Matthew 26:47-68, Psalm 32:1-11, Proverbs 8:27-32, Exodus 30:11-31:18

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 26:61

Mark saith, Mark 14:57-59, And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying, We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. But neither so did their witness agree together. These are called by the evangelists, false witnesses. Our Saviour said, John 2:19, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up, speaking of his body, as John tells us there, John 2:21. He did not say, I will... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 26:62-63

Mark speaks to the same purpose, Mark 14:60,Mark 14:61. The high priest expected a long defence, and so to have had matter of accusation against him out of his own mouth. Christ disappointeth him, saying nothing at all, either out of modesty, or not thinking what they said of any moment, or worthy of any reply, or perhaps seeing that they could not agree in their tale, so as what they said was of no force against him. The high priest therefore comes at last to examine him, ex officio. Mark... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 26:64

Mark saith, Mark 14:62, And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see, &c. Luke saith, Luke 22:67-69, And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe: and if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go. Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God. What all the evangelists say put together, makes up our Saviour’s perfect answer. To what purpose (saith Christ) should I answer you? This is now but a captious question, not propounded by you to that end... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 26:65-66

Mark hath much the same, Mark 14:63,Mark 14:64, only he saith, they all condemned him to be guilty of death. Luke saith, Luke 22:70,Luke 22:71, Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am? And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth. This rending of clothes was a thing very ordinary amongst the Jews, used by them in testimony of sorrow and of indignation. They used it in causes of great sorrow and... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 26:67-68

Mark hath much the same, Mark 14:65; And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. Though there be nothing more barbarous and inhuman than to add to the affliction of the afflicted, yet this is no more than we ordinarily see done by a rabble of brutish people; spitting in the face was but an ordinary token of contempt, Numbers 12:14; Deuteronomy 25:9. And perhaps in all these... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 26:47-56

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 26:47. A great multitude.—See John 18:3 (R.V.); Luke 22:52. The body, guided by Judas, consisted of (1) a company of Roman soldiers; (2) a detachment of the Levitical temple-guard; (3) certain members of the Sanhedrin and Pharisees (ibid.). Staves.—I.e. clubs. Not the same word as in chapter Matthew 10:10.Matthew 26:51. One of them.—See John 18:10. When the Evangelical tradition first assumed shape and form, prudence required that the name of Peter should not be publicly... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 26:57-68

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 26:57. To Caiaphas.—Apparently after a preliminary examination before Annas (John 18:13; John 18:19-24). Where the scribes and the elders were assembled.—It was against the rules of Jewish law to hold a session of the Sanhedrin or Council for the trial of capital offences by night. Such an assembly on the night of the paschal supper must have been still more at variance with usage, and the fact that it was so held has, indeed, been urged as a proof that the Last Supper was... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:50

Matthew 26:50 The Last Pleading of Love. Note: I. The patience of Christ's love. If we take no higher view of this most pathetic incident than that the words come from a man's lips, even then all its beauty will not be lost. There are some sins against friendship, in which the manner is harder to bear than the substance of the evil. It must have been a strangely mean and dastardly nature, as well as a coarse and cold one, that could think of fixing on the kiss of affection as the concerted sign... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:56

Matthew 26:56 The Fickleness of Friends. I. "Then all the disciples forsook Him and fled." The cruelty of all this it would be hard to exaggerate. For three years and upwards their Divine Master had been building up their faith and binding them to Himself by a thousand heavenly arts. They had witnessed His miracles; they had heard His discourses; they had experienced His favours; they had been made the objects of His priceless love. Behold, the end is at last approaching the end of life. The... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:57-58

Matthew 26:57-58 , Matthew 26:69-75 Peter's Denial of Jesus. Although Peter's denial of his Lord shocked all witnesses as a sudden, unaccountable, disconnected thing, it was in reality but the last act in a succession of acts, one growing out of another. I. Think of this deed in connection with a certain weakness in which it began. Who denied the Lord? Was it that supreme scoundrel, Judas? No infinitely pathetic tale to tell! it was Peter! There was nothing artful, nothing subtle, nothing... read more

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