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35 aThen they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots,1 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet:
b“They divided My garments among them,
And for My clothing they cast lots.”  
36 aSitting down, they kept watch over Him there.  
37 And they aput up over His head the accusation written against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.  
38 aThen two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and another on the left.  
39 And athose who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads  
40 and saying, a“You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! bIf You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”  
41 Likewise the chief priests also, mocking with the1 scribes and elders, said,  
42 “He asaved others; Himself He cannot save.1 If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe2 Him.  
43 aHe trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”  
44 aEven the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him with the same thing.  

Jesus Dies on the Cross

45 aNow from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.  
46 And about the ninth hour aJesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, b“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Matthew 27:37

His accusation - It was a common custom to affix a label to the cross, giving a statement of the crime for which the person suffered. This is still the case in China, when a person is crucified. Sometimes a person was employed to carry this before the criminal, while going to the place of punishment.

It is with much propriety that Matthew calls this , accusation; for it was false that ever Christ pretended to be King Of The Jews, in the sense the inscription held forth: he was accused of this, but there was no proof of the accusation; however it was affixed to the cross. From John 19:21, we find that the Jews wished this to be a little altered: Write, said they, that He said, l am king of the Jews; thus endeavoring, by the addition of a vile lie, to countenance their own conduct in putting him to death. But this Pilate refused to do. Both Luke, Luke 23:38, and John, John 19:20, say that this accusation was written in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew. In those three languages, we may conceive the label to stand thus, according to the account given by St. John; the Hebrew being the mixed dialect then spoken.

In Hebrew - ̈́Ϛ :

In Greek - Ϛ :

In Latin - ̈́Ϛ :

IESUS NAZARENUS REX IUDAEORUM

It is only necessary to observe, that all the letters, both of the Greek and Roman alphabets, were those now called square or uncial, similar to these above.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Matthew 27:37:

Luke 23:38
Luke 23:38
John 19:19
John 19:20

 

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