Matthew 27:50
Outline:
I. \\#Matt 1:1-3:17\\ The Presentation of the King
II. \\#4:1-7:29\\ The Person of the King
III. \\#8:1-11:1\\ The Power of the King
IV. \\#Matthew 11:2-14:13\\ Decisions Concerning the King
V. \\#Matt 14:13-16:12\\ Training the Disciples
VI. \\#Matt 16:13-20\\ Decision by the Disciples
VII. \\#Matthew 16:21-20:28\\ Final Instructions of the King
VIII. \\#Matt 21:1-28:15\\ The Holy Week
A. \\#Matt 21:1-11\\ Sunday, Nisan 10-One week before
the resurrection
B. \\#Matt 21:12-17\\ Monday, Nisan 11
C. \\#Matt 21:18-26:16\\ Tuesday, Nisan 12
D. \\#Matt 26:17-75\\Wednesday, Nisan 13
E. \\#Matt 27:1-61\\ Thursday, Nisan 14 (Passover)
1. \\#Matt 27:1\\ Jesus’ Jewish interrogations
(a) \\#John 8:13, 19-23\\ Jesus before Annas
(b) \\#Mk 14:53-65\\ Jesus before Caiaphas
(c) \\#Matt 27:1\\ Jesus before the Sanhedrin
2. \\#Matt 27:2-26\\ Jesus’ Gentile interrogations
(a) Jesus before Pilate \\#Mt 27:2, 11-15\\
(b) Jesus before Herod \\#Lk 23:8-12\\
(c) Jesus before Pilate (again) \\#Mt 27:15-26\\
(c) Jesus before the Jews \\#Mt 27:15-25\\
3. \\#Matt 27:27-49\\ The crucifixion
4. \\#Matt 27:50-61\\ Jesus’ death and burial
F. \\#Matt 27:62-66\\ Friday, Nisan 15 (First day of
Unleavened Bread)
G. \\#Matt 28:1-15\\ Sunday, Nisan 17 (Resurrection and
Feast of First Fruits)
I. \\#Matt 27:1-61\\ Thursday, Nisan 14 (Passover)
A. \\#Matt 27:1\\ Jesus’ Jewish interrogations (continued)
B. \\#Matt 27:2-26\\ Jesus’ Gentile interrogations
C. \\#Matt 27:27-49\\ The crucifixion
D. \\#Matt 27:50-61\\ Jesus’ death and burial
1. \\#50\\ Jesus cried out and gave up His spirit.
a. \\#Luke 23:46\\ also records Jesus as surrendering His
spirit not it being taken from Him.
b. This fulfilled Jesus words:
John 10:17 Therefore doth my Father love me,
because I lay down my life, that I might take
it again.
18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down
of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I
have power to take it again. This commandment
have I received of my Father.
2. \\#51\\ The temple veil was rent.
a. \\#Mark 15:38\\
b. The temple veil separated the Holy Place from the Holy
of Holies.
(1) The priests went into the Holy Place daily to
tend the Altar of Incense, but only the High
Priest could enter the Holy of Holies and only
on Yom Kippur.
(2) The fact that this veil was rent into two pieces
meant the way to God has been opened for all who
are willing to come \\#Heb 9:7-8\\.
(3) Both Matthew and Mark made a point to tell us
that the veil was ripped from top to bottom
indicating that God tore the curtain (top to
bottom), not man (from bottom to top).
3. \\#52-53\\ An earthquake and a resurrection
a. \\#52\\ As Jesus died, the earth shook, opening some
of the tombs.
b. However, it was not until "after his resurrection"
\\#53\\ that the bodies of some who had died arose
and those resurrected people came into Jerusalem.
c. We must suppose that all of those who experienced an
earthly resurrection died again for only the
resurrection which grants a glorified body can give
us a vessel which will live forever.
d. These revived souls were visible witnesses that there
had been a resurrection. Whether people believed
that Jesus rose from the dead or not, these made it
impossible to deny the possibility.
4. \\#54\\ The centurion’s testimony
a. A centurion is the captain over 100 soldiers.
b. Since the definite article "the" is used with this
officer’s rank, we would suppose that this is the
centurion who had been in charge of the crucifixion.
(1) It is possible that this soldier had overseen
Jesus’ punishment from the time Jesus was first
placed into Pilate’s care, even more so since
Pilate had surrendered Jesus to the guards.
(2) That would mean that he had approved, if not
participated in, Jesus’ mocking and beating.
(3) He would have been one of those who "sat down"
with the Jews to watch Jesus die
\\#Matt 27:36\\. If he did not know who Jesus
was as this day began, no doubt he learned in
conversation with the Jewish leaders about Him
that day.
(4) After seeing Jesus’ death and some of the signs
which accompanied it, he drew his own opinion
and confessed that Jesus was indeed God. It is
a shame that the Jews he sat with that day
could not come to that same opinion.
5. \\#57-60\\ Joseph of Arimathaea claimed the body of Jesus.
a. We know several things about Joseph.
(1) He was originally from Arimathaea. This city has
not been identified for certain but some say it
is the same city as Ramah, the city where Saul
was born \\#1Sam 22:6\\ and which Samuel used as
one of his headquarters \\#1Sam 16:13\\.
(2) \\#Matt 27:57\\ He was a rich man.
(3) \\#Luke 23:50\\ He was a good and just man.
(3) He was a secret disciple of Jesus
\\#John 19:38\\. It is interesting that the
death of Jesus had an opposite effect upon
Joseph, in that most who had kept their belief
in Jesus as Christ a secret would certainly not
reveal it now for fear that they too might be
arrested or crucified. But Joseph used Jesus’
death as an opportunity not only to share his
secret but to share it with the very king who
had called for Jesus’ death, Pilate.
(4) \\#Mark 15:43\\ He was an "honorable counsellor"
who had not approved the death of Jesus
\\#Luke 23:51\\. The word "counsellor" means
senator or ruler. Joseph, like Nicodemus, was
a member of the Sanhedrin, the ruling body of
Israel—the very body that had sanctioned Jesus’
death \\#Matt 27:1\\. These two men worked
together on the Sanhedrin, were secret
disciples, and choose to stand with Jesus
against the counsel to care for and bury the
Lord \\#John 19:38-39\\.
(5) \\#Mark 15:43\\ He was a brave man for he
"craved" the body of Jesus with "boldness."
(6) \\#Matt 27:59-60\\ He had an unused tomb hewed
into the rock surrounded by a garden
\\#John 19:41\\. Apparently, Jesus was
crucified, buried, and rose all on Joseph’s
land.
b. \\#John 19:39-40\\ Joseph and Nicodemus brought 100
pounds worth of myrrh and aloes to anoint the body
of Jesus, wrapped the body in linen as the Jews
custom was, and laid the body in the tomb
c. \\#Matt 27:60\\ Finally, the tomb was sealed by
rolling a great stone over the entrance.
II. \\#Matt 27:62-66\\ Friday, Nisan 15 (First day of Unleavened
Bread)
A. \\#Matt 27:62-66\\ The tomb sealed
1. As Matthew is often the writer who gives summaries
not details, it is interesting that he alone writes
of the extra precautions taken by the religious
leaders to make certain Jesus’ body is not stolen.
2. On the day that the Passover was eaten, which was also
the first day of Unleavened Bread, the religious
leaders had a thought.
(a) \\#63\\ They remembered that Jesus had said He
would arise on the third day. (What a shame
that His disciples did not!)
(b) \\#64\\ They requested of Pilate that he both
officially seal the tomb (part of making it "
sure") \\#Matt 27:64,66\\ and to help do so,
Pilate set "a watch" \\#Matt 27:65\\(4 guards,
swapping shifts every 3 hours, to watch the tomb
24 hours per day) until the third day.
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(1) Of course, before the seal was affixed, the
guards would have checked to make certain
the body of Jesus was still inside the
tomb.
(2) All of this happening on a holy day would
have meant that the disciples, and
especially the women who came on Sunday
morning, would have known nothing of it.
B.
III. There is no record of anything happening on Saturday, Nisan 16.
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