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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 26:6-13

Jesus’ anointing for burial 26:6-13 (cf. Mark 14:3-9; John 12:1-8) read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 26:8-9

Evidently Judas Iscariot led the disciples’ criticism of Mary’s act (John 12:4). According to the Gospel records, every time Mary tried to do something for Jesus she was misunderstood. [Note: Wiersbe, 1:95.] The disciples failed to appreciate the significance of what Mary was doing and that such an anointing was appropriate in view of Jesus’ identity as "the Lord’s Anointed" and His impending death (cf. Matthew 16:21-28; Matthew 17:22-23; Matthew 20:18-19). Regardless of Judas’ true motive the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 26:10-11

Jesus probably overheard His disciples talking, though His awareness of their thoughts could have been supernatural (cf. Matthew 16:8). Jesus regarded the disciples’ criticism of Mary as a bother to her. He called a beautiful thing what they called a waste. The disciples would always have poor people they could help, but they would not have the incarnate Son of Man with them much longer."The disciples’ concern for the poor is by no means incorrect. In this one instance, however, the timing was... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 26:12

Normally friends of the deceased would prepare the body for burial after death, but that was impossible in the case of criminals. [Note: D. Daube, "The Anointing at Bethany and Jesus’ Burial," Anglican Theological Review 32 (1950):187-88.] Mary may not have understood the full significance of what she was doing, but Jesus used the situation to remind His disciples of His coming crucifixion. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 26:13

The "gospel" or good news to which Jesus referred was probably the good news about His death, namely, that it is the basis for salvation (Matthew 26:12). This is probably not a reference to the gospel of the kingdom. In either case Mary’s act has become a part of the gospel story in the larger sense because the Holy Spirit preserved the record of it in Scripture. Jesus introduced this prediction with His characteristic phrase that highlighted something especially important: "Truly I say to you"... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 26:14-16

The agreement to betray Jesus 26:14-16 (cf. Mark 14:10-11; Luke 22:3-6)Here the word "then" probably identifies a logical connection with what preceded. [Note: Plummer, p. 356; M’Neile, p. 376.] Evidently Judas made these plans the same day that Jesus predicted His crucifixion in two days, namely, on Wednesday (Matthew 26:1-5). None of the evangelists recorded Judas’ motives for betraying Jesus, but Judas may have taken offense at Jesus’ rebuke on the previous Saturday evening (Matthew... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 26:12

26:12 burying. (b-16) Or 'embalmment.' see Note to John 12:7 . read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 26:15

26:15 appointed (c-20) Or 'weighed.' pieces (d-24) See Zechariah 11:12 . read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:1-75

The Betrayal. The Last Supper. Arrest of Jesus, and Trial Before the High Priest1-5. A Council is held against Jesus (Mark 14:1; Luke 22:1: cp. John 13:1).2. After two days] This fixes the date as Tuesday, if the Passover was on Thursday night; or Wednesday, if, as is more probable, it was on Friday night. Is betrayed] This clear prediction is peculiar to St. Matthew.3. And the scribes] RV omits. The palace] RV ’the court,’ i.e. the central quadrangle, the house being built round a square plot... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 26:3

(3) Then assembled together.—We learn from John 11:49-50. that the plan, as far as Caiaphas was concerned, had been formed before, immediately after the raising of Lazarus. What had happened since—the kingly entry, the expulsion of the money-changers, the way in which our Lord had baffled their attempt to entrap Him in His speech—would all work as so many motives to immediate action. The meeting now assembled may have been either a formal session of the Sanhedrin, or an informal conference of... read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 26:6-13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 26:8-9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 26:10-11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 26:12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 26:13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 26:14-16

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 26:12

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 26:15

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:1-75

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 26:3

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