Matthew 27:43-44 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 27:35-50

The Crucifixion. I. THE ROMAN SOLDIERS . 1 . They crucified him. The evangelists relate the awful deed with that grand simplicity which is characteristic of Holy Scripture. There is no rhetorical description, nothing sensational in their accounts. But it was beyond all comparison the most stupendous event that has ever happened on this earth of ours. They crucified him. He was the Son of God, the Word of the Father, by whom all things were made. He was the Brightness of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 27:43

He trusted in ( ἐπι Ì , on ) God. These scoffers cite a passage from Psalms 22:8 , "He trusted unto the Lord that he would deliver him; let him deliver him, seeing he delighteth in him" (Hebrew); or, according to the Septuagint, "He hoped in the Lord; let him deliver him, let him save him, because he desires ( θε ì λει ) him." Let him deliver him now, if he will have him ( εἰ θε ì λει ). θε ì λω is used in the Septuagint in the sense of "I love," "I wish... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 27:44

The thieves also … cast the same in his teeth ( ὠνει ì διζον αὐτῷ , were reviling him ) . The mention of the penitent robber is found only in Luke ( Luke 23:39-42 ). It does not seem to have occurred in the traditional account followed by Matthew and Mark. Augustine thought that these synoptists used the plural for the singular, referring, in fact, to the impenitent malefactor. It is more likely that both the thieves at first joined the mob in their abuse and ribaldry,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 27:42-43

He saved others - It does not seem probable that they meant to admit that he had actually saved others, but only that he “pretended” to save them from death by miracles, or that he claimed to be the Messiah, and thus affirmed that he “could” save them. This is, therefore, cutting irony.If he be the King of Israel ... - It may seem strange to some that Jesus did not vindicate by a miracle his claims to be the Messiah, and come down from the cross. But the time had come for him to make an... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 27:44

The thieves also - The robbers, or highwaymen. Luke says Luke 23:39 that one of them did it, and that the other reproved him and was penitent. The account in Luke may, however, easily be reconciled with that in Matthew by supposing that “at first both” of them reviled the Saviour, and that it is of this fact that Matthew speaks. Afterward one of them relented and became penitent perhaps from witnessing the patient sufferings of Christ. It is of this one particularly that Luke speaks. Or it may... read more

Joseph Benson

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 27:43

trusted. See App-150 . Quoted from Psalms 22:8 . if He will. The condition assumed, as in Matthew 27:42 . Compare Psalms 18:19 ; Psalms 41:11 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 27:44

cast . . . teeth = kept reviling Him. Both the robbers reviled; but only one of the malefactors (Luke 23:39 , Luke 23:40 ). See App-164 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 27:43

He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth him: for he said, I am the Son of God. And the robbers also that were crucified with him cast upon him the same reproach.This entire passage in Matthew is oriented to Psalms 22 (see more on this under Matthew 27:46). It was only natural that the robbers should have joined in the railing; but later, one of them rose to immortality by recognizing Jesus as Lord and asking his remembrance.THE SECOND THREE HOURSThe first three hours on the... read more