Matthew 27:11-66

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:40

And saying, thou that destroyest the temple ,.... The Vulgate Latin, and Munster's Hebrew Gospel, read, "the temple of God"; and add "ah!" here, as in Mark 15:29 , and so Beza says it is read in a certain copy. They refer to the charge of the false witnesses against him, who misrepresenting his words in John 2:19 , declared that he gave out that he was able to destroy the temple of Jerusalem, and rebuild it in three days time; wherefore it is added, and buildest it in three days, save... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:41

Likewise also the chief priests ,.... Who as they attended at his apprehension, and in their own council condemned him to death unanimously, and were very busy at his arraignment, examination, and trial before Pilate, and persuaded the people to be urgent for his crucifixion; they follow him to the cross to exult over him, and insult him, and to see that the execution was strictly performed: and forgetting their character, office, and education; and laying aside all humanity, decent, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:42

He saved others, himself he cannot save ,.... This was not so much a concession of theirs, that he had done many saving works, as healing the sick, cleansing lepers, causing the blind to see, and the lame to walk, and raising the dead; but rather a suggestion, that these were only pretensions and illusions; that either they were not really done, or done by the help of the devil; since now he himself was in the utmost extremity, he could not save himself: but of this they might have been... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:43

He trusted in God ,.... That is, he pretended to claim an interest in him, to be high in his favour and esteem, and to have great faith and confidence in him: let him deliver him now ; directly, from the cross, and the death of it: if he will have him ; or if he is well pleased with him as his own Son, or delights in him as such, and will show him any favour and good will; see Psalm 22:8 , where are these very words, and which are predicted should be said by these men to Christ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:44

The thieves also ,.... One or other of them, not both; an Hebrew way of speaking, as Drusius F2 Quaest. Heb. l. 1. qu. 5. observed: so it is said of Jonah, Jonah 1:5 , that he was "gone down into the sides of the ship"; not into both sides, but into one or other of them: so here the thieves, one or other of them, not naming which, railed at Jesus, for it was but one of them; see Luke 23:39 , unless it can be thought, as it is by some, that they both at first reviled him; but one... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:45

Now from the sixth hour ,.... Which was twelve o'clock at noon, there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour ; till three o'clock in the afternoon, the time the Jews call "between the two evenings"; and which they say F3 T. Hieros Pesachim, fol. 31. 3. is "from the sixth hour, and onwards". Luke says, the sun was darkened, Luke 23:45 . This darkness was a preternatural eclipse of the sun; for it was at the time when the moon was in the full, as appears from its being... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:46

And about the ninth hour ,.... Or three o'clock in the afternoon, which was about the time of the slaying and offering of the daily sacrifice, which was an eminent type of Christ. The Jews say F9 T. Hieros. Pesachim, fol. 31. 3, 4. , that "every day the daily sacrifice was slain at eight and a half, and was offered up at nine and a half: about which time also the passover was killed, which was another type of Christ; and as they say F11 lb. , "was offered first, and then the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:47

Some of them that stood there ,.... Near the cross, looking on, and mocking at him, when they heard that ; the words, "Eli, Eli", spoken by Christ, said, this man calleth for Elias . These could not be the Roman soldiers that said so, who had no notion of Elias; rather the Hellenistic Jews, who not so well understanding the Hebrew language, hearing the above words, and having some notion of the prophet Elias, fancied he was calling for him; though it seems most likely to be the Jews,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:48

And straightway one of them ran and took a sponge ,.... Which was not far from the cross, where a vessel full of vinegar was set, John 19:29 , and filled it with vinegar ; dipping it into it, it sucked it up. Some of these sponges had leathern handles to them. F18 Misn. Sabbat, c. 21. sect. 3. . And put it on a reed ; a stalk of hyssop; See Gill on John 19:29 , and gave him to drink ; not to revive his spirits, or hasten his death, as some have thought, but in contempt... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:49

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 him nothing to drink: let us see whether Elias will come to save him ; whom the Jews looked upon to be the forerunner of the Messiah, and therefore suggest, that should he come to save him, they would believe he was the Messiah; and they had a mighty notion of Elias appearing to persons frequently F19 Vid. Juchasin, fol. 79. 1. & 86.... read more

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