Matthew 27:46

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 drink. For the exposition, see the notes at John 19:18....

46._And about the ninth hour Jesus cried. _Though in the _cry _which Christ uttered a power more than human was manifested, yet it was unquestionably drawn from him by intensity of sorrow. And certainly this was his chief conflict, and harder than all the other tortures, that in his anguish he was so far from being soothed by the assistance or favor of his Father, that he felt himself to be in some measure estranged from him. For not only did he offer his body as the price of our reconciliation with God, but. in his soul also he endured the punishments due to us; and thus he became, as Isaiah speaks,_a man of sorrows, _(Isaiah 53:3.) Those interpreters are widely mistaken who, laying aside this part of redemption, attended solely to the outward punishment of the flesh; for in order that Christ might satisfy for us, (285) it was necessary t

45-50 During the three hours which the darkness continued, Jesus was in agony, wrestling with the powers of darkness, and suffering his Father's displeasure against the sin of man, for which he was now making his soul an offering. Never were there three such hours since the day God created man upon the earth, never such a dark and awful scene; it was the turning point of that great affair, man's redemption and salvation. Jesus uttered a complaint from Psalms 22:1. Hereby he teaches of what use the word of God is to direct us in prayer, and recommends the use of Scripture expressions in prayer. The believer may have tasted some drops of bitterness, but he can only form a very feeble idea of the greatness of Christ's sufferings. Yet, hence he learns something of the Saviour's love to sinners; hence he gets deeper conviction of the vileness and evil of sin, and of what he owes to Christ, w...

Verse 46. _MY GOD! MY GOD! WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME!_] These words are quoted by our Lord from Psalms 22:1; they are of very great importance, and should be carefully considered. Some suppose "that the _divinity_ had now _departed_ from Christ, and that his _human nature_ was left unsupported to bear the punishment due to men for their sins." But this is by no means to be admitted, as it would deprive his sacrifice of its _infinite_ _merit_, and consequently leave the sin of the world without an atonement. Take _deity_ away from any _redeeming act_ of Christ, and _redemption_ is ruined. Others imagine that our Lord spoke these words to the _Jews_ only, to prove to them that he was the _Messiah_. "The Jews," say they, "believed this psalm to speak of the Messiah: they quoted the _eighth_ verse of it against Chris

ELI, ELI ... - This language is not pure Hebrew nor Syriac, but a mixture of both, called commonly “Syro-Chaldaic.” This was probably the language which the Saviour commonly spoke. The words are taken from Psalms 22:1. MY GOD, MY GOD ... - This expression is one denoting intense suffering. It has been difficult to understand in what sense Jesus was “forsaken by God.” It is certain that God approved his work. It is certain that he was innocent. He had done nothing to forfeit the favor of God. As his own Son - holy, harmless, undefiled, and obedient - God still loved him. In either of these senses God could not have forsaken him. But the expression was probably used in reference to the following circumstances, namely: 1. His great bodily sufferings on the cross, greatly aggravated by his

EXPOSITION MATTHEW 27:1, MATTHEW 27:2 _Jesus brought to Pilate. _(Mark 15:1; Luke 22:66; Luke 23:1; John 18:28.) MATTHEW 27:1 WHEN THE MORNING WAS COME. This is the early morning of Good Friday, the 14th of Nisan. If the rulers had had special regard to legality, they could not have co

AND ABOUT THE NINTH HOUR,.... Or three o'clock in the afternoon, which was about the time of the slaying and offering of the daily sacrifice, which was an eminent type of Christ. The Jews say i, that "every day the daily sacrifice was slain at eight and a half, and was offered up at nine and a half:'' about which time also the passover was killed, which was another type of Christ; and as they say k, "was offered first, and then the daily sacrifice." Though the account they elsewhere l give of these things, is this; "the daily sacrifice was slain at eight and a half, and was offered up at nine and a half; (that is, on all the common days of the year;) on the evenings of the passover, it was slain at seven and a half, and offered at eight and a half, whether on a common day, or on a sabbath day: the passover eve, that happened to be on the sabbath eve, it was slain at six and a half, an...

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 prisoner, called Barabbas. Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus wh

WHY (Psalms 22:3) gives the answer to this significant and terrible cry:...

MATTHEW 27:46 hli hli lema sabacqani Instead of hli (or hlei), representing the Hebrew yliae (“my God”), the text of several witnesses, including a B 33 copsa, bo eth, was assimilated to the reading elwi of Mark 15:34, representing the Aramaic yhil'a/ (“my God”), the w for the a sound being due to the influence of the Hebrew yh;l{a/. The spelling lema (a B 33 700 998 _al_) represents the...