Gospels (82) - Matthew 27:34-44, Mark 15:23-32, Luke 23:27-43 & John 19:18-27

Teacher: Rusty Kennedy
Series: Gospels

Rusty's Notes

Matthew 27:25 (review)
25 All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

• In reference to Roman General Titus destroying Jerusalem in 70 AD.

 
Begin at Luke 23:27
 
MATTHEW 27:34-44
34 they gave him wine mixed with gall to drink. But when he tasted it, he refused to drink it.

• It was to deaden the pain and make prisoner easier to deal with.
• Jesus was going to take on the full force of the pain.

(Refer Mark 15:23)
35 After crucifying him, they divided his clothes by casting lots. 36 Then they sat down and were guarding him there. 37 Above his head they put up the charge against him in writing: This Is Jesus, the King of the Jews.
38 Then two criminals were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.
39 Those who passed by were yelling insults at him, shaking their heads 40 and saying, “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

• Bullying… taunting.

41 In the same way the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him and said, 42 “He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the King of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. (that was a sarcastic lie) 43 He trusts in God; let God rescue him now—if he takes pleasure in him! For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
(Refer Luke 23:36)
44 In the same way even the criminals who were crucified with him taunted him.[1]
 
MARK 15:23-32
23 They tried to give him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

• Prophesy in Psalm 69:21 fulfilled.
• Psalm 69:21 - Instead, they gave me gall for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. [2]
• Now we get to the first of 3 hours on the cross.

24 Then they crucified him and divided his clothes, casting lots for them to decide what each would get. 25 Now it was nine in the morning (3rd hour – Jewish time which started at 6AM) when they crucified him.

• Same time as the Chagigah Sacrifice

(Refer to Luke 23:33)
26 The inscription of the charge written against him was: The King of the Jews. 27 They crucified two criminals with him, one on his right and one on his left.
29 Those who passed by were yelling insults at him, shaking their heads, and saying, “Ha! The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, 30 save yourself by coming down from the cross!” 31 In the same way, the chief priests with the scribes were mocking him among themselves and saying, “He saved others, but he cannot save himself! 32 Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe.” Even those who were crucified with him taunted him.[3]
 
LUKE 23:27-43
27 A large crowd of people followed him, including women who were mourning and lamenting him.

• Luke 19:41 - As he approached and saw the city, he wept for it[4]

28 But turning to them, Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and your children. 29 Look, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the women without children, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed!’ 30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’ 31 For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

• Jesus says “weep for yourselves.”
• Josephus in relation to 70 AD (War Vi, 4)
• “… She slew her son, and then roasted him, and eat the one half of him, and kept the other half by her concealed. Upon this the seditious came in presently, and smelling the horrid scent of this food, they threatened her that they would cut her throat immediately if she did not show them what food she had gotten ready. She replied that she had saved a very fine portion of it for them, and withal uncovered what was left of her son. Hereupon they were seized with a horror and amazement of mind, and stood astonished at the sight, when she said to them, “This is mine own son, and what hath been done was mine own doing! Come, eat of this food; for I have eaten of it myself! Do not you pretend to be more tender than a woman, or more compassionate than a mother; but if you be so scrupulous, and do abominate this my sacrifice, as I have eaten the one half, let the rest be reserved for me also.” After which those men went out trembling, being never so much affrighted at anything as they were at this, and with some difficulty they left the rest of that meat to the mother. Upon which the whole city was full of this horrid action immediately; and whole everybody laid this miserable case before their own eyes, they trembled, as if this unheard of action had been done my themselves.”
  
  

CRUCIFIED BETWEEN TWO CRIMINALS
32 Two others—criminals—were also led away to be executed with him.
(Refer to Matthew 27:34)
33 When they arrived at the place called The Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.
34 Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided his clothes and cast lots.

• “They” – Acts 3:17 – “And now, brothers and sisters, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your leaders also did.”[5]
• Not Annas, Caiaphas & Pilate
• There is a difference between ignorance and blatant disobedience.
• “Do works for God” – that is what they were taught and all they know.
• “Do works for God” – they continue to teach error because they won’t change their mind or they are building an institution.
• I literally had to leave my position to be able to teach freely what I had come to understand.
• It didn’t make me better… just more free.
• I won’t go back.
• I still have areas where I am ignorant.

(Refer to John 19:23)
35 The people stood watching, and even the leaders were scoffing: “He saved others; let him save himself if this is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One!”
36 The soldiers also mocked him. They came offering him sour wine 37 and said, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”
38 An inscription was above him: This Is the King of the Jews.

• 4 different groups of people harassed and mocked Jesus.

39 Then one of the criminals hanging there began to yell insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”
40 But the other answered, rebuking him: “Don’t you even fear God, since you are undergoing the same punishment? 41 We are punished justly, because we’re getting back what we deserve for the things we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.” 42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”
43 And he said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”[6]

• Sheoul – Abraham’s Bosom – Hell

(refer to John 19:25)
 
JOHN 19:18-27
18 There they crucified him and two others with him, one on either side, with Jesus in the middle. 19 Pilate also had a sign made and put on the cross. It said: Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. 20 Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek. 21 So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Don’t write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that he said, ‘I am the King of the Jews.’”
22 Pilate replied, “What I have written, I have written.”

• The cause of guilt was always placed above the prisoner.
• Pilate is adding insult to injury.
• Pilate was naming Jesus the King of the Jews.
• The Jews didn’t like this at all.

(Refer to Matthew 27:39)
23 When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, a part for each soldier. They also took the tunic, which was seamless, woven in one piece from the top. 24 So they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it, to see who gets it.” This happened that the Scripture might be fulfilled that says: They divided my clothes among themselves, and they cast lots for my clothing.
(Psalm 22:18)
This is what the soldiers did.
(Refer to John 19:19)
 
JESUS’S PROVISION FOR HIS MOTHER
25 Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

• Why was Mary there?
• Luke 2:34-35 - 34 Then Simeon blessed them and told his mother Mary: “Indeed, this child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be opposed--35 and a sword will pierce your own soul—that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.” [7]

26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, here is your son.”

• The 1st born usually took care of the mother.
• His half siblings didn’t even believe Jesus was the Messiah until His resurrection.
• John was Jesus’ beloved disciple.

27 Then he said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home. [8]

[1] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Mt 27:34–44). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[2] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Ps 69:21). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[3] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Mk 15:23–32). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[4] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Lk 19:41). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[5] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Ac 3:17). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[6] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Lk 23:27–43). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[7] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Lk 2:34–35). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[8] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Jn 19:18–27). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.