Matthew 27:1-26 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 27:1-10

We left Christ in the hands of the chief priests and elders, condemned to die, but they could only show their teeth; about two years before this the Romans had taken from the Jews the power of capital punishment; they could put no man to death, and therefore early in the morning another council is held, to consider what is to be done. And here we are told what was done in that morning?council, after they had been for two or three hours consulting with their pillows. I. Christ is delivered up... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 27:11-25

We have here an account of what passed in Pilate's judgment?hall, when the blessed Jesus was brought thither betimes in the morning. Though it was no court?day, Pilate immediately took his case before him. We have there, I. The trial Christ had before Pilate. 1. His arraignment; Jesus stood before the governor, as the prisoner before the judge. We could not stand before God because of our sins, nor lift up our face in his presence, if Christ had not been thus made sin for us. He was arraigned... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 27:26-32

In these verses we have the preparatives for, and prefaces to, the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus. Here is, I. The sentence passed, and the warrant signed for his execution; and this immediately, the same hour. 1. Barabbas was released, that notorious criminal: if he had not been put in competition with Christ for the favour of the people, it is probable that he had died for his crimes; but that proved the means of his escape; to intimate that Christ was condemned for this purpose, that... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 27:1-2

27:1-2,11-26 When the morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death; so they bound him, and led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor. Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor put the question to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said to him, "You say so." While he was being accused by the chief priests and the elders, he returned no answer. Then Pilate said to him, "Do you not hear the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 27:1-2

This whole passage gives the impression of a man fighting a losing battle. It is clear that Pilate did not wish to condemn Jesus. Certain things emerge. (i) Pilate was clearly impressed with Jesus. Plainly he did not take the King of the Jews claim seriously. He knew a revolutionary when he saw one, and Jesus was no revolutionary. His dignified silence made Pilate feel that it was not Jesus but he himself who was on trial. Pilate was a man who felt the power of Jesus--and was afraid to... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 27:3-10

27:3-10 When Judas the traitor saw that Jesus had been condemned, he repented, and he brought the thirty shekels back to the chief priests and the elders. "I have sinned," he said, "for I have betrayed an innocent man." "What has that got to do with us?" they said. "It is you who must see to that." He threw the money into the Temple and went away. And when he had gone away, he hanged himself. The chief priests took the money. "We cannot," they said, "put these into the treasury, for they are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:1

When the morning was come ,.... Or, as soon as it was day, as Luke says, Luke 22:66 . The sanhedrim had been up all night, which, after eating the passover, they had spent in apprehending, trying, and examining Jesus, and the witnesses against him; and had come to an unanimous vote, that he was guilty of death; upon which they either put Jesus out of the room for a while, or went into another themselves, to consult what further steps should be taken: or if they went home to their own... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:2

And when they had bound him ,.... The captain, and officers, bound him when they first took him, and brought him to Annas, and Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, John 18:12 . Perhaps he might be unloosed whilst he was examining before the high priest, under a show of freedom to speak for himself; or they might bind him faster now, partly greater security, as he passed through the streets, and partly for his greater reproach; as also, that he might be at once taken to be a malefactor by the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:3

Then Judas, which had betrayed him ,.... Before, he is described as he that shall, or should, or doth betray him; but now having perpetrated the horrid sin, as he that had done it. When he saw that he was condemned ; that is, that Jesus was condemned, as the Syriac and Persic versions read, either by the Jewish sanhedrim, or by Pilate, or both; for this narrative concerning Judas may be prophetically inserted here, though the thing itself did not come to pass till afterwards; and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:4

Saying, I have sinned ,.... Here was a confession, and yet no true repentance; for he confessed, but not to the right persons; not to God, nor Christ, but to the chief priests and elders; nor over the head of the antitypical scape goat, not seeking to Christ for pardon and cleansing, nor did he confess and forsake sin, but went on adding sin to sin, and so found no mercy. The same confession was made by a like hardened wretch, Pharaoh, Exodus 9:27 . He proceeds and points out the evil he... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 27:1-10

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 27:11-25

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 27:26-32

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 27:1-2

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 27:1-2

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 27:3-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:4

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