a healed leper, with His disciples and other guests. John recorded that Lazarus was there, his sister... read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 26:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 26:5

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 26:6-7

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 26:8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 26:10-12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 26:15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 26:1-5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 26:1-46

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 26:3-5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 26:6-7

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