Matthew 27:15-43

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 27:15

15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. Ver. 15. The governor was wont ] In remembrance, say some, of their deliverance from the Egyptian bondage. A custom it was, and therefore obtained; but an evil custom, and therefore should better have been abrogated. Custom without truth is but hoariness or mouldiness of error, saith one. And custom without righteousness is but antiquity of iniquity, saith another. A custom they have in Rome to... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 27:16

16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. Ver. 16. A notable prisoner, called Barabbas ] That is, by interpretation, his father’s son, his white son, his darling, his tidling, a whom he had cockered and not crossed from his youth. Such children are often undone, as Absalom, Amnon, and Adonijah were by their parents’ indulgence. How many a Barabbas, brought to the gallows, blameth his fond father, and haply curseth him in hell! a A pampered or spoiled child; a darling, pet; a... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 27:17

17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? Ver. 17. Whom will ye that I release? ] Pilate hoped they would never be so grossly wicked as to prefer such a stigmatical varlet. a But why did he give them the liberty of such a choice? Why did he not rather (as Job) "break the jaws of the wicked, and pluck the spoil out of their teeth?" Job 29:17 . Should not the standard be made of hardest... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 27:18

18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. Ver. 18. For he knew that for envy ] His sin was the greater for his knowledge,James 4:17; James 4:17 . Omne peccatum contra conscientiam aedificat ad gehennam, saith Gerson. When men imprison their light (that prophet from God), Romans 1:18 , and after conviction run away with the bit in their mouths, as it were, they run, without God’s greater mercy, upon their utter ruin and destruction. Tostatus truly observeth, that Solomon’s... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 27:19

19 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. Ver. 19. His wife sent unto him ] There are those who think that this woman’s dream was of the devil; thereby to have hindered the work of redemption by this composition. Satan and his agents, when they cannot conquer, would fain compound. Others will have it to be a divine dream, because it was sent, say... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 27:20

20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. Ver. 20. The chief priests and elders persuaded ] And prevailed. See then how needful it is that we pray for good governors; Jeroboam made Israel to sin; Peter compelled the Gentiles to Judaize, Galatians 2:14 . As the corruption of a fish begins at the head, and as in a beast the whole body follows the head, so are the people overruled by their rulers. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 27:21

21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. Ver. 21. They said, Barabbas ] This mad choice is every day made, while men prefer the lusts of their flesh before the lives of their souls. In the present instance we may see, as in a mirror, the inconstancy of the common sort (who erst cried Christ up for a prophet, and would have crowned him for a king) and the desperate madness of the priests, Qui citius diabolum ex... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 27:22

22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. Ver. 22. Let him be crucified ] He whom erewhile they had little less than deifed. See how soon evil company and counsel had altered them, like as walnut tree roots embitter the roots of all the trees about them. Si quis obsequatur Calliae, statim reddet cum temulentum Callias; si Alcibiadi, iactatorem; si Crobylo, coquum, &c., saith Aelian. A man easily... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 27:23

23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. Ver. 23. Why? What evil hath he done? ] Why? but if he have done no evil, wherefore doth not Pilate pronounce him innocent, contra gentes, facing the people, and not guilty him by proclamation? which because he did not, but the contrary, was he not therefore, by a just judgment of God upon him, kicked off the bench by the Emperor Tiberius? Judge Hales came to an evil end for... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 27:24

24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it . Ver. 24. He took water ] Too weak an element to wash off guilt; which is not purged but by the blood of Christ, or fire of hell. And washed his hands ] An old ceremony, used in this case, both by Jews Deu 21:6-7 Act 18:6 and Gentiles, as the scholiast upon Sophocles... read more

Grupo de marcas