Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Mt 27:32-66

  • vv32-44: The Crucifixion:
    • v33: Golgotha = The Place of the Skull;
    • v34: Jesus tasted wine mixed with gall;
    • v35: Jesus' clothes divided among the soldiers;
    • v37: plate with the charge: 'This is Jesus, the king of the jews'
    • v38: 2 robbers also crucified along with Jesus;
    • vv39-41: Jesus insulted and mocked:
      • passing-by's: save yourself! Come down from the cross
      • chief priests, teachers, elders: he can't save himself; He's the king of Israel! Let him come down now; let God rescue him now;
      • the two robbers: passed the same insults
  • vv45-56: The Death of Jesus:
    • v45: 6th-9th hour -> darkness came over all the land;
    • v46:9th hour -> My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
    • v48: wine vinegar offered to Jesus;
    • v50: Jesus died;
    • vv51-53: at that moment:
      • the curtain of the temple ->
        • torn in two
        • from top to bottom;
      • earth shook
      • rocks split
      • tombs broke open
        • the bodies of many holy people were raised to life
        • the appeared to many people after Jesus' resurrection
    • by-standers:
      • Mary Magdalene
      • Mary the mother of James and Joses
      • Zebedee's wife (mother of James and John);
  • vv57-61: The Burial of Jesus:
    • v57a: in the evening (Friday);
    • v57: a rich man from Arimathea, Joseph
    • v58: he went directly to Pilate
    • Joseph
      • took the body,
      • wrapped it in linen cloth
      • placed it in his own new tom
      • rolled a big stone in the front
    • The two Mary's were there
  • vv62-66: The Guard at the Tomb:
    • v62: the next day (Saturday) morning
    • chief priests and elders requested Pilate to send guards to the tomb; it was granted

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