Matthew 27:40 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 27:39-44

Matthew 27:39-44. They that passed by reviled him, &c. As it was a great aggravation of our Lord’s sufferings that he was crucified along with two thieves, and in the middle of them, as though he had been the chief malefactor of the three, so it was a further aggravation thereof that he was reviled, mocked, and derided by different descriptions of persons. The common people, whom the priests had incensed against him by the malicious lies which they spread concerning him, and which they... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:33-44

158. The crucifixion (Matthew 27:33-44; Mark 15:22-32; Luke 23:32-43; John 19:18-24)Golgotha, the place of Jesus’ crucifixion, was a hill beside a main road just outside Jerusalem. The procession arrived there about 9 a.m. (Matthew 27:33; Mark 15:25). (It is difficult to calculate the exact times of all the incidents that took place on the day of Jesus’ crucifixion. People in those days did not carry clocks, and the times given in the Gospels are only approximate. In some cases the writers may... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 27:40

Thou that, &c. Perverting the Lord's words (John 2:19 ). Compare Matthew 6:18 . the Son of God. App-98 . from = off. Greek. apo. App-104 . Same as in w. 42, 45, 55, 64. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 27:39-40

Matthew 27:39-40. And they that passed by reviled— The common people whom the priests had incensed against our Lord by the malicious lies which they spread concerning him, and which they pretended to found on the evidence of the witnesses seeing him hang as a malefactor on the cross, and reading the superscription placed over his head, expressed their indignation against him by railing on him,—blaspheming—in the original. See Psalms 22:7. They thought their sarcasm, thou that destroyest the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 27:27-56

4. The crucifixion of Jesus 27:27-56Matthew narrated the crucifixion of Jesus by emphasizing the Roman soldiers’ abuse of Jesus, the Jews’ mockery of Jesus, His actual death, and the events that immediately followed His death. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 27:32-44

The crucifixion and mockery of Jesus 27:32-44 (cf. Mark 15:21-32; Luke 23:26-43; John 19:17-27)"The overenthusiastic attempts to draw out the physical horror of crucifixion which disfigure some Christian preaching (and at least one recent movie [i.e., The Passion of the Christ]) find no echo in the gospels. Perhaps the original readers were too familiar with both the torture and the shame of crucifixion to need any help in envisaging what it really meant. At any rate, the narrative focus in... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 27:39-40

The Romans crucified people publicly to be an example to others. Evidently the site of Jesus’ crucifixion was beside a road. Israel’s leaders had charged Jesus with being a blasphemer because of His claim to be the One they would see seated at God’s right hand (Matthew 26:64). Matthew pointed out that the people passing by were really the ones blaspheming since they charged Jesus unjustly (cf. Matthew 9:3; Matthew 12:31; Matthew 26:65). Their derision fulfilled prophecy (Psalms 22:7; Psalms... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 27:40

27:40 temple (f-7) Naos . so ver. 51. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:1-66

Before Pilate. The Crucifixion1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate (Mark 15:1; Luke 23:1; John 18:28: see on Jn).1. When the morning] Since according to St. Luke, who follows an excellent and independent authority, the trial itself did not take place ’until it was day’ (Luke 22:66), this second meeting must be placed some time later in the morning, considerably after cock-crowing (Matthew 26:74). The object of the meeting, which was evidently largely attended, was simply to consider how to induce... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 27:40

(40) Thou that destroyest the temple.—Our Lord had not been formally condemned on this charge, the evidence being insufficient, but it had clearly impressed itself on the minds of the people, and was probably that which most worked upon them to demand His death. The other words, “If thou be the Son of God,” referred to the actual condemnation on the ground of blasphemy (Matthew 26:64-65). We may reverently think of the form of the taunt as having recalled that of the Temptation in the... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 27:39-44

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:33-44

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 27:40

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 27:39-40

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 27:27-56

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 27:32-44

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 27:39-40

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 27:40

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:1-66

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 27:40

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