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Matthew
Chapter
27 (Continued) 27:46~~At about three o'clock Jesus screamed with a loud voice and kept on saying, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, My God, why have You rejected/forsaken Me?" {Note: "My God, My God why have you forsake Me?' was a prophecy of Psalms 22:1. As the lamb was quiet before the shearer . . . Jesus was quiet throughout His ordeal. He did not cry out until after 3 hours of having our sins imputed to Him and judged. After 3 hours, the Humanity of Christ is spiritually dead and the Father and the Holy Spirit forsake him . . . and He cries out.} {Note: The first vocative was addressed to the Father, the second vocative was addressed to God the Holy Spirit, who rejected Jesus in spiritual death as the penalty for the sins of humanity. The blood of Christ refers to His spiritual death-not His physical death.} {Note: IF there was any separation of the deity of Christ from the humanity of Christ, it would be at this time. Deity can not 'have contact/fellowship' with sin. We do not know this for sure.} 27:47~~When some of those standing there heard it, they said, "This One is calling for Elijah." {Note: They thought when Jesus screamed the vocative "Eli" that He was calling for Elijah and the crowd became very interested. They wanted to see if Elijah would come to 'save' Jesus'. Perhaps that this may be the fulfillment of the last two chapters of Malachi that foretold the coming of Elijah. But, RBT said that Malachi really referred to the coming of John the Baptist as 'Elijah'. Elijah will return as one of the two witnesses in the Tribulation also.} {Note: From John 19:28-29, we know that while they were waiting around to see if Elijah would appear, Jesus said, "I thirst".} 27:48~~Immediately one of them {probably John} ran and got a sponge, filled it with cheap wine, put it on a stick {a cane or measuring stick}, and offered it to Him to drink. 27:49~~But the rest said, "Get away. Let us see if Elijah will come to save Him." 27:50~~Then Jesus cried out again in a loud voice and 'gave up'/dismissed His spirit {which went into the presence of the Father}. {Note: See also John 19:30 and Luke 23:46.} {Note: His body goes into the grave of Joseph of Arimathea, and His soul went to Hades or Sheol, specifically to the part known as Abraham's bosom or Paradise. This is where the souls of the Old Testament saints went until after the resurrection.}
{1st
and 2nd Miracle while Jesus Hung on the cross} {Note: Schizo is the Greek word for tearing or splitting. The 'temple veil' was an enormously thick curtain that veiled the Holy of Holies. It was HUGE and impossible to tear by hand! It was 60 feet high 30 FEET wide. }
{3rd
Miracle while Jesus Hung on the cross} {Note: The transfer of the Old Testament saints from 'Paradise' to the third heaven is alluded to in Ephesian 4:8 and to some extent in II Corinthians 12:1-4. The process may have been happening at this very time but this verse is NOT referring to that transfer. This is the miraculous opening of graves and these saints being resuscitated to witness for the Lord for the next 40 days.} 27:53~~(They came out of the tombs and went into the holy city and appeared to many people after His resurrection {modifies 'appeared' - they appeared after the resurrection}.)
27:54~~
Now when the centurion and those {soldiers} with him {Note: Tereo is a special Greek word for watching. Tereo means to 'watch something that belongs to you'. Apparently these men had made a decision to accept Christ as their own.} 27:55~~Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee . . . constantly ministering/ supporting Him were also there . . . watching from a distance. {Note: Most of the disciples ran away in fear. Maybe only the Apostle John was the only one of them actually at the cross. But MANY of the women understood doctrine and were there!} 27:56~~Among them, who kept on always being there were . . . Mary Magdalene . . . Mary the mother of James and Joseph Jr . . . and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
{Note:
Mary Magdalene was a former prostitute and formerly demon possessed.
At this point, she was born again and possibly the BEST student of
the Lord's doctrine. She was here at the cross and she was the first
to whom Jesus revealed Himself in His resurrected body. Per RBT, the
other Mary is also referred to as Mary the wife of
{Jesus'
Burial} {Note: From the arist tense of the verb, it is most like he was a convert that day. Joseph of Arimathea was a member of the Sanhedran Counsel and possibly witnessed the splitting of the veil of the Temple.} 27:58~~He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him. {Note: The Romans had custody of the body of Jesus. The other Jews would have killed him!} 27:59-60~~ Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth 27:60~~ and placed it {the body of Christ} in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a great stone in the door of the tomb and went away. {Note: Joseph is a man of wealth and probably one who thinks ahead. For whatever the reason, he had recently constructed his own tomb, which he will now give to Jesus.} 27:61~~(Now Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, opposite the tomb.)
{The
Guard at the Tomb} {Note: Jesus was placed in the grave on Wednesday night. The Jewish days start at sundown. So Thursday is Wednesday night to Thursday sundown - day 1 in the grave. So Friday is Thursday night to Friday sundown - day 2 in the grave. So Saturday is Friday night to Saturday sundown - day 3 in the grave. So After three days is 'Sunday' . . . which is Saturday after sundown. To reconcile with other passages, He probably rose Sunday Morning at 12:01AM Gentile time (right after Midnight).} 27:64~~ "So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day {Sunday}. Otherwise His disciples may come and steal His body and say to the people, 'He has been raised from the dead,' and the last fraud will be worse than the first." 27:65~~ Pilate said to them, "Take a guard of {Roman} soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you know how to." {Note: The chief priests are in Charge! It is impossible for the body of Jesus to be stolen! Religion is going to make SURE of this!} 27:66~~So they went with the soldiers of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.
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