Matthew 27:1,2

MATTHEW 27:1 F. JESUS BROUGHT TO PILATE (Mark 15:1 *). Matthew 27:1. took counsel: or made up their minds the actual sentence lay outside their power.... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:3-10

THE DEATH OF JUDAS. Mt. only, but for a variant account see Acts 1:18 f. This section breaks the narrative, and its historicity is not beyond question. The evangelist has in mind Zechariah 11:12 f.*, which he curiously attributes to Jeremiah, influenced perhaps by Jeremiah 32:6; Jeremiah 18:2. There... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:11-26

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. This source may also be the origin of the reading Jesus Barabbas (Matthew 27:16, Syr. Sin. and Origen),... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:27-31

THE SOLDIERS MOCK JESUS (Mark 15:16 *, which Mt. rearranges and slightly expands). Lk. (Luke 23:11) makes something of the kind happen at Herod's house, but there is some doubt about the text.... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:32-44

THE CRUCIFIXION (Mark 15:21 *, Luke 23:26). Mt. still follows Mk. clearly, the chief alterations being (_a)_ gall (Matthew 27:34) for myrrh (this is due to Psalms 69:21, and turns a kindly act into a cruel one); (_b)_ Matthew 27:36; (_c_) the addition of if thou art the SOD of God (Matthew 27:40); ... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:45-56

THE DEATH OF JESUS (Mark 15:33 *, Luke 23:44). Matthew 27:48 f. is to be preferred to Mark 15:36. vv. Matthew 27:51 is found only in Mt., and may have as its basis Ezekiel 37:12. AFTER HIS RESURRECTION: a still later insertion to fit the statement that Christ was the first fruits of them that sleep.... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:57-61

THE BURIAL OF JESUS (Mark 15:42 *, Luke 23:50). Mt. is the briefest of the three; he omits Pilate's inquiry of the centurion (which Mk. gives) and the description of Joseph (Mk., Lk.). He simply calls him a rich man, Jesus-' disciple. Perhaps he thought that by calling him a councilor he might be gr... [ Continue Reading ]

Matthew 27:62-66

THE GUARDING OF THE TOMB (Mt. only). The story arose as a reply to Jews who averred that the disciples had removed the body of Jesus, itself a reply to the disciples-' assertion of the empty grave (_cf. Matthew 28:11_). It is a relic of controversy in which each side imputed unworthy motives to the... [ Continue Reading ]

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