Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Matthew 27:44
The (n) thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
(n) This is spoken using the figure of speech called synecdoche, for only one of the thieves reviled him.
The (n) thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
(n) This is spoken using the figure of speech called synecdoche, for only one of the thieves reviled him.
Verse 44. _THE THIEVES ALSO - CAST THE SAME IN HIS TEETH._] That is, _one_ of the robbers; for one, we find, was a penitent, Luke 23:39. See this form of expression accounted for, on Matthew 26:8....
THE THIEVES ALSO - The robbers, or highwaymen. Luke says Luke 23:39 that one of them did it, and that the other reproved him and was penitent. The account in Luke may, however, easily be reconciled wi...
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 CRUCIFIXION (Mark 15:21 *, Luke 23:26). Mt. still follows Mk. clearly, the chief alterations being (_a)_ gall (Matthew 27:34) for myrrh (this is due to...
As they were going out, they found a Cyrenian man, Simon by name, and they impressed him into their service, to bear Jesus' Cross. When they had come to the place which is called Golgotha (which means...
THE MAN WHO SENTENCED JESUS TO DEATH (Matthew 27:1-2 ; Matthew 27:11-26)...
CAST... TEETH. kept reviling Him. _Both_ the robbers reviled; but only _one_ of the malefactors (Luke 23:39; Luke 23:40). See App-164....
The Crucifixion and Death of Jesus Mark 15:22-37; Luke 23:33-46; John 19:18-30. St Mark's account differs little from St Matthew's. St Luke names the mockery of the soldiers and the words of the rob...
_The thieves also … cast the same in his teeth_ They would naturally catch at the thought that the deliverer failed to give deliverance. St Luke alone relates that "one of the malefactors which were h...
THE CRUCIFIXION AND DEATH OF JESUS Mark 15:22-37; Luke 23:33-46; John 19:18-30 St Mark’s account differs little from St Matthew’s. St Luke names the mockery of the soldiers and the words of the robbe...
ΤῸ Δʼ ΑΥ̓ΤῸ Κ.Τ.Λ. They would naturally catch at the thought that the deliverer failed to give deliverance. St Luke alone relates that ‘one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him … the oth...
Ver 39. And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their beads, 40. And saying, "Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down fr...
_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...
ΤΌ ΑΥΤΌ (G846) то же самое, ΣΥΣΤΑΥΡΩΘΈΝΤΕΣ _aor. pass. part. от_ ΣΥΣΤΑΥΡΌΩ (G4957) распинать вместе, ΏΝΕΊΔΙΖΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΟΝΕΙΔΊΖΩ (G3679) упрекать, оскорблять. Inch. _impf._ значит: “они...
DISCOURSE: 1410 THE MOCKING OF CHRIST UPON THE CROSS Matthew 27:38. Then were there two thieves crucified with him; one on the right hand, and another on the left. And they that passed by reviled him,...
THE THIEVES ALSO—CAST THE SAME IN HIS TEETH— _Reproached him in like manner._ St. Luke says, that _one_ only of the thieves reproached him. See Luke 23:39. Some commentators endeavour to remove this d...
REVILING ABUSE AND SHAME HEAPED UPON JESUS TEXT: 27:38-44 38 Then are there crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left. 39 And they that passed by railed on him, waggin...
They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof he would not drink They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drin...
29 See Psa_69:19-20; Isa_53:3. 30 See Isa_50:6. 31 See Isa_53:7-8; Php_2:9-10. 31 In mockery, our Lord went through the mimic ceremony of being invested with imperial dignity. The shining attire wit...
BEFORE PILATE. THE CRUCIFIXION 1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate (Mark 15:1; Luke 23:1; John 18:28 : see on Jn)....
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...
THE THIEVES ALSO... CAST THE SAME IN HIS TEETH. — Literally, _reviled Him._ On the change which afterwards came over one of them, see Note on Luke 23:40....
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...
_Taunts of spectators_ (Mark 15:29-32; Luke 23:35-37; Luke 23:39). The last drop in Christ's bitter cup. To us it may seem incredible that even His worst enemies could be guilty of anything so brutal...
: the co-crucified brigands join with the mob and the priests in ribaldry. τὸ αὐτὸ : Fritzsche supplies ἐποίουν after this phrase and renders: the same thing did the robbers, or they too reproached Hi...
“WHERE THEY CRUCIFIED HIM” Matthew 27:32-44 He will not drink what would dull His keen sense of the momentous issues of the Cross. Those taunts were true. None who save themselves can save others. Th...
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...
And the same things the thieves also: i.e. one of them, the other being converted, as we find Luke xxii. 39. (Witham) --- St. Ambrose, St. John Chrysostom, St. Jerome, and Ven. Bede say, that at first...
THEY REVILE HIM ON THE CROSS Mark 15:29-32; Luke 23:35-43; Matthew 27:39-44. “ _And passing by_, _they continued to blaspheme Him_, _wagging their heads_, _and saying_, Thou that des
"And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. (33) And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, ...
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...
44._And the robbers also. Matthew _and _Mark, _by synecdoche, attribute to the robbers what was done only by one of them, as is evident from Luke And this mode of expression ought not to be accounted...
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...
THE THIEVES ALSO,.... One or other of them, not both; an Hebrew way of speaking, as Drusius b observed: so it is said of Jonah, Jonah 1:5, that he was "gone down into the sides of the ship"; not into...
The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. Ver. 44. _The thieves also_] Both of them railed at first, till one of them was converted by a miracle (for it was one of...
_They that passed by reviled him_, &c. As it was a great aggravation of our Lord's sufferings that he was crucified along with two thieves, and in the middle of them, as though he had been the chief m...
CAST THE SAME IN HIS TEETH; they upbraided him in the same way....
THE THIEVES ALSO WHICH WERE CRUCIFIED WITH HIM CAST THE SAME IN HIS TEETH. Christ was numbered with the criminals, with the transgressors. Isaiah 53:12. On either side of Him were suspended men that h...
The taunts of the people:...
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...
35-44 It was usual to put shame upon malefactors, by a writing to notify the crime for which they suffered. So they set up one over Christ's head. This they designed for his reproach, but God so over...
Ver. 39-44. Mark relates this part of the history with no material circumstance differing from Matthew, MATTHEW 15:29. Luke saith, LUKE 23:39, And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on hi...
Matthew 27:44 G1161 Even G2532 robbers G3027 who G3588 crucified G4957 (G5685) Him G846 reviled G3679 ...
THE FINAL FAREWELL (27:27-54). In sober words Matthew now portrays what Jesus had to endure from the moment when He was handed over to His executioners to be mocked as ‘the King of the Jews' to the t...
THE OPEN MOCKERY OF THE SON OF GOD (27:38-44). Having been mocked by the soldiers prior to His crucifixion Jesus must now face the mockery of His own nation. It begins with ‘those who pass by', it con...
‘And the insurrectionists also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.' The third of the trio which mocked Jesus were the insurrectionists who had been crucified along with Him. The...
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 27:44. THE ROBBERS ALSO EAST THE SAME IN HIS TEETH, or ‘cast on him the same reproaches.' Luke alone tells of the penitence of one (see Luke 23:30-43). Both probably at first reproach Him, out...
THE ROBBERS ALSO (κα ο ληιστα). Probably "even the robbers" (Weymouth) who felt a momentary superiority to Jesus thus maligned by all. So the inchoative imperfect ωνειδιζον means "began to reproach...
Matthew 27:26 _(with Mark 15:15)_ Christ on the Cross. Christ on the Cross is our subject. You know His history, And when you read, "The people stood beholding" you will be ready to add, "And no won...
Matthew 27:33. _And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not...
Matthew 27:32. _And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross._ Perhaps they were afraid that Christ would die from exhaustion; so they compell...
Matthew 27:27. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they h...
Matthew 27:27. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they...
Our Lord was brought before the Roman governor Pilate. He was anxious to let Jesus go; but he was a weak-minded man, easily swayed by the noisy cry of the people, prompted by the chief priests and eld...
We are now to read about our Lord before Pontius Pilate. Matthew 27:15. Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. And they had then a notable pri...
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...
EVEN THE BANDITS. They were in great agony, but they insult him also! [But one changed his mind. See Luke 23:39-43.]...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 27:27 As he tells of the crucifixion, Matthew focuses on the fulfillment of OT prophecies about the suffering servant (Isaiah 42:1;...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 27:35. THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED, ETC.—Omitted in R.V. It ought not to be questioned that the words were interpolated by the copyists, from John 19:24 (_Scrivener_). Matthew...
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...
Job 30:7; Luke 23:39; Luke 23:40; Matthew 27:38; Mark 15:32;...
Mark 15:32; Luke 23:33....
Did both robbers revile Christ, or did only one do this? PROBLEM: Matthew says here, “even the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him.” However, according to Luke, only one reviled Him (Luke...