Matthew 27:24-31

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 27:27-31

27:27-31 Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus to the military headquarters, and collected to him the whole of the detachment. They stripped him of his clothes and put a soldier's purple cloak upon him; and they wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a reed in his right hand; and they knelt in front of him, and mocked him by saying, "Hail! King of the Jews!" And they spat on him, and took the reed and hit him on his head. And when they had mocked him, they took off the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:24

When Pilate saw he could prevail nothing ,.... That it was to no purpose to talk to them, and in favour of Jesus; he saw they were determined upon his crucifixion, and that nothing else would satisfy them: but that rather a tumult was made ; there was an uproar among the people, and he might fear the consequences of it, should he not grant their request; otherwise, as Philo the F16 De Legat. ad Caium, p. 1034. Jew says of him, he was, την φυσιν ακαμπης και μετα του ανθαδους... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:25

Then answered all the people ,.... They were as unanimous in their imprecations upon themselves, as in desiring the crucifixion of Christ: and said, his blood be on us, and on our children ; not for the cleansing of them from sin, which virtue that blood has, but if there were any stain, blot, or pollution, through the shedding of it, they wished it might be on them and theirs: not for the forgiveness of sins, which that blood was shed for; but on the contrary, if there was any sin and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:26

Then released he Barabbas unto them ,.... The seditious person, robber, and murderer, for which crimes he was in prison. This man was an emblem of the persons for whom Christ suffered, both in his character and in his release: in his character; for they are such as have rebelled against God, robbed him of his glory, and destroyed themselves; many of them are notorious sinners, the chief of sinners, and all of them by nature, children of wrath, as others; and as the descendants of Adam, under... read more

John Gill

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

Then the soldiers of the governor ,.... Those that were about him, his attendants and guards, took Jesus into the common hall ; the "praetorium", or judgment hall, as it is sometimes called; the governor's palace, into which the Jews would not enter, lest they should defile themselves: Pilate therefore came out to them, and went into the pavement called Gabbatha, and sat upon a judgment seat there; see John 18:28 , where he passed sentence on Christ; which being done, the soldiers took... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:28

And they stripped him ,.... Of his clothes; at least of his upper garment: for one man to spit upon another, as these soldiers afterwards did on Christ, or to strip him of his garment, according to the Jewish canons, were punishable with a fine of four hundred pence F26 Misn. Bava Kama, c. 8. sect. 6. , which amounted to twelve pounds and ten shillings of our money; but the soldiers were in no danger of being prosecuted, for stripping Christ. This is one part of the low estate Christ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:29

And when they had platted a crown of thorns ,.... What sort of thorn this crown was made of, whether of the bramble, or of the white thorn, is not very material F2 Vid. Bartholin. de Spinea Corona, sect. 1. 2. : the word used in the Syriac version, is rendered by interpreters, "white thorns", and which were common in Judea: these, be they what they will, they made into the form of a crown, and they put it upon his head ; both to reproach him as a king, and to torture him as a man:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:30

And they spit upon him ,.... The Syriac and Persic versions add, "upon his face", which he did not hide from spitting; see Isaiah 1:6 , and so what with sweat, by being hurried from place to place, and with blood trickling down from his temples, scratched with thorns, and with the spittle of these filthy soldiers, his visage was more marred than any man's, and his form than the sons of men, Isaiah 52:14 . And took the reed , or "cane", which was put into his right hand, and smote... read more

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