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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Save thyself, and come down from the cross. Suggesting that if he was what he had pretended to be, and could do what he gave out he could, he might easily free himself from the cross, and make his escape; [See comments on Matthew 27:39], [See comments on Matthew 27:40].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Likewise also the chief priests mocking,.... Or "laughed at one another", as the Syriac version renders it, having gained their point, and satiated their revenge on him: said among themselves with the Scribes; who were likewise his implacable enemies; he saved others, himself he cannot save; [See comments on Matthew 27:41], [See comments on...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Let Christ the king of Israel,.... Who sets up for the Messiah, and whose followers call him the king of Israel, whom the nation expected: and if he is so, let him descend now from the cross, that we may see; see him come down, and be eyewitnesses of his power: and believe; that he is the Messiah that was prophesied of, and has been waiting for:...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when the sixth hour was come,.... Or twelve o'clock at noon, having hung upon the cross from about the third hour, or nine in the morning: there was darkness over the, whole land until the ninth hour; or three o'clock in the afternoon. The Ethiopic version renders the whole thus, "and when it was noon, the sun was darkened, and the whole world...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice,.... [See comments on Matthew 27:46]; saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? in Matthew it is, "Eli, Eli", Both "Eli" and "Eloi", are Hebrew words, and signify the same; and are both used in Psalms 22:1, from whence the whole is taken: which is, being interpreted, my God, my God, why hast thou...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And some of them that stood by,.... The cross: when they heard [it]; the loud voice of Jesus, and the words he uttered: said, behold he calleth Elias; whom they ignorantly, or wilfully took for Eloi; [See comments on Matthew 27:47].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar,.... Christ at the same time saying, I thirst; see John 19:28; and put it on a reed; an hyssop stalk, John 19:29; and gave him to drink; and so fulfilled a prophecy in Psalms 69:21; saying, or "they said", as the Syriac version reads it; not he that fetched the sponge, but the others that were with...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Jesus cried with a loud voice,.... A second time, and said the words which are in Lu 23:46 and in John 19:30 and gave up the ghost. The Syriac version renders it, "and finished": his life, his days, his race, his ministry, and the work which was given him to do; [See comments on Matthew 27:50].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the vail of the temple was rent in twain, from the top to the bottom. At which time also there was an earthquake, and the rocks were rent, and graves were opened, as Matthew relates, [See comments on Matthew 27:51], [See comments on Matthew 27:52].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when the centurion, which stood over against him,.... To watch him, that nobody released him, and that he did not come down from the cross himself; saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost; that he cried with so loud and strong a voice, and the next moment expired: he said, truly this man was the Son of God; and so said the rest of the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
There were also women looking on afar off,.... At some distance from the cross, observing what was said and done; among whom was Mary Magdalene; who had received great favours from Christ: and Mary the mother of James the less; or "little", so called to distinguish him from James the son of Zebedee, and because he might be little of stature: nor...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him,.... Wherever he went in Galilee, and from thence to Jerusalem: and ministered unto him; of their worldly substance, Lu 8:3: and many other women which came up with him into Jerusalem; from the same parts; see Matthew 27:55.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And now when the even was come,.... "Of the preparation", as the Syriac version reads; or "the night of the sixth day":, as the Persic version renders it, "Friday" night: because it was the preparation; of the passover, and of the sabbath, when they prepared their food, and got it ready for the ensuing sabbath, on which it was not lawful to dress...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor,.... A man of a good aspect, well dressed, and that behaved well and honourably in his office, as a counsellor: he seems to have been a priest, and one of the bench of priests that sat in the high priest's chamber, which is called, לשכת בלווטי, "the chamber of the counsellors" (d); with whom he advised...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead,.... For death, by crucifixion, was a slow lingering death; persons that were in their full strength hung a great while before they expired; and the two thieves, which were crucified with Christ, were not dead when he was: and calling unto him the centurion; who was set to watch him: he asked him,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when he knew it of the centurion,.... Who might inform him of his giving up the ghost after he had cried with a loud voice, which so much affected him; and how he was found to be really dead when they came to break the legs of the malefactors; and how that one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, from whence flowed blood and water;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he bought fine linen,.... That is, Joseph, as is expressed in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Persic versions; which, when he had done, as is highly probable, in the city of Jerusalem, he went to Mount Calvary, and took him down; took the body of Christ down from the cross; though, no doubt, with the assistance of others, or by others, and not...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Joses,.... Or Joseph, as the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions read: beheld where he was laid: very likely they saw Joseph, and his men, take him down from the cross, and they followed him, and observed where he laid him; or, as the Ethiopic version reads, "where they buried him"; placing themselves, as...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when the sabbath was past,.... "In the end of it", as Matthew says, Matthew 28:1; not "when it was the sabbath", as the Arabic version reads; for it was not lawful to buy spices, and anoint with on the sabbath day; [See comments on Matthew 28:1]. Mary Magdalene, and Mary, [the mother of James,] and Salome; who was the wife of Zebedee, and the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And very early in the morning, the first day of the week,.... [See comments on Matthew 28:1]. They came to the sepulchre at the rising of the sun; of the sun of righteousness, as Mr. Mede observes; or rather, of the natural sun: for though it was dark when they set out, and when it dawned towards the first day, yet by that time that they all got...