Matthew 27:27-44

 

ROMAN SOLDIERS MOCK JESUS

Matthew 27:27-31

Matthew 27:27  Some of the governor's soldiers took Jesus into their headquarters and called out the entire regiment. Matthew 27:28  They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. Matthew 27:29  They wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on His head, and they placed a reed stick in His right hand as a scepter. Then they knelt before Him in mockery and taunted, "Hail! King of the Jews!" Matthew 27:30  And they spit on Him and grabbed the stick and struck Him on the head with it. Matthew 27:31  When they were finally tired of mocking Him, they took off the robe and put His own clothes on Him again. Then they led Him away to be crucified.

 

It should be remembered that Jesus had already been whipped. The soldier put a crown of thorns on his head and found a robe for him to wear. The scepter was a stick that he was later beat with. The soldiers spit on him, mocked him, and finally took him . All of this had  prophesized in Isaiah 56:6 it goes as follows : I offered my back to those who beat me and my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard. I did not hide my face  from mockery and spitting. This was an entire battalion of Roman soldiers so we are talking about 200 men who were hitting and spitting on Jesus

JESUS IS LED AWAY AND PLACED ON THE CROSS

Matthew 27:32-44

 Matthew 27:32  Along the way, they came across a man named Simon, who was from Cyrene, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus' cross. Matthew 27:33  And they went out to a place called Golgotha (which means "Place of the Skull"). Matthew 27:34  The soldiers gave Him wine mixed with bitter gall, but when He had tasted it, He refused to drink it. Matthew 27:35  After they had nailed Him to the cross, the soldiers gambled for His clothes by throwing dice. [This fulfilled the word of the prophet: "They divided My garments among themselves and cast lots for My robe."] Psalms 22:18

Simon was just there going from where to where we do not know. He was a Jew but not from Israel  Act_2:10. I am not sure if Simon felt that this was a privilege but in time when Jesus successfully defeats death he must have had some strong thoughts on it.

Matthew 27:36  Then they sat around and kept guard as He hung there. Matthew 27:37  A sign was fastened above Jesus' head, announcing the charge against Him. It read: "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews."

It was Roman custom to put a sign on each cross displaying the crime that that man was being crucified. Jesus was not convicted of a crime so the put a belligerent sign saying king of the Jews.  Little did they know what that sign really meant.

 

Matthew 27:38  Two revolutionaries (criminals) were crucified with Him, one on His right and one on His left. Matthew 27:39  The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery.

Do you remember what James and John asked for? Matthew 20:20-22 They asked to be on his right and left. This was the beginning of the new Testament period where we could be saved. So James and John would have been on the cross on the right and the left.

Jesus was  mocked while hanging on the cross Psalms 22:7, again this was foretold.

 Matthew 27:40  "Look at You now!" they yelled at Him. "You said You were going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. Well then, if You are the Son of God, save Yourself and come down from the cross!" Matthew 27:41  The leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders also mocked Jesus. Matthew 27:42  "He saved others," they scoffed, "but He can't save Himself! So He is the King of Israel, is He? Let Him come down from the cross right now, and we will believe in Him! Matthew 27:43  He trusted God, so let God rescue Him now if He wants Him! For He said, 'I am the Son of God.'" Matthew 27:44  Even the revolutionaries who were crucified with Him ridiculed Him in the same way.

We have heard this before when Satan took Jesus out into the wilderness. He did not give in then and he did not give in now.

Agape

Dave