Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 27:56
James — The less: he was so called, to distinguish him from the other James, the brother of John; probably because he was less in stature.
James — The less: he was so called, to distinguish him from the other James, the brother of John; probably because he was less in stature.
Verse 56. _MARY MAGDALENE_] She probably had her name from _Magdala_, a village or district in Lower Galilee. See Matthew 15:39. Some think she was called Magdalene from מגדלא _magdala_, which signifi...
MARY MAGDALENE - Mary of Magdala. She had a special cause of attachment to the Saviour, having been relieved by him of a most dreadful calamity and restored to her right mind, after being possessed by...
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....
THE DEATH OF JESUS (Mark 15:33 *, Luke 23:44). Matthew 27:48 f. is to be preferred to Mark 15:36. vv....
THE MAN WHO SENTENCED JESUS TO DEATH (Matthew 27:1-2 ; Matthew 27:11-26)...
And, look you, the veil of the Temple was rent in two from top to bottom, and the earth was shaken, and the rocks were split, and the tombs were opened, and the bodies of many of God's dedicated ones...
WHICH. Denoting. class: referring to Matthew 27:55. ZEBEDEE'S. See note on Matthew 4:21....
St Mark (Mark 15:40) specifies the group as "Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less (rather, _the little_) and of Joses, and Salome." _Mary Magdalene_ Mentioned here for the first time...
Events that followed the Crucifixion. (1) The Veil of the Temple rent; (2) the Earthquake; (3) the Saints arise; (4) the Centurion at the Cross; (5) the Watching of the Women Of these, (2) and (3) ar...
ἸΩΣῊΦ for Ἰωσῆ: the first is supported by א*DL, Versions and Origen, and the second by ABC, many other uncials and Fathers. 56. St Mark (Mark 15:40) specifies the group as ‘Mary Magdalene, and Mary t...
EVENTS THAT FOLLOWED THE CRUCIFIXION. (1) THE VEIL OF THE TEMPLE RENT; (2) THE EARTHQUAKE; (3) THE SAINTS ARISE; (4) THE CENTURION AT THE CROSS; (5) THE WATCHING OF THE WOMEN Of these, (2) and (3) ar...
Ver 51. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52. And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints whi...
_JESUS' DEATH AND BURIAL MATTHEW 27:32-66:_ The power of the cross makes salvation possible. The sign over His head read, "This is Jesus the King of the Jews." He is far more though, "Now to the King...
AND THE MOTHER OF ZEBEDEE'S CHILDREN— Though the construction of the original be dubious, yet I think it very rational, says Dr. Doddridge, to conclude, that the mother of the sons of Zebedee, or of J...
THE WITNESS TEXT: 27:54-56 54 Now the centurion, and they that were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, Truly this was t...
Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children. AMONG WHICH WAS MARY MAGDALENE (SEE THE NOTE AT ), AND MARY THE MOTHER OF JAMES AND JOS...
54-61 Compare Mar_15:39-47; Luk_23:47-56 Joh_19:38-42. 54 The kingdom proclamation closed with the acknowledgment of Peter that He is the Christ, the Son of the living God (Mat_16:16). His priestly m...
BEFORE PILATE. THE CRUCIFIXION 1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate (Mark 15:1; Luke 23:1; John 18:28 : see on Jn)....
MARY MAGDALENE] Most authorities regard 'Magdalene' as equivalent to 'of Magdala,' a town near Tiberias. There is no ground for the common identification of this Mary with the sister of Lazarus, or wi...
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...
MARY MAGDALENE. — This is the first mention of the name in St. Matthew. The most natural explanation of it is that she came from the town of Magdala, or Magadan (the reading of the chief MSS.), not fa...
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...
ἐν αἷς : three out of the many named, with a reference to the sequel, or as the best known. Mary of Magdala (first mention in Mt.), Mary, the mother of a well-known pair of brothers, and the mother of...
_Death and its accompaniments_ (Mark 15:37-41; Luke 23:46-49)....
THE BROKEN HEART AND THE RENT VEIL Matthew 27:45-56 With hushed hearts we stand in the presence of “that sight.” It is the tragedy of time; the one supreme act of self-surrender; the unique unapproac...
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...
CHAPTER 28 CONCURRENT MIRACLES Luke 23:45-49; Mark 15:38-41; Matthew 27:51-56. Our Lord has already expired on the cross, and now we proceed to consider the concurrent miracles so overwhelmingly atte
"Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children. (57) When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also...
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...
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...
AMONG WHICH WAS MARY MAGDALENE,.... Out of whom Christ had cast out seven devils; and who having received much from him, loved much, which she showed by her zealous and constant attachment to him. She...
Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children. Ver. 56. _Among which was Mary Magdalen_] Love is strong as death; good blood will never...
_And many women were there, beholding afar off_ Viewing these things with weeping eyes and sympathizing hearts: _which followed Jesus from Galilee_ To Jerusalem, eighty or a hundred miles, out of the...
AMONG WHICH WAS MARY MAGDALENE, AND MARY, THE MOTHER OF JAMES AND JOSES, AND THE MOTHER OF ZEBEDEE'S CHILDREN. The centurion and the soldiers of his band that had been detailed to watch the cross were...
The effect of Christ's death on the bystanders:...
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...
51-56 The rending of the veil signified that Christ, by his death, opened a way to God. We have an open way through Christ to the throne of grace, or mercy-seat now, and to the throne of glory hereaf...
Ver. 54-56. Mark saith, MARK 15:39, And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God. There were also w...
The History of Joseph the Carpenter But Joseph, that pious old man, was warned of this by a dream. Therefore he rose and took Mary my mother, and I lay in her bosom. Salome[15]...
Matthew 27:56 among G1722 whom G3739 were G2258 (G5713) Mary G3137 Magdalene G3094 G2532 Mary G3137 mother...
THE BODY OF JESUS IS RESCUED FROM IGNOMINY AND BURIED IN A RICH MAN' TOMB (27:55-61). Matthew now brings out that God had made His own funeral arrangements for His Son, as He had revealed beforehand....
‘Among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.' Among the women were Mary Madgdalene; Mary the mother of James and Joses; and the unname...
This section describes the _central fact of the world's history_. The accounts of the four Evangelists agree perfectly as to the main points; but each mentions circumstances omitted by the others. Mat...
Matthew 27:56. AMONG WHOM, the ministering women, who stood there. MARY MAGDALENE. Mentioned first here and in Luke 8:2 (among those who ministered to Him). Comp. chap. Matthew 28:2;...
JAMES Son of Alphaeus. (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:21). _...
Matthew 27:50. _Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost._ Christ's strength was not exhausted; his last word was uttered with a loud voice, like the shout of a conqueri...
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...
THERE WERE MANY WOMEN THERE. These devoted women were still faithful, when the disciples had fled [They may have felt less threatened by the Jewish leaders, because they were women.] Of the apostles,...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 27:55 These WOMEN accompanied Jesus as his disciples (see Mark 15:41;...
Jesus dies on the cross Matthew 27:45-56; Mark 15:33-41; Luke 23:44-49; John 19:28-37;...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 27:45. FROM THE SIXTH HOUR.—The first three Gospels agree as to time and fact. Assuming them to follow the usual Jewish reckoning (as in Acts 2:15; Acts 3:1;...
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...
John 19:25; John 20:1; John 20:18; Luke 24:10; Matthew 27:61;...
Magdalene [η μ α γ δ α λ η ν η]. Neither Mary of Bethany (Matthew 26:6-13) nor the woman who had been a sinner (Luke 7:37-48). The word denotes merely her town : She of Magdala....