matthew-27:57-28:15

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 27:57-66

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 27:57. Even.—The first or early evening. See Deuteronomy 21:23; Jos., B. J., IV. Matthew 27:2. Arimathæa.—Generally identified’ with Ramathaim-zophim, on Mount Ephraim, the birth-place of Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1), the site of which is not certainly known. Joseph.—A member of the Sanhedrin (Luke 23:50). Disciple.—He must undoubtedly have absented himself from the meetings of the Sanhedrin when Jesus was condemned. See Luke 23:51 (Carr).Matthew 27:58. Begged the body.—It was... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:57-66

Matthew 27:57-66 Buried with Christ. I. There was an old heathen philosophy that taught deadness to this world; it required the thorough laying aside of all human feelings and passions; but what it inculcated partook of that awful and dread calm which nature itself derives from the grave of man; it had nothing of the peace which the Christian learns by the tomb of Christ, wherein there is release from sin by dying with His death, and in those fruits of righteousness wherein God still works,... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:1-66

This time shall we turn in our Bibles to Matthew's gospel chapter twenty-seven? In the twenty-sixth chapter we left Jesus before the high priest, the Sanhedrin, and Peter had just outside of this group denied his Lord. And at this moment he is out somewhere weeping bitterly over his failure.Now when the morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took council against Jesus to put him to death: and when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 27:1-66

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 Judas the apprehension of Christ his appearance before Annas his arraignment before the sanhedrim his deliverance to the Roman power when arraigned before Pilate his appearance before Herod his return to Pilate, condemnation, scourging, and crucifixion his resurrection his ascension and the promise of his second coming. Here we trace the tragic... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 27:57-60

Matthew 27:57-60There came a rich man of Arimathaea.Joseph of ArimathaeaI. The burial of Jesus by Joseph and his friend is an interesting illustration of faith. He accepted the evidence that Jesus was Christ. The popular fury had not affected his faith. Calm and dignified in his faith, he respectfully makes his request to Pilate. When we believe with all the heart we shall not be hindered by great difficulties from professing Christ.II. In the conduct of Joseph we have an illustration of moral... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 27:57

57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple: Ver. 57. A rich man of Arimathea ] Not many such; ‘tis well there are any. Joseph was a counsellor, a senator, one of the Sanhedrim or Seventy Seniors. Christ finds friends in the most tempestuous times and unlikely places; as in Ahab’s and Nero’s court. Some good Obadiah, or Onesiphorus, to seek out Paul the prisoner, and refresh his heart. Serena the Empress, wife to... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 27:57

there: Mark 15:42, Mark 15:43, Luke 23:50, Luke 23:51, John 19:38-Luke : Arimathaea: 1 Samuel 1:1, 1 Samuel 7:17 Reciprocal: Joshua 18:25 - Ramah Isaiah 53:9 - made Mark 6:29 - they came John 12:7 - against Acts 13:29 - they took 1 Corinthians 15:4 - that 1 Timothy 6:17 - rich read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 27:57

When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:When the evening was come — That is, after three o'clock; the time from three to six they termed the evening. Mark 15:42; Luke 23:50; John 19:38. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:55-61

§ 142. THE FRIENDS OF JESUS, vv. AND HIS BURIAL, Matthew 27:55-61 . Pilate had early disappeared; the chief priests had been driven off by the darkness and earthquake: the revilers had been put to silence; and even the soldiers having confessed, the cross seems now to have been surrounded by the friends of Jesus, and his faithful followers heave in view. His death seems to have conquered all, and to have won the field to his own side. The voice of hostile triumph is changed to consternation,... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:57

57. Even The old word for evening. Arimathea This was probably Rama-thaim Zophim, lying a few miles west of Jerusalem. Joseph was a believer, though a timid one, in Jesus; but at this crisis he dismisses all fear, and goes boldly forward to claim the holy body. As a “noble counsellor,” that is probably, a member of the Sanhedrim, his request would have weight with Pilate; and, as a “rich man,” he could afford an honourable tomb. Thus, according to prophecy, “they appointed him his grave... read more

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 27:57-66

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:57-66

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:1-66

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 27:1-66

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 27:57-60

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 27:57

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 27:57

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 27:57

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:55-61

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:57

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