matthew-27:47-50,-john-19:28-30-niv

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:50

Yielded up the ghost - Αφηκε το πνευμα , He dismissed the spirit. He himself willingly gave up that life which it was impossible for man to take away. It is not said that he hung on the cross till he died through pain and agony; nor is it said that his bones were broken, the sooner to put him out of pain, and to hasten his death; but that himself dismissed the soul, that he might thus become, not a forced sacrifice, but a free-will offering for sin. Now, as our English word ghost, from... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:47

Verse 47 47.He calleth Elijah. Those who consider this as spoken by the soldiers, ignorant and unskilled in the Syriac language, and unacquainted with the Jewish religion, and who imagine that the soldiers blundered through a resemblance of the words, are, in my opinion, mistaken. I do not think it at all probable that they erred through ignorance, but rather that they deliberately intended to mock Christ, and to turn his prayer into an occasion of slander. For Satan has no method more... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:48

Verse 48 48.And immediately one ran. As Christ had once refused to drink, it may be conjectured with probability, that it was repeatedly offered to him for the sake of annoyance; though it is also not improbable that the vinegar was held out to him in a cup before he was raised aloft, and that a sponge was afterwards applied to his mouth, while he was hanging on the cross. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:50

Verse 50 Matthew 27:50.Jesus having again cried with a loud voice. Luke, who makes no mention of the former complaint, repeats the words of this second cry, which Matthew and Mark leave out. He says that Jesus cried, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit; by which he declared that, though he was fiercely attacked by violent temptations, still his faith was unshaken, and always kept its ground unvanquished. For there could not have been a more splendid triumph than when Christ boldly... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 27:35-50

The Crucifixion. I. THE ROMAN SOLDIERS . 1 . They crucified him. The evangelists relate the awful deed with that grand simplicity which is characteristic of Holy Scripture. There is no rhetorical description, nothing sensational in their accounts. But it was beyond all comparison the most stupendous event that has ever happened on this earth of ours. They crucified him. He was the Son of God, the Word of the Father, by whom all things were made. He was the Brightness of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 27:45-50

Supernatural darkness. Last words, and death of Jesus. ( Mark 15:33-37 ; Luke 23:44-46 ; John 19:28-30 .) read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 27:45-54

Prodigy rebuking levity. Levity had diabolical revelry while the blessed Lord Jesus meekly suffered injustice the most outrageous, and cruelty the most refined. At its height it was rebuked— I. BY A HORROR OF DARKNESS . 1 . This was preternatural . 2 . It was portentous . II. BY THE RENDING OF THE TEMPLE 'S VEIL . 1 . This also was preternatural . 2 . This too was portentous . III. BY THE PORTENTS FROM THE EARTH . ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 27:47

Some of them that stood there. These could not have been the Roman soldiers, for they would not have understood the Saviour's language, and could have known nothing about Elias. Edersheim supposes that the guards were provincial soldiers, and not necessarily of Latin extraction. At any rate, the speakers are Jews standing near enough to the cross to catch more or less the words uttered by Jesus. This man ( οὗτος , he, pointing at him) calleth for Elias. Whether they wilfully... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 27:48

Ran, and took a sponge. According to St. John, Jesus had just said, "I thirst." The sponge and the wine were provided for the purpose of ministering some relief to the crucified. Common humanity was not quite extinct even in the executioners and spectators. Vinegar . The acid wine used by the soldiers, and called posca (see on verse 34). Put it on a reed. St. John calls it a stalk of hyssop; and if this is the caller plant, it, though of a climbing nature, can produce a stick some... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 27:49

The rest [ but the rest ] said, Let be ( ἀ ì φες ). This is a common expression, meaning, "Stand off!" "Be quiet!" "Soft!" The bystanders addressed the person who had presented the drink. In St. Mark the verb is in the plural, ἀ ì φετε , that is, the giver of the drink calls upon the others to keep quiet and wait. Let as see whether Elias will come ( ἐ ì ρχεται , cometh, is coming). They speak in a kind of superstitious mockery, half deriding and half believing... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:50

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:47

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:48

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:50

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 27:35-50

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 27:45-50

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 27:45-54

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 27:47

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 27:48

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 27:49

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