Until the third day. — The phrase is worth noting as indicating the meaning which the priests attached to the words “after three days.” They were looking for the fraud which they anticipated as likely to be attempted at the beginning of the third day from the death.
The last error. — Better, deceit, to connect the word, in English as in the Greek, with the “deceiver” of Matthew 27:63.
Verse Matthew 27:64. _LEST HIS DISCIPLES COME BY NIGHT_] Νυκτος, _by night_, is wanting in _ten_ of the uncial MSS., and in several others, and in most of the versions. _Erasmus, Aldus, Bengel_, and _...
UNTIL THE THIRD DAY - That is, during two nights and the intervening day. This proves that when the Jews spoke of “three days,” they did not of necessity mean three “whole days,” but parts of three da...
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 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 (_c...
On the next day, which is the day after the Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came to Pilate in a body. "Sir, they said, "we remember that, while he was still alive, that deceiver said, 'Af...
THE MAN WHO SENTENCED JESUS TO DEATH (Matthew 27:1-2 ; Matthew 27:11-26)...
MADE SURE. secured. THE THIRD DAY. See App-148. THE DEAD. See App-139. ERROR. deception. THE FIRST. They do not say what the first was. It may be the crucifixion itself....
_by night_ Omitted in the best MSS. _He is risen_ Rather, HE ROSE. _error_ Better, DECEIT. The Greek word has the same root as _deceiver, Matthew 27:63_....
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
ΝΥΚΤΌΣ, almost certainly a gloss, with very small support. 64. ΤΩ͂Ι ΛΑΩ͂Ι. As frequently in N.T. in a special sense, the people of Israel, the Jews. ἨΓΈΡΘΗ. ‘He rose.’...
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 62. Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the Chief Priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, 63. Saying, "Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet a...
_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...
ΚΈΛΕΥΣΟΝ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΚΕΛΕΎΩ (G2753) велеть, ΆΣΦΑΛΙΣΘΉΝΑΙ _aor. inf. pass. от_ ΆΣΦΑΛΊΖΩ (G805) обеспечивать безопасность, стеречь, ΜΉΠΟΤΕ (G3379) чтобы не. ΈΛΘΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΈΡΧ...
DISCOURSE: 1413 THE GUARDING OF THE SEPULCHRE Matthew 27:62. Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the Chief Priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we reme...
NOW THE NEXT DAY, THAT FOLLOWED THE DAY OF THE PREPARATION, &C.— That is, after the sun was set. They took this measure, therefore, not on the _morrow,_ in our sense of the word, but in the evening af...
SECTION 75 JESUS-' TOMB IS GUARDED TEXT: 27:62-66 62 Now on the morrow, which is _the day_ after the Preparation, the chief priests and, the Pharisees were gathered together unto Pilate, 63 saying, S...
Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shal...
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...
27:64 lest (d-12) 'Lest may be.' see ch. 5.25....
BEFORE PILATE. THE CRUCIFIXION 1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate (Mark 15:1; Luke 23:1; John 18:28 : see on Jn)....
THE SEPULCHRE IS GUARDED (peculiar to St. Matthew). It is sometimes argued that this incident is unauthentic, because the enemies of Christ would not be likely to remember obscure prophecies of the Re...
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...
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...
_Precautions against theft of the body_; peculiar to Mt., and among the less certain elements of the Passion history, owing its origin and presence in this Gospel apparently to the exigencies of the p...
_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...
ἕως τ. τρίτης ἡμέρας : the definite specification of time here and in Matthew 27:63 may have been imported into the story in the course of the tradition. ἡ ἐσχάτη πλάνη, the last delusion = faith in t...
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 WATCH AT THE SEPULCHER Matthew 27:62-66. “ _And on the following day_, _when_, _after the preparation_, _the high priests and Pharisees came unto Pilate_, _saying_, _We remember how that deceiver...
"Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, (63) Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, A...
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...
COMMAND THEREFORE THAT THE SEPULCHRE BE MADE SURE,.... By this also they own, that he was buried; and they knew in what, and whose sepulchre he was laid, and where it was; and request of Pilate, that...
Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall...
_Now the next day;_ the day _that followed the day of the preparation_ That is, after the sun was set, for the Jewish day began then. The day of preparation was the day before the sabbath, whereon the...
UNTIL THE THIRD DAY; this shows what was then meant by three days, or three days and three nights, which Jesus said he should be in the heart of the earth, or the grave. Matthew 12:40. THE LAST ERROR...
Guarding against the theft of the body:...
COMMAND THEREFORE THAT THE SEPULCHER BE MADE SURE UNTIL THE THIRD DAY, LEST HIS DISCIPLES COME BY NIGHT, AND STEAL HIM AWAY, AND SAY UNTO THE PEOPLE, HE IS RISEN FROM THE DEAD; SO THE LAST ERROR SHALL...
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...
62-66 On the Jewish sabbath, the chief priests and Pharisees, when they should have been at their devotions, were dealing with Pilate about securing the sepulchre. This was permitted that there might...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 27:66"....
Matthew 27:64 Therefore G3767 command G2753 (G5657) tomb G5028 secure G805 (G5683) until G2193 third G5154 day...
“Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest haply his disciples come and steal him away. And say to the people, ‘He is risen from the dead,' and the last error will be...
A GUARD IS SET ON JESUS' TOMB IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE BODY IS NOT STOLEN (27:62-66). There is nothing that reveals the truth about people more than their interpretation of the anticipated action o...
Matthew 27:64. UNTIL THE THIRD DAY, from His death, the third after and including Friday. The best authorities omit ‘by night _.'_ WORSE THAN THE FIRST. The claim to be the Messiah, etc., was in the...
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...
THE LAST ERROR (η εσχατη πλανη). The last delusion, imposture (Weymouth), fraud (Moffatt). Latin _error_ is used in both senses, from _errare_, to go astray. The first fraud was belief in the Messi...
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...
SIR, WE REMEMBER. These Jewish leaders remembered Jesus' prediction. GIVE ORDERS, THEN. They wanted a Roman guard posted. UNTIL THE THIRD DAY. That is, until Sunday morning. Friday would be the first...
_Command therefore that the sepulchre be made secure._ THE JEW AND THE ROMAN WATCHING THE SEPULCHRE I. This passage of sacred history illustrates the truth that God has “made all things for Himself,...
_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...
Matthew 12:45; Matthew 28:13...
Error [π λ α ν η]. Not, as many render, deceit or imposture, referring to planov above; but error on the people's part. The last error, namely, the false impression that he has risen from the dead, wi...