53-59 Compare Mat_26:57-61; Luk_22:54-55; Luk_22:66; Joh_18:12-16. 57 The priests were the teachers of the people. We might reasonably expect the chief priest to have a measure of spiritual intelligence. No one in Israel should know more than he concerning the dwelling place of God. He alone, once... [ Continue Reading ]
7 Bar-Abbas, which means son of the father, _ had _ committed the political crime against the Roman government which they tried to fasten on our Lord. He was a murderer. The Lord was a life giver. Yet, because he was the son of their father, the Slanderer (Joh_8:44), they preferred him to the Belove... [ Continue Reading ]
36 See Psa_69:21. 37-39 Compare Mat_27:50-54; Luk_23:45-47; Joh_19:30-37. 37 No man could take His life from Him. All the weariness and wounds did not exhaust His vitality. At the very last He cries out with aloud voice. He laid down His soul of His own will. No mere man could die as He did. Thus... [ Continue Reading ]