Begged the body] According to St. Mark, Pilate assured himself that Jesus was really dead before surrendering the body. It was not lawful to suffer a man to hang all night upon a tree, Deuteronomy 21:23. Strictly speaking, Jesus had no legal right to honourable burial. The Jewish law was, 'They that were put to death by the council were not to be buried in the sepulchres of their fathers, but two burial places were appointed by the council.'
Verse 58. _BEGGED THE BODY_] That he might bury it honourably otherwise, by the Jewish customs, he would have either been _burned_, or buried in the common place appointed for executed criminals....
HE WENT TO PILATE - Because no one had a right to remove the body but by authority of the magistrate. Jesus was condemned to be crucified, usually a long and most bitter death, and in common cases it...
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 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...
Late in the day there came a rich man from Arimathaea, Joseph by name, who was himself a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and requested the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him...
THE MAN WHO SENTENCED JESUS TO DEATH (Matthew 27:1-2 ; Matthew 27:11-26)...
HE. This [man]. The Lord was thus buried by two secret disciples. See John 19:38; John 19:39. Compare Mark 15:42; Mark 15:43.
_Pilate commanded the body to be delivered_ after having ascertained from the centurion that Jesus was dead. Usually those who suffered crucifixion lingered for days upon the cross. By Roman law the c...
The Entombment Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42 Matthew 27:62 are peculiar to St Matthew. St Mark notes the won
ἘΚΈΛΕΥΣΕΝ�, after having ascertained from the centurion that Jesus was dead. Usually those who suffered crucifixion lingered for days upon the cross. By Roman law the corpse of a crucified person was...
THE ENTOMBMENT Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42 Matthew 27:62-66 are peculiar to St Matthew. St Mark not
Ver 57. When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: 58. He went to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the bo...
_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...
ΠΡΟΣΕΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. (сопутств.) от_ ΠΡΟΣΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G4334) приходить. ΉΤΉΣΑΤΟ _aor. ind. med. от_ ΑΊΤΈΩ (G154) спрашивать. Indir. _med._ означает: “просить для себя”. Тела преступников иногда отда...
HE WENT TO PILATE AND BEGGED THE BODY OF JESUS— St. Mark says, Mark 15:43 that _he went in boldly, and craved the body._ And it was certainly a courageous act for that rich and noble senator thus publ...
JESUS IS BURIED TEXT: 27:57-61 57 And when even was come, there came a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus-' disciple: 58 this man went to Pilate, and asked for the bod...
When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: For the exposition of this portion, see the notes at John 19:38....
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...
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...
HE WENT TO PILATE. — Assuming the death of our Lord to have been soon after the ninth hour (3 P.M.), Joseph would seem to have hastened at once to the Prætorium, and asked Pilate’s permission to inter...
CHAPTER 20 The Third Day- Matthew 27:57 - Matthew 28:1 Now that the atoning work of Christ is finished, the story proceeds with rapidity to its close. It was the work of the Evangelist to give the hi...
προσελθὼν : from the cross Joseph returns, and approaches Pilate to beg the body of Jesus for burial. In the case of the crucified such a request was necessary, but was generally granted (“Eorum in qu...
_Burial_ (Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56). ἦλθεν, etc., there came (to the place of crucifixion, the centre of interest in the preceding narrative) a _man_ (unknown to readers), _rich_ (this fact put in...
THE CLOSED AND GUARDED TOMB Matthew 27:57-66 _Fear_ not to entrust yourself to God in death. If you yield up your spirit and commend it to the Father's hands, He will provide for it and for your body...
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...
The Roman laws forbade sepulture to be given to criminals, without an express permission from the judges. (Bible de Vence, and Menochius)...
THE INTERMENT Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:31-42. “Then the Jews, in order that the
"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...
HE WENT TO PILATE,.... To his house where he lived, and went in, as Mark says, Mark 15:43, boldly; not being ashamed of Christ crucified, or afraid to own him, and show his respect to him as dead, tho...
He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. Ver. 58. _He went to Pilate_] It was time for him now or never to show himself, and to wax bold, Mark...
THE BURIAL OF CHRIST. The burial of Christ:...
HE WENT TO PILATE, AND BEGGED THE BODY OF JESUS. THEN PILATE COMMANDED THE BODY TO BE DELIVERED....
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...
57-61 In the burial of Christ was nothing of pomp or solemnity. As Christ had not a house of his own, wherein to lay his head, while he lived, so he had not a grave of his own, wherein to lay his bod...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 27:61"....
Matthew 27:58 man G3778 went G4334 (G5631) Pilate G4091 asked G154 (G5668) body G4983 Jesus G2424 Then...
‘This man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded it to be given up.' The bodies of criminals, apart from those guilty of high treason, were the property of the state, b...
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....
Matthew 27:58. THIS MAN WENT TO PILATE. To the palace. ‘He went in boldly' (Mark 15:43). Although it was the Jewish custom to bury the bodies of the crucified before sunset, Pilate's consent was neces...
OUR LORD'S INTENSE AGONY OF MIND no doubt hastened death, although viewed in another aspect, it may be said, that the Saviour hastened His death by a voluntary self-surrender which the Father accepted...
Matthew 27:57 Buried with Christ. I. There was an old heathen philosophy that taught deadness to this world; it required the thorough laying aside of all human feelings and passions; but what it incu...
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...
ASKED FOR THE BODY OF JESUS. Usually the body was left on the cross to decay. This Sabbath was a special day (John 19:31), so the bodies were removed. It probably made Pilate "feel better" about the w...
_There came a rich man of Arimathaea._ JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA I. The burial of Jesus by Joseph and his friend is an interesting illustration of faith. He accepted the evidence that Jesus was Christ. T...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 27:57 JOSEPH was a member of the Sanhedrin who did not consent to the actions against Jesus (Luke 23:50). His high standing within the Jewish
Jesus is laid in the tomb Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42;...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 27:57. EVEN.—The first or early evening. See Deuteronomy 21:23; Jos., _B. J_., IV. Matthew 27:2. ARIMATHÆA.—Generally identified’ with Ramathaim-zophim, on Mount Ephraim, the
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...
Luke 23:52; Luke 23:53; Mark 15:44...