Matthew 27

1. In his eyes, they beheld two sad objects, he saw his enemies insulting, and his mother weeping. 2. In his ears, his ears were filled with the revilings of the people, (Matthew 27:42) He saved others, himself he cannot save. 3. In his smell, when their drivel fell upon his fac…

Noah's olive tree springing after the flood, was a lively emblem of the resurrection. After the passion of our Lord, many of the saints which slept in the grave, arose (Matthew 27:52). God can more easily raise the body out of the grave, than we can wake a man out of sleep.

Did not Pilate sin against conviction, and with a high hand, in condemning Christ? He knew that out of envy the Jews had delivered him (Matthew 27:18). He confessed he found no fault with him (Luke 23:14).

For how then should they have all been condemned for believing a lie (2 Thessalonians 2:11-12), which should not have been unless it were their own sin — which is as true of all other temptations as that. Though Satan put the thought into Judas' heart (John 13:2), yet his own co…

Genesis chapter 21, verse 9, Ishmael mocked Isaac; and Isaiah brings in Christ complaining thus: Isaiah chapter 8, verse 18, Behold, I and my children whom the Lord has given me, are as signs and wonders in Israel. And Jeremiah says, I am in derision daily: every one mocks me, J…

In the first we are to consider these points: 1. the time in which Christ was indicted. 2. the end of his indictment. 3. the whole tenor and proceeding thereof. For the first: Christ was indicted early in the morning at the break of the day: for he was apprehended in the night,…

For it cannot be reasonably thought but his being buried with the wicked is a piece of his humiliation; to make it only an evidence of his humiliation, seems not to stand with the next part of the words, because he had done no violence, etc., which is a causal reason of that whi…

The inward pressure of His soul presses great drops of blood from His body. And if we will yet look a little forward, to Matthew 27:46, we will find Him brought to that extremity on the cross, that He cries, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Which though it says that t…

(2.) We do not put forth any stirring of life or desire toward that which is naturally above us: A child in the belly has no acts toward a crown or a kingdom in this life, because desires are bottomed and founded on nature: as an ape, or a horse, has no desire to be a man. Pilat…

And it seems grievous to hear others suspicious concerning ourselves, when it is in our power easily to refute them, such provocations can hardly be borne by the most modest spirits. This temptation was again put upon Christ on the cross (Matthew 27:40). If you be the son of God…

If we say it entered into glory — what inconvenience was there; if God would indulge him this peculiar prerogative to be raised from the dead, and enjoy blessedness both in soul and body before the last day. He granted it to Enoch and Elias, and those who came out of their grave…

Or else, if we have them, we were better be without them; we have them with a curse, with the loss of better things (Jeremiah 17:13): "Oh Lord! all that forsake you shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth." They are condemned to this felicity…

Thus Pharao fa[〈…〉] repentance, Exod 9:27. and Ahab, that sold himselfe to worke wickednes, 1. king. 21. 27. and Iudas in the midst of his despaire is said to repent. Matt 27:1. Daily experience shewes the like in such persons, who in their extremitie, with teares use to bewaile…

And this is the cause why Matthew attributes that to the sign, which agrees to the thing signified. In the second member the Prophet shows the greatness of this people's ingratitude and perversity, in that they did not see the cause why Christ was thus far humbled and afflicted,…

For although he was come, yet he was not then known, neither were the ceremonies of the law abolished. But when the veil of the Temple was rent in two (Matthew 27:51), and remission of sins preached in his name (Luke 24:46-47; Acts 13:38), then these high praises touching the Te…

“That he suffered, his Divinity not demonstrating power.” I understand to refer, not only to bodily death, but to that amazing distress and agony of soul, which drew from him the complaint, “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46.) In a word, if we do not cho…

Now God had entered into a special covenant with the family of Abraham, and therefore Christ acted properly in confining the grace of God, at the outset, to the chosen people, till the time for publishing it were fully come. But after his resurrection, he spread over all nations…

But they are mistaken, I think, who suppose that in this passage the Sabbath is entirely abolished; for Christ simply informs us what is the proper use of it. Though he asserted, a little before, that he is Lord of the Sabbath, yet the full time for its abolition ‐ “La vraye sai…

The condition of the Church, at the present day, is justly pronounced to be preferable to that of the holy fathers, who lived under the Law; because to them was exhibited, under shadows and figures only, what is now openly manifested in the shining face of Christ. The veil of th…

Matthew 27:1-10 1. But when it was morning, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death.

Matthew 27:11-14 11. Now Jesus stood before the governor.

Matthew 27:15-23 15. Now the governor was wont at the festival to release to the multitude one prisoner, whomsoever they wished.

Matthew 27:24-32 24. But Pilate, perceiving that he gained nothing by it, but that the tumult became the greater, took water, and washed his hands before the people, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man: see you to it.

38. And there was also an inscription written over him, in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew characters, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. Matthew 27:33. And they came to the place. Jesus was brought to the place where it was customary to execute criminals, that his death might be more ignom…

Matthew 27:39-44 39. And they that passed by reviled him, shaking their heads,

Matthew 27:45-56 45. Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over the whole land "Sur tout le pays;" — "over the whole country" till the ninth hour.

Matthew 27:57-61 57. And when the evening was come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus.

66. And they went and made the sepulcher secure, sealing the stone, and posting guards. Matthew 27:62. And the next day. In this narrative Matthew did not so much intend to show with what determined rage the scribes and priests pursued Christ, as to exhibit to us, as in a mirror…

But yet Christ entirely trusted in God. His enemies say that of him (Matthew 27:43): He trusted in God that he would deliver him. And the apostle testifies (1 Peter 2:23): That he committed himself to God.

I conceive it must be granted, that Job discovered much frailty and infirmity, some passion and distemper in this complaint and curse; yet notwithstanding we must assert him for a patient man, indeed for a mirror of patience; and there are five things considerable for the cleari…

What was wanting that made all that they did abominable? Consider one instance for all: It is said of Judas that he repented, Matthew 27:3. , he repented himself; but wherein did this repentance consist? he was convinced of his sin in general; , says he, I have sinned, verse 4:2…

6. It has a bottom and that of gold: a bottom is to show its stability and firmness, to sustain and keep up these who ride in it, and gold shows its solidity and preciousness, it's a rich bottom, therefore the new Jerusalem is said to have her streets of pure gold (Revelation 21…

When we have prayed against sin, do we watch against temptation? The Jews having sealed the stone of Christ's Sepulchre, set a watch (Matthew 27:66). After we have been at the Word, or Sacrament (that sealing Ordinance) do we set a watch?

They reproached him in all his offices: in his office of teaching, when they challenged him to tell who struck him: in his office of saving, when they challenged him to save himself as he had saved others: in his office of ruling, when they challenged him to prove himself the ki…

Indeed, Lord, and if ever my Conscience, which by rebellion is now grown silent, should be in judgment awakened in this life, Oh what an Hell should I have within me! how would it thunder and roar upon me, and surround me with terrors! Your word assures me, that no length of tim…

See this in two things. 1. Envy, the Jews envied Christ the fame of his Miracles, Matthew 27:18. Pilat knew that for envy they had delivered him.

If we be abased, so was he: insomuch that whereas it was no robbery in him to be equal with God, because he was in the shape of God, yet abased he himself by taking upon him the shape of a servant, and that so far, as he cries out in the Psalm, I am a worm, and no man, a very sc…

(Psalm 22:6-8) I am a worm and no man, a reproach of men, and despised of the people, all they that see me, laugh me to scorn, they shoot out the lip, and shake the head, saying, he trusted in the Lord that he would deliver him; let him deliver him seeing he delighted in him. (M…

You will find God's servants often mocked for their trust (Psalm 22:18): "He trusted in the Lord, let him now deliver him, seeing he delighted in him." Christ himself was not free from the lash of profane tongues; he was mocked for his dependence on his Father (Matthew 27:43): "…

When our outward condition does vary and alter, we have the same blessed God, as a rock to stand upon, and to derive our comforts from, that we had before: he is the God of the valleys, as well as of the hills. Christ in his desertion says, My God, My God (Matthew 27:46): surely…

The Pharisees derided his ministry (Luke 16:14). The Pharisees also who were covetous, heard all these things, and derided him. They flouted at him when he hung on the cross (Matthew 27:39-44). They that passed by him, reviled him, wagging their heads, and saying, You who destro…

5. That by our own bitter experience we may learn how to value the sufferings of Christ, when we taste of the bitter cup of which he drank for us. Christians, you do not know what it was for Christ to cry out, My God, why have you forsaken me? (Matthew 27:46), until we are sensi…

Indeed, some will speak a little gently, as if it were no great matter or of consequence, but will not put forth the power they have to prevent it. Pilate seemed to witness against the Jews, when they cried out for the crucifying of Christ Jesus, and would wash his hands to test…

What evil has he done? I am innocent of the blood of this just man (Matthew 27:24; Mark 15:12, 14). But you will say, is not this an argument of grace, when there is a striving in the soul against sin?

When the evil of your punishment is now over and out of mind, did you but know that resistance and rebellion of your heart against God, his grace, his Spirit, his truth aright, as greater than all those evils, and is now present with you, you would be so far fearful not heedless…

Are you surrounded with enemies? So was Christ (Acts 4:27): against your holy child Jesus whom you have anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles were gathered together. Do our enemies lay claim to religion? So did his (Matthew 27:6): the chief priests took the s…

First, a despairing kind of mourning; such was Judas's mourning. He saw his sin, he was sorry, he made confession, he justified Christ, he made restitution (Matthew 27). Judas, who is in hell, did more than many do today; he confessed his sin.

If men should be silent, the stones would in some manner have testified of Christ (Luke 19:40). At Christ's passion the rocks did rend (Matthew 27:51), which tearing rhetoric was a voice to tell the world that the Messiah was now crucified. Shall every creature obey God but man?

As (Proverbs 3:29): Plow not evil against your neighbor. (Hosea 10:13) You have plowed iniquity, such plots are forged against the people of God (Matthew 27:1; Nahum 1:11). 9. A proud heart (1.) resisted of God.

2. God is the [reconstructed: fulfiller] of the saints' desire, more to them than all heaven in the length and breadth thereof, and all the inhabitants thereof (Psalm 73:25; Isaiah 63:16), more than all the Angels and Saints (1 Thessalonians 4:16). (2.) There is no hell to Chris…