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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they crucified him, and parted his garment, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. And sitting down they watched him there, and set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. And so he is, and so he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they crucified him, Horrible scene, to see those blessed hands and feet pierced with nails, and fastened to the cross! Mat_27:35. And parted his garments, casting lots: Rattling the dice-box at the foot of the cross! Gambling is the most hardening of all vices. I believe that crimes have been committed by persons, under the influence of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. And sitting down they watched him there; His enemies gloating their cruel eyes with the sight of his sufferings; his friends with many tears watching his amazing griefs. It is for us, tonight, with humble faith...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they crucified him,-- A short sentence, but what an awful depth of meaning there is in it! “They crucified him,”-driving their iron bolts through his hands and feet, and lifting him up to hang there upon the gibbet which was reserved for felons and for slaves: “They crucified him,”- Mat_27:35. And parted his garments, casting lots: that it...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. And sitting down they watched him there; Some of them gloating their cruel eyes with the sight of his suffering others watching him out of mere...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. There is a world of meaning in that short sentence, “and they crucified him,” driving their bolts of iron through his blessed hands and feet,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. This is a point upon which we cannot say much, but, to the peculiarly sensitive soul of Jesus, it must have been a great part of his shame thus to be...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And sitting down, they watched him there. That is, the soldiers, after they had crucified Jesus, and parted his garments, sat down on the ground at the foot of the cross, and there watched him, lest his disciples should take him down; though there was no need to fear that, since they were few, and weak, and wanted courage, and were in the utmost...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And sitting down they watched him there; Some to gloat, in their fiendish malice, over his sufferings; others, to make sure that he did really die; and, possibly, some few to pity him in his agony: “Sitting down they watched him there.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And sitting down they watched him there; Some watched him from curiosity, some to make sure that he really did die, some even delighted their cruel eyes with his sufferings; and there were some, hard by the cross, who wept and bewailed, a sword passing through their own hearts while the Son of man was agonizing even unto death.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And sitting down they watched him there; and set up over his head his accusation written: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. By their own confession, he died for being a King, and he died for being too greatly good, too royal in his love. He, being King of kings, died that you and I might live for ever, and be kings and priests unto God,
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And set up over his head his accusation written,.... The Evangelist John calls it a "title", John 19:19, and Luke, a "superscription", Lu 23:38, and Mark, the "superscription of his accusation", Mr 15:26: it was what contained the sum and substance of what he was accused, and for which he was condemned, and suffered. The Syriac and Persic versions...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. Giving him the place of honour, which means in this case the place of dishonour. He was the apex of that terrible triangle.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. And so he is. When will the Jews own him as their King? They will do so one day, perhaps they will do so when Christians begin to think and speak more kindly of them than they usually do. When the hardness of heart on our part towards them shall pass away, it may...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. What a marvelous providence it was that moved Pilate’s pen! The representative of the Roman Emperor was little likely to concede kingship to any man; yet he deliberately wrote, “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews,” and nothing would induce him to alter what he...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then were there two thieves crucified with him,.... Which seems contrary to one of their canons, which runs thus; ביום אחד אין דנין שנים, "they do not judge two in one day" (y), unless they were both in the same crime, and died the same death: but here were three persons, Jesus, and these two malefactors, condemned and executed in one, and the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thy self. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. That is the devil’s old doctrine: “Save thyself;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. As if to show that they regarded Christ as the worst of the three criminals, they put him between the two thieves, giving him the place of dishonour. Thus was the prophecy fulfilled, “He was numbered with the transgressors.” The two malefactors deserved...