Luke 23:49-56

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 23:44-49

In these verses we have three things:? I. Christ's dying magnified by the prodigies that attended it: only two are here mentioned, which we had an account of before. 1. The darkening of the sun at noon-day. It was now about the sixth hour, that is, according to our computation, twelve o?clock at noon; and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. The sun was eclipsed and the air exceedingly clouded at the same time, both which concurred to this thick darkness, which... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 23:50-56

We have here an account of Christ's burial; for he must be brought not only to death, but to the dust of death (Ps. 22:15), according to the sentence (Gen. 3:19), To the dust thou shalt return. Observe, I. Who buried him. His acquaintance stood afar off; they had neither money to bear the charge nor courage to bear the odium of burying him decently; but God raised up one that had both, a man named Joseph, Luke 23:50. His character is that he was a good man and a just, a man of unspotted... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 23:44-49

23:44-49 By this time it was about midday, and there was darkness over the whole land until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and the light of the sun failed. And the veil of the Temple was rent in the midst. When Jesus had cried with a great voice, he said, "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit." When he had said this he breathed his last. When the centurion saw what had happened, he glorified God. "Truly," he said, "this was a good man." All the crowds, who had come together to see the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 23:50-56

23:50-56 Look you--there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Sanhedrin, a good and a just man. He had not consented to their counsel and their action. He came from Arimathaea, a town of the Jews, and he lived in expectation of the kingdom of God. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. He took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a rockhewn tomb where no one had ever yet been laid. It was the day of preparation, and the Sabbath was beginning. The women, who had... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 23:49

And all his acquaintance ,.... That were related to him in a natural, or in a spiritual sense, or both, as his own mother, and beloved disciple John, who were both present, John 19:26 or those that were known unto him, and familiar with him, who attended on his ministry, and often conversed, and were intimately acquainted with him: and the women that followed him from Galilee ; among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Joses, and Salome the mother of Zebedee's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 23:50

And behold, there was a man named Joseph ,.... See Gill on Matthew 27:57 . a counsellor ; Mark says, he was an "honourable" one; he was either one of the council of the high priest, or a member of the great sanhedrim; See Gill on Mark 15:43 . and he was a good man, and a just ; he was kind and beneficent in his temper, and just, and righteous in his life and actions; a like character is given of Joseph the husband of Mary, the mother of our Lord, Matthew 1:19 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 23:51

The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them ,.... Though he was with the Jews, the chief priests, Scribes, and elders, in the high priest's palace, being one of that great council; yet he did not agree with them; nor was it his advice and counsel, that they should put Christ to death; he was against it, at least did not consent to it: he was of Arimathea, a city of the Jews ; See Gill on Matthew 27:57 . This clause in the Syriac and Persic versions stands in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 23:52

This man went unto Pilate ,.... Mark says, he went "boldly" to him; See Gill on Mark 15:43 . and begged the body of Jesus ; knowing he was dead; that he might bury it, as the Ethiopic version adds, and prevent its being inferred with the two malefactors, or abused by the mob. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 23:53

And he took it down ,.... From the cross, with the help of others, having obtained leave of Pilate so to do; and wrapped it in linen ; as was the custom of the Jews in burying their dead; See Gill on Matthew 27:59 . and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone ; cut out of a rock; See Gill on Matthew 27:60 . wherein never man before was laid ; so that it could not be said it was another body, and not that of Christ's, that was raised from the dead. This circumstance,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 23:54

And that day was the preparation ,.... Both for the sabbath, and for the "Chagigah", or grand festival, which they kept on the fifteenth day of the month, in a very pompous manner; so that the day following was an high day; and the sabbath drew on , or "shone out"; which is so said, though it was evening, on account of the lights, which were every where, in every house, lighted up at this time, and which they were, by their traditions, obliged to: for so run their canons F3 Misn.... read more

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