1 Christ is delivered bound to Pilate.
3 Judas hangs himself.
19 Pilate, admonished of his wife,
20 and being urged by the multitude, washes his hands, and looses Barabbas.
27 Christ is mocked and crowned with thorns;
33 crucified;
39 reviled;
50 dies, and is buried;
62 his sepulchre is sealed and watched.

the morning. Jud 16:2 1Sa 19:11 Pr 4:16-18 Mic 2:1 Lu 22:66 Ac 5:21

all. 23:13 26:3,4 Ps 2:2 Mr 15:1 Lu 23:1,2 Joh 18:28 Ac 4:24-28

2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

bound. Ge 22:9 Joh 18:12,24 Ac 9:2 12:6 21:33 22:25,29 24:27 28:20 2Ti 2:9 Heb 13:3

delivered. 20:19 Lu 18:32,33 20:20 Ac 3:13

Pontius Pilate. Pontius Pilate governed Judea ten years under the emperor Tiberius, from his 13th to his 23rd year A.D. 26 to 36; but, having exercised great cruelties against the Samaritans, they complained to Vitellius, governor of Syria, who sent Marcellus, one of his friends, to superintend Judea, and ordered Pilate to Rome, to give an account of his conduct to Tiberius. The emperor was dead before he arrived; but it is an ancient tradition, that he was banished to Vienne in Dauphiny, where he was reduced to such extremity that he killed himself with his own sword two years after.

3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

Judas. 26:14-16,47-50 Mr 14:10,11,43-46 Lu 22:2-6,47,48 Joh 13:2,27 Joh 18:3

repented. Job 20:5,15-29 2Co 7:10

4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

I have sinned. Ge 42:21,22 Ex 9:27 10:16,17 12:31 1Sa 15:24,30 1Ki 21:27 Ro 3:19

the innocent. 19,23,24,54 2Ki 24:4 Jer 26:15 Jon 1:14 Lu 23:22,41,47 Joh 19:7 Ac 13:28 Heb 7:26 1Pe 1:19

What. 25 Ac 18:15-17 1Ti 4:2 Tit 1:16 1Jo 3:12 Re 11:10

see. 1Sa 28:16-20 Job 13:4 16:2 Lu 16:25,26

5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

and departed. Jud 9:54 1Sa 31:4,5 2Sa 17:23 1Ki 16:18 Job 2:9 7:15 Ps 55:23 Ac 1:18,19

6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

It is not. 23:24 Lu 6:7-9 Joh 18:28

to put. De 23:18 Isa 61:8

because. The Jews considered it was strictly forbidden by the Divine law to bring any filthy or iniquitous gain into the temple. For this reason they now refused to allow this money to be placed in the chest in the temple, amongst the former contributions for its repairs. In this, they were right enough, but by the very act of refusing this money, they proved themselves to be gross perverters of the spirit of God's requirements: they saw not that it was much less lawful for them, who had hired Judas to this sordid action, to be employed in the service of the temple. Those that 'bear the vessels of the Lord,' ought to be holy. Thus our Lord's words, 'Ye blind guides! ye strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.'

7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.

8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.

that. Ac 1:19

unto. 28:15 De 34:6 Jos 4:9 Jud 1:26 2Ch 5:9

9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;

Jeremy. The words here quoted are not found in Jeremiah, but in Zechariah; and a variety of conjectures have been formed, in order to reconcile this discrepancy. The most probable opinion seems to be, that the name of the prophet was originally omitted by the Evangelist, and that the name of Jeremiah was added by some subsequent copyist. It is omitted in two MSS. of the twelfth century, in the Syriac, later Persic, two of the Itala, and in some other Latin copies; and what renders it highly probable that the original reading was [dia tou prophetes,] by the prophet, is, that Matthew frequently omits the name of the prophet in his quotations. See ch. 1:22; 2:5,15; 13:35; 21:4. This omission is approved of by Bengel, Dr. A. Clarke, and Horne.

And they. Zec 11:12,13

thirty. 26:15 Ex 21:32 Le 27:2-7

of the children of Israel did value. or, bought of the children of Israel.

10 And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.

11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.

Jesus stood. 10:18,25 Mr 15:2 Lu 23:3 Joh 18:33-36

Thou sayest. 26:25,64 Mr 14:62 Joh 18:37 1Ti 6:13

12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

14 26:63 Ps 38:13,14 Isa 53:7 Mr 15:3-5 Joh 19:9-11 Ac 8:32 1Pe 2:23

13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

Hearest. 26:62 Joh 18:35 Ac 22:24

14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.

marvelled. Ps 71:7 Isa 8:18 Zec 3:8 1Co 4:9

15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.

26:5 Mr 15:6,8 Lu 23:16,17 Joh 18:38,39 Ac 24:27 25:9

16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

a. Mr 15:7 Lu 23:18,19,25 Joh 18:40 Ac 3:14 Ro 1:32

17 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?

Whom. 21 Jos 24:15 1Ki 18:21

or. 22 Mr 15:9-12 Joh 19:15

18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

he. Ge 37:11 1Sa 18:7-11 Ps 106:16 Pr 27:4 Ec 4:4 Isa 26:11 Mr 15:10 Ac 5:17 7:9 13:45 Jas 4:5

envy. Or, malice [phthonos,] probably from [phthino,] to decay, wither, pine away, according to that of Solomon.

Pr 27:4

19 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.

his. Ge 20:3-6 31:24,29 Job 33:14-17 Pr 29:1

that just. 4,24 Isa 53:11 Zec 9:9 Lu 23:41,47 1Pe 2:22 1Jo 2:1

20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

persuaded. Mr 15:11 Ac 14:18,19 19:23-29

should. Lu 23:18-20 Joh 18:40 19:15,16 Ac 3:14,15

21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.

22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.

What. 17 Job 31:31 Ps 22:8,9 Isa 49:7 53:2,3 Zec 11:8 Mr 14:55 Mr 15:12-14 Lu 23:20-24 Joh 19:14,15 Ac 13:38

23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

Why. Ge 37:18,19 1Sa 19:3-15 20:31-33 22:14-19

But. 21:38,39 Ac 7:57 17:5-7 21:28-31 22:22,23 23:10,12-15

24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.

and washed. De 21:6,7 Job 9:30,31 Ps 26:6 Jer 2:27,35

just. 4,9,54 Joh 19:4 Ac 3:14 2Co 5:21 1Pe 3:18

25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

His. 21:44 23:30-37 Nu 35:33 De 19:10,13 Jos 2:19 2Sa 1:16 3:28,29 1Ki 2:32 2Ki 24:3,4 Ps 109:12-19 Eze 22:2-4 24:7-9 Ac 5:28 Ac 7:52 1Th 2:15,16 Heb 10:28-30

and. Ex 20:5 Eze 18:14 *etc:

26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

released. Mr 15:15 Lu 23:25

scourged. This of itself was a severe punishment, the flesh being generally cut by the whips used for this purpose.

20:19 Isa 50:6 53:5 Mr 10:34 Lu 18:32,33 23:16,24,25 Joh 19:1,16 1Pe 2:24

27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.

common hall. or, governor's house. Mr 15:16 Joh 18:28,33 19:8,9 Ac 23:35

Gr. band. Joh 18:3 Ac 10:1 27:1

28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

stripped. Mr 15:17 Lu 23:11 Joh 19:2-5

a scarlet robe. Mark calls it a purple robe; but by [porphura] is denoted whatever is of a dazzling red; and the words [kokkinos,] scarlet, and [porphura,] purple, are not infrequently interchanged.

29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

platted. 20:19 Ps 35:15,16 69:7,19,20 Isa 49:7 53:3 Jer 20:7 Heb 12:2,3

Hail. 37 26:49 Mr 15:18 Lu 23:36,37 Joh 19:3

30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.

26:67 Job 30:8-10 Isa 49:7 50:6 52:14 53:3,7 Mic 5:1 Mr 15:19 Lu 18:32,33

31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.

and led. 20:19 21:39 Nu 15:35 1Ki 21:10,13 Isa 53:7 Joh 19:16,27 Ac 7:58 Heb 13:12

32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.

as. Le 4:3,12,21 Nu 15:35,36 1Ki 21:10,13 Ac 7:58 Heb 13:11,12

they found. 16:24 Mr 15:21 Lu 23:26

Cyrene. Ac 2:10 6:9 11:20 13:1

33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,

Golgotha. Mr 15:22 Lu 23:27-33 Joh 19:17

34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.

Matthew 27:34

gave. 48 Ps 69:21 Mr 15:23 Joh 19:28-30

vinegar. Mark says wine mingled with myrrh; but as the sour wine used by the Roman soldiers and common people was termed [oinos] wine, and [oxos] vinegar, [vin aigre, French,] is sour wine; and as [chole] gall, is applied to bitters of any kind, it is not difficult to reconcile the two accounts.

35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.

they crucified. Ps 22:16 Joh 20:20,25,27 Ac 4:10

parted. Mr 15:24 *etc: Lu 23:34 Joh 19:23,24

that it. Ps 22:18

36 And sitting down they watched him there;

54 Mr 15:39,44

37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

his accusation. Mr 15:26 Lu 23:38 Joh 19:19-22

38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.

44 Isa 53:12 Mr 15:27,28 Lu 22:37 23:32,33,39-43 Joh 19:18 Joh 19:31-35

39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

reviled. Ps 22:6,7,17 31:11-13 35:15-21 69:7-12,20 109:2,25 La 1:12 La 2:15-17 Mr 15:29,30 Lu 23:35-39 1Pe 2:22-24

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 from the cross.

saying. Ge 37:19,20 Re 11:10

that destroyest. 26:61 Lu 14:29,30 Joh 2:19-22

If. 54 4:3,6 26:63,64

come. 16:4 Lu 16:31

41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,

Job 13:9 Ps 22:12,13 35:26 Isa 28:22 49:7 Zec 11:8 Mr 15:31,32 Lu 18:32 22:52 23:35

42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

saved. Joh 9:24 12:47 Ac 4:14

the King. 37 2:2 Lu 19:38 Joh 1:49

43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

trusted. Ps 3:2 14:6 22:8 42:10 71:11 Isa 36:15,18 37:10

I am. 40 Joh 3:16,17 5:17-25 10:30,36 19:7

44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.

38 Job 30:7-9 Ps 35:15 Mr 15:32 Lu 23:39,40

45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

from. Mr 15:25,33,34 Lu 23:44,45

darkness. That this general darkness was wholly preternatural is evident from this, that it happened at the passover, which was celebrated only at the full moon, a time in which it was impossible for the sun to be eclipsed, natural eclipses happening only at the time of the new moon. (See Introduction to the Comprehensive Bible, p.59.)

Isa 50:3 Am 8:9 Re 8:12 9:2

46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Jesus. Mr 15:34 Lu 23:46 Joh 19:28-30 Heb 5:7

Eli. Ps 22:1 71:11 Isa 53:10 La 1:12

47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.

This. 11:14 Mal 4:5 Mr 15:35,36

48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

and filled. 34 Ps 69:21 Lu 23:36 Joh 19:29,30

49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.

let us. 43

50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

when. Mr 15:37 Lu 23:46 Joh 19:30

yielded. 20:28 Ps 22:14,15 Isa 53:9-12 Da 9:26 Joh 10:11,15 Heb 2:14 Heb 9:14

51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

the veil. Ex 26:31-37 40:21 Le 16:2,12-15 21:23 2Ch 3:14 Isa 25:7 Mr 15:38 Lu 23:45 Eph 2:13-18 Heb 6:19 10:19-22

the earth. 28:2 Ps 18:7,15 Mic 1:3,4 Na 1:3-5 Hab 3:10,13 Heb 12:25-27 Re 11:13,19

52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

many. Isa 25:8 26:19 Ho 13:14 Joh 5:25-29 1Co 15:20

slept. Da 12:2 1Co 11:30 15:51 1Th 4:14 5:10

53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.

holy. 4:5 Ne 11:1 Isa 48:2 Da 9:24 Re 11:2 21:2 22:19

54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

the centurion. 36 8:5 Ac 10:1 21:32 23:17,23 27:1,43

saw. Mr 15:39 Lu 23:47 *etc:

feared. 2Ki 1:13,14 Ac 2:37 16:29,30 Re 11:13

Truly. 40,43 26:63 Lu 22:70 Joh 19:7 Ro 1:4

55 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:

many. Lu 23:27,28,48,49 Joh 19:25-27

ministering. Lu 8:2,3

56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedees children.

Mary Magdalene. 61 28:1 Mr 15:40,41 16:1,9 Lu 24:10 Joh 20:1,18

Mary the. Mr 15:47 16:1 Joh 19:25

James. 13:55 Mr 15:40 16:1

the mother. 20:20,21

57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:

there. Mr 15:42,43 Lu 23:50,51 Joh 19:38-42

Arimathea. 1Sa 1:1 7:17

58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.

Mr 15:44-46 Lu 23:52,53

59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

in his. Isa 53:9

a great. 66 28:2 Mr 16:3,4 Lu 24:2 Joh 20:1

61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

Mary Magdalene. 56

62 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,

the day. 26:17 Mr 15:42 Lu 23:54-56 Joh 19:14,42

the chief priests. 1,2 Ps 2:1-6 Ac 4:27,28

63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.

that deceiver. Lu 23:2 Joh 7:12,47 2Co 6:8

After. 16:21 17:23 20:19 26:61 Mr 8:31 10:34 Lu 9:22 18:33 24:6,7 Joh 2:19

64 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 be worse than the first.

and steal. 28:13

so. 12:45

65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.

make. 28:11-15 Ps 76:10 Pr 21:30

66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

and made. Every thing was here done which human policy and prudence could, to prevent a resurrection, which these very precautions had the most direct tendency to authenticate and establish.

sealing. Da 6:17 2Ti 2:19