And (1) straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried [him] away, and (a) (a) delivered [him] to Pilate. (1) Christ being bound before the judgment seat of an earthly Judge, is condemned before the op... [ Continue Reading ]
Now at [that] feast he (b) released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. (b) Pilate used to deliver.... [ Continue Reading ]
(2) And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his [head], (2) Christ going about to take away the sins of men, who went about to usurp the throne of God himself, is condemned as one that sought diligently after the kingdom, and mocked with a false show of a k... [ Continue Reading ]
And they (3) compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. (3) The rage of the wicked has no measure; meanwhile, even the weakness of Christ, who was in pain under the heavy burden of the cross, manifestly shows that a l... [ Continue Reading ]
(4) And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull. (4) Christ is led out of the walls of the earthly Jerusalem into a foul place of dead men's carcasses, as a man most unclean, not because of himself, but because of our sins, which were laid upon him,... [ Continue Reading ]
(5) And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. (5) Christ hangs naked upon the cross, and as the most wicked and base person that ever was, most vilely reproved. This was so that we, being clothed with his righteousness and blessed... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the sixth hour was come, there was (6) darkness over the (c) whole land until the ninth hour. (6) How angry God was against our sins, which he punished in his son who is our sure substitute, is made evident by this horrible darkness. (c) By this word "land" he means Palestine: so that the... [ Continue Reading ]
And at the (7) ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? (7) Christ striving mightily with Satan, sin and death, all three armed with the horrible curse of God, grievously tormented in body... [ Continue Reading ]
(8) There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; (8) Christ, to the great shame of the men who forsook the Lord, chose women for his witnesses, who beheld this entire event.... [ Continue Reading ]
Joseph of Arimathaea, an (d) honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in (e) boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. (d) A man of great authority, of the council of the sanhedrin, or else a man who was taken by Pilate for his own council. (e) If we... [ Continue Reading ]