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Matthew 27:26
Then released he Barabbas unto them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.
Then released he Barabbas unto them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.
Verse Matthew 27:26. _SCOURGED JESUS_] This is allowed to have been a very severe punishment of itself among the Romans, the flesh being generally _cut_ by the whips used for this purpose: so the poet...
AND WHEN HE HAD SCOURGED JESUS - See the notes at Matthew 10:17. Among the Romans it was customary to scourge or whip a “slave” before he was crucified. This was done to inflict greater suffering. tha...
CHAPTER 27 1. Delivered unto Pilate.(Matthew 27:1 .) 2. The Suicide of Judas.(Matthew 27:3 .) 3. Before Pilate. (Matthew 27:11 .) 4. The Awful Choice....
JESUS BEFORE PILATE (Mark 15:1 *, Luke 23:1; Luke 23:18). Mt. follows Mk. closely, but has an additional source of information on which he draws for Pilate's wife's dream and Pilate's handwashing. Thi...
THE MAN WHO SENTENCED JESUS TO DEATH (Matthew 27:1-2 ; Matthew 27:11-26)...
SCOURGED. Greek. _phragelloo._ Occurs only here, and Mark 15:15. DELIVERED HIM. handed Him over....
The Trial before Pontius Pilate St Mark 15:2-15; St Luke 23:2-7; Luke 23:13-24; St John 18:29 to...
_when he had scourged Jesus_ Scourging usually preceded crucifixion. It was in itself a cruel and barbarous torture, under which the victim often perished....
THE TRIAL BEFORE PONTIUS PILATE St Mark 15:2-15; St Luke 23:2-5; Luke 23:13-24; St John 18:29 to...
ΦΡΑΓΕΛΛΏΣΑΣ. Here and Mark 15:15, from Latin ‘_flagello_.’ Scourging usually preceded crucifixion. It was in itself a cruel and barbarous torture, under which the victim often perished....
Ver 15. Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. 16. And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. 17. Therefore when they were gathered...
_JESUS WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH BY PILATE MATTHEW 27:11-26:_ Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus did not reply to the false charges made by the chief priests and elders. This cause...
ΆΠΈΛΥΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΟΛΎΩ (G67) отпускать, ΦΡΑΓΕΛΛΏΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΦΡΑΓΕΛΛΌΩ (G798) бичевать. Это было либо частью основного наказания, либо отдельным наказанием (Bammel, JPD, 440-...
DISCOURSE: 1409 THE INDIGNITIES OFFERED TO OUR LORD Matthew 27:26. Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. Then the soldiers of the Gover...
AND WHEN HE HAD SCOURGED JESUS— The Romans usually scourged the criminals whom they condemned to be crucified: this was the reason why Pilate ordered our Lord to be scourged, before he delivered him t...
SECTION 73 JESUS IS TRIED BY PILATE, CONDEMNED AND SCOURGED (Parallels: Mark 15:2-20; Luke 23:1-25; John 18:28 to John 19:16) TEXT: 27:
And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 23:1, and at...
BEFORE PILATE. THE CRUCIFIXION 1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate (Mark 15:1; Luke 23:1; John 18:28 : see on Jn)....
TRIAL BEFORE PILATE] (Mark 15:2; Luke 23:1; Luke 23:13; John 18:28 to John 19:16)
SCOURGED] in accordance with the Roman custom before crucifixion. The culprit was stripped and tied in a bending posture to a pillar, or stretched on a frame, and the punishment was inflicted with a s...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 27 JUDAS KILLS HIMSELF 27:1-10 V1 It was very early in the morning. All the chief *priests and the other leaders decided that Jesus...
WHEN HE HAD SCOURGED JESUS. — The word used by St. Matthew, derived from the Latin _flagellum,_ shows that it was the Roman punishment with knotted thongs of leather (like the Russian “knout” or the E...
Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1 - Matthew 27:1 WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our Lord and Saviour. We have already noticed the large proportionate...
_Jesus before Pilate_ (Mark 15:2-15; Luke 23:2-7; Luke 23:13-25)....
_Result of the appeal to the people_....
τότε ἀπέλυσεν : Pilate, lacking the passion for justice, judges not according to the merits but according to policy. When he discovered that Jesus was not a popular favourite, in fact had no friends,...
THE STAIN WATER COULD NOT WASH AWAY Matthew 27:22-31 No judge ought to have asked the crowd what he should do. But every man has to do with Christ. He is ever standing before the bar of conscience, a...
The morning saw the plot hatched in the night carried into effect. This is chronicled in the first two verses of the chapter. The picture of Judas in his remorse is very terrible. Pilate stands out as...
_And having scourged Jesus. We must know that Pilate was a subject of the Roman empire; and by the Roman law it was ordained, that whoever was condemned to the cross, should previously suffer the puni...
PILATE SEEKS TO RELEASE HIM IN LIEU OF BARABBAS Matthew 27:15-26; Mark 15:6-15; John 18:39-40; Luke 23:13-25. “ An
JESUS SCOURGED AND MOCKED Mark 15:19; John 19:1-3; Matthew 27:26-30. “ _And having scourged Jesus_, _he delivered Him up_, _that He may be crucified_.” As it was customary with the Romans to precede t...
"And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. (12) And when he was accused of the chief priests and eld...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
26_Then he released to them Barabbas. _Our three Evangelists do not mention what is related by John, (John 15:13,) that Pilate ascended the judgment-seat to pronounce sentence from it; for they only s...
After this (chapter 27), the unhappy priests and heads of the people deliver up their Messiah to the Gentiles, as He had told His disciples. Judas, in despair under Satan's power, hangs himself, havin...
THEN RELEASED HE BARABBAS UNTO THEM,.... The seditious person, robber, and murderer, for which crimes he was in prison. This man was an emblem of the persons for whom Christ suffered, both in his char...
Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered _him_ to be crucified. Ver. 26. _And when he had scourged Jesus_] So to satisfy their cruelty, and move them, if it m...
_And when he had scourged Jesus_, &c. This was an ignominious and cruel punishment, usually, but most unreasonably inflicted by the Romans on such as were condemned to be crucified; as if the exquisit...
SCOURGED JESUS; according to the custom of scourging one condemned to die before his execution....
All night the Lord Jesus had been subjected to the persecution of the Jewish council. Now early in the morning, determined that He might be put to death as soon as possible, they bring Him bound to th...
26-30 Crucifixion was a death used only among the Romans; it was very terrible and miserable. A cross was laid on the ground, to which the hands and feet were nailed, it was then lifted up and fixed u...
Ver. 24-26. Mark saith, MARK 15:15, _So Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him to be crucified._ Luke saith, LUKE 23:24,25, A...
Matthew 27:26 Then G5119 released G630 (G5656) Barabbas G912 them G846 and G1161 scourged G5417 (G5660) Jesus...
THE CHIEF PRIEST AND ELDERS BRING ABOUT THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS BY MANIPULATION: THE REMORSE OF JUDAS AND THE TRIAL OF JESUS BEFORE PILATE (27:1-26). In this new subsection Matthew lays great stress...
PILATE TRIES THE WAY OF COMPROMISE AND ENDS UP HAVING TO GIVE WAY BY WASHING HIS HANDS OF THE WHOLE SITUATION IN DECLARATION OF JESUS' INNOCENCE (27:15-26). Matthew now confirms that the Chief Priests...
‘Then he released Barabbas to them, but he scourged Jesus and delivered him to be crucified.' But Pilate could not escape the blame as easily as that, and Matthew clearly indicates his guilt in these...
Matthew 27:26. AND JESUS HE SCOURGED. The guilty one was released, and the innocent one entered upon his punishment. Scourging usually preceded crucifixion. As Pilate made further attempts to release...
The account of Matthew is least detailed, but contains two incidents (Matthew 27:19; Matthew 27:24) peculiar to itself. The Jews first attempted to obtain Pilate's consent to the death of Jesus, witho...
SCOURGED (φραγελλωσας). The Latin verb _flagellare_. Pilate apparently lost interest in Jesus when he discovered that he had no friends in the crowd. The religious leaders had been eager to get Jesu...
Matthew 27:24 Behold the Man. I. Behold the Man, and see who He is. We see that He is a real and actual man. Men had been on the outlook for that Son of God who should come down in the likeness of ma...
Matthew 27:26 _(with Mark 15:15)_ Christ on the Cross. Christ on the Cross is our subject. You know His history, And when you read, "The people stood beholding" you will be ready to add, "And no won...
Our Lord was brought before the Roman governor Pilate. He was anxious to let Jesus go; but he was a weak-minded man, easily swayed by the noisy cry of the people, prompted by the chief priests and eld...
We are now to read about our Lord before Pontius Pilate. Matthew 27:15. Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. And they had then a notable pri...
CONTENTS: Jesus delivered to Pilate. Judas' remorse. Barabbas released in Jesus' place. The crucifixion of Christ. The entombment and sealing of the tomb. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Pilate, Judas, Jerem...
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 befo...
HE HAD JESUS WHIPPED. Condemned prisoners were whipped before being crucified. The whip was made of leather strips, and would cut the skin. It was done cruelly to drain the strength of the condemned m...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 27:26 SCOURGED. Roman beatings were a terribly cruel punishment. Those condemned were tied to a post and beaten with a leather whip interwoven with pieces of bone and metal, wh...
PILATE HANDS JESUS OVER TO BE CRUCIFIED MATTHEW 27:15-26; MARK 15:6-15; LUKE 23:13-25; JOHN 18:38-40...
1-66 CHAPTER 27 Ver. 1. _But when the morning was come_ (Syr. _when it was dawn_), _all the chief priests_, &c. "See here," says S. Jerome, "the eagerness of the Priests for evil," _their feet were s...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 27:11. TIE GOVERNOR ASKED HIM.—Pilate, true to the Roman sense of justice, refused merely to confirm the sentence of the Sanhedrin (_Carr_). Matthew 27:16. BARABBAS.—“Son of...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 27:1, MATTHEW 27:2 _Jesus brought to Pilate. _(Mark 15:1; Luke 2
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 grou...
1 Peter 2:24; Isaiah 50:6; Isaiah 53:5; John 19:1; John 19:16;...
He delivered him to be crucified — The person crucified was nailed to the cross as it lay on the ground, through each hand extended to the utmost stretch, and through both the feet together. Then the...
As the death of the cross was. Roman punishment, so it was the manner of the Romans first to scourge and whip their malefactores, and then deliver them to be crucified. Now the manner of the Romans sc...