Interpretive Study of Matthew's Gospel - Summary.

Jesus Fulfilled God's Law and Proved that He was / is God's Christ.

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Prior Summary Chapters

Chapter 22 Summary : Continuation of the Final Religious Conflict.

Starting in Matthew 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:28 and John 12:12; and continuing through the end of each chapter, we have the sequence of events which start from when Jesus entered Jerusalem for the final conflict. During His trip to Jerusalem, Jesus taught His disciples the difference between 'A fruitful religion versus a show religion'. Now, in this chapter, we see the religious leaders argue that the show religion is right and them plot the death of Jesus because He insisted that God rejected the show religion. While Jesus was in Jerusalem, He cleansed the Temple and acted like the Jew's King, which led to His crucifixion. This was because the Jewish leaders realized that His turning the people to God would reduce their religious, and secular authority and power.

Our chapter starts with Jesus continuing to teach the common Jews, the chief priests and the Pharisees after He had shut the mouths of the chief priests and Pharisees. In the prior chapter, they picked a doctrinal fight, Jesus shut their mouths and returned to teaching the common Jews. The chief priests and the Pharisees were still there but had moved to the background to try and figure out how they might entangle him in his talk (Matthew 22:8).

The teaching by Jesus, in this chapter, starts with the 'Parable of the Marriage of the King's Son'. It should be obvious that this is teaching us about the marriage supper of the Lamb (Revelation 19:9). in this parable, a man was there without a marriage garment. While many people object, the true teaching is that some people will be in Heaven but not allowed to attend the marriage supper of the Lamb. The doctrinal teaching is for saved people to be sure that they not only are saved but are also qualified to attend the marriage supper of the Lamb.

Next, we read about the religious leaders sending different groups to challenge Jesus and He shuts the mouths of every group. First there were the Pharisees with the Herodians. Then were the Sadducees. Then were the lawyers. And, after all of them failed to trip Jesus up, He asked them a question which they could not answer. Thus, he put an end to their trying to challenge Him doctrinally. And, after this chapter, Matthew spends the next three chapters reporting doctrine which Jesus taught to His disciples. Therefore, all of these chapters are dealing with Doctrine before Matthew gets into the betrayal of Jesus.

Please see the Gospel Time Sequences for the time sequences of incidents reported in this chapter and for references where other Gospel accounts report the same incidents. Please also see the Prophecy Fulfilled Section of the Significant Gospel Events Study for Bible references to this chapter where prophecy was fulfilled.

Matthew 21:28-22:14; Mark 12:1-12 and Luke 20:8-19 tell us several parables that Jesus gave after the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders challenged His authority in Matthew 21:23-27; Mark 11:27-33 and Luke 20:1-7. This chapter is continuing the doctrine of the prior chapter.

Matthew 22; Mark 12 and Luke 20 all tell us some of the same things. In addition, they probably happened at the same time as the accounts in John 8. Later, at John 8:20, we are told These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple and the accounts in these other Gospels happened in the Temple and end with Jesus being by the treasury. In addition, while the specific accounts differ, all Gospels report the same types of incidents between the religious leaders and Jesus

Matthew 22:1-14 has the 'Parable of the Marriage of the King's Son'. Please see the Table of Parables in the New Testament for links to other similar parables. This parable is different from, but teaches the same doctrine, as the 'Parable of the Great Supper' (Luke 14:16-24).

Matthew 22:15-46; Mark 12:13-37 and Luke 20:20-40 tell us about when the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders tried to use others to destroy Jesus. In the start of that section, within Luke's Gospel account, we read so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. Even though the religious leaders had some civil authority, they could not sentence someone to death. But, the governor could. Therefore, this is when they decided to kill Jesus.

In Matthew 22:16-33; Mark 12:13-17 and Luke 20:20-26 we read that the Herodians tried an argument about money and taxes.

In Matthew 22:23-33; Mark 12:18-27 and Luke 20:27-40 we read that the Sadducees tried an argument about the resurrection.

Matthew 22:23-32; Matthew 24:31; Matthew 25:1-13; Matthew 27:52-53, and in many other places within the New Testament, tell us about the resurrection of the dead. Therefore, these references should be used to comfort the saints about God's repeated promise of our own resurrection.

In Matthew 22:34-40 and Mark 12:28-33 tell us that the scribes tried an argument about the Mosaic Law. They were also embarrassed.

Matthew 22:41-46; Mark 12:35-37 and Luke 20:41-44 all cover the time when Jesus asked How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?.

In Matthew 22:46; Mark 12:34 and Luke 20:40 tells us And no man after that durst ask him any question.

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge provides a chapter outline as:

1-8. the parable of the marriage of the king's son.
9-11. the vocation of the Gentiles.
12-14. the punishment of him that wanted the wedding garment.
15-22. Tribute ought to be paid to Caesar.
23-33. Christ confutes the Sadducees for the resurrection;
34-40. answers the lawyer, which is the first and great commandment;
41-46. and puzzles the Pharisees by a question about the Messias. '.

C22-S1 : the start of the 'Parable of the Marriage of the King's Son'.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds that Jesus said another parable to the chief priests and Pharisees with many general Jews also listening.
2. The phrase And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said means: 'Jesus added this parable as another answer to their challenge to His authority'. This sentence starts the 'Parable of the Marriage of the King's Son'. This parable is different from, but teaches the same doctrine, as the 'Parable of the Great Supper' (Luke 14:16-24).
3. The phrase The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king means: 'in this parable, the king represents God the Father'.
4. The phrase which made a marriage for his son means: 'This parable is about the marriage supper of the Lamb (Revelation 19:9)'.
5. The phrase And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding means: 'This symbolically represents God sending prophets to the Jews and telling them to serve God so that they could go to Heaven and the marriage supper of the Lamb'.
6. The phrase and they would not come means: 'Many of the Jews refused to believe the word of God and ended up dying lost'.
C22-S2 : the invited guests refused to come to the king's marriage feast.
1. The phrase Again, he sent forth other servants, saying means: 'God the Father sent prophets to the Jews several times with His message'.
2. The phrase Tell them which are bidden means: 'The prophets were told to take God's message to the Jews'.
3. The word: behold means: 'The Jews were told to pay close attention to the message from God'.
4. The phrase I have prepared my dinner means: 'God the Father prepared everything in Heaven for those people who believed His message'.
5. The phrase my oxen and my fatlings are killed means: 'God prepared everything for people to celebrate true spiritual salvation'.
6. The phrase and all things are ready means: 'There is nothing to keep people from being there'.
7. The phrase come unto the marriage means: 'This is an invitation to more than going to Heaven. This invitation is given to the friends of Jesus who proved their friendship by helping Him to take the Gospel to the people of this world'.
C22-S3 : Some made light of the invitation and others entreated (the servants) spitefully, and slew them.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. The prior sentence told us about the king sending messengers to his guests and old them to come to the marriage feast of his son. Our current sentence is still talking about the invitation while telling us that the guests made light of it. Symbolically, in the parable, the prior sentence told us about God sending prophets to the Jews and old them to come to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And, symbolically, our current sentence is still talking about the invitation while telling us that the Jews made light of it. In addition, this parable can also be applied to the saved during the 'Church Age' on an individual basis.
2. The phrase But they made light of it means: 'They treated the word of God as something which was optional and not a command'.
3. The phrase and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise means: 'Some felt that their place in this world was more important and others thought that the riches of this world were more important'.
4. The phrase And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them means: 'Many served devils and preached false religions while doing all they could to stop the message from God'.
C22-S4 : the king brought justice to the people who rejected his invitation.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. Our sentence is still talking about how the people treated the messengers from the king (God) while turning to hoe the king (God) reacted.
2. The phrase But when the king heard thereof means: 'This is when the king, and God, knew absolutely how his messengers were treated'.
3. The phrase he was wroth. The word wroth is defined as: 'Very angry; much exasperated'.
4. The phrase and he sent forth his armies means: 'Symbolically, for the Jews, this happened after the Temple was destroyed'. In the lives of saved people today, God uses devils and other people to bring punishment upon the disobedient child of God. (Please see Colossians 3:8 about the children of wrath).
5. The phrase and destroyed those murderers means: 'Destruction sometimes means death but sometimes it means severe loss while remaining alive'.
6. The phrase and burned up their city means: 'Symbolically, this relates to the tome that the Jews had no home country. Likewise, symbolically, it can relate to a child of God being out of church and estranged from family and other ways of having no basis for their life'.
C22-S5 : the king recognized reality.
1. The phrase Then saith he to his servants means: 'The king said this to his servants. Symbolically, it is what God the Father said to the angels about the Jewish nation when He had Jesus start the 'Church Age'. God the Father will say the same to angels about people who refuse to work in His kingdom, even though they are saved'.
2. The phrase The wedding is ready means: 'The marriage supper of the Lamb is ready'.
3. The phrase but they which were bidden were not worthy means: 'God will not allow unworthy people to attend even if they are saved and in Heaven'.
C22-S6 : the king invited others. Our sentence says: Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. It means: 'The saved are God's servants in this world today. They are commanded to do this with the 'Great Commission'. In addition, the 144,000 virgin male Jews will have this command during the great tribulation'.
C22-S7 : the wedding feast was furnished with guests.
1. The phrase So those servants went out into the highways means: 'Symbolically, this represents saved people taking the Gospel everywhere today'.
2. The phrase and gathered together all as many as they found means: 'All people are invited to be saved and to serve'.
3. The phrase both bad and good means: 'God will save anyone who accepts Jesus as their Lord and are willing to obey and serve'.
4. The phrase and the wedding was furnished with guests means: 'God determines when there are enough'.
C22-S8 : the king found a man not properly prepared for the feast. This is the part of the parable which many want to deny and others deliberately pervert. Many 'good, Godly, fundamental, KJV only Baptists' insisted that it must mean something other than what is literally written in the word of God. Such a claim makes them a lying hypocrite when they criticize others for doing the same thing.
1. The phrase And when the king came in to see the guests means: 'This was a practice in the days of the Gospel accounts. It is symbolic of God the Father seeing who is at the wedding feast of the Lamb'.
2. The phrase he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment means: 'In those days, everyone wore a wedding garment except the bride and groom. No one was allowed to distract from the wedding couple'.
3. Revelation 19:8 says: and to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. Notice that her wedding garment is the righteousness of saints. Only Romans 3:10 says: As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one. (That is a reference to Psalms 14:1-3 and Psalms 53:1-3). However, saved people are given his righteousness (Matthew 6:33; Romans 3:25-26) when they obey by true Biblical faith. The saved person who refuses to obey does not receive his righteousness. Ad a result, they do not have a wedding garment and they are not allowed to attend the marriage supper of the lamb, even though they are saved and in heaven. And, yes, I understand that this disagrees with lots of doctrines about who will be at the marriage supper of the lamb. However, I have never heard any Biblically based argument and all are religious opinions.
4. The phrase And he saith unto him means: 'God will tell such a person the next phrase and the second next sentence'.
5. The phrase Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? means: 'God calls him friend because he is saved and in Heaven. However, that is not enough to get him into the marriage supper of the lamb'.
C22-S9 : the man had no answer for his failure. Our sentence says: And he was speechless. Many saved people will be this way when they are judged by God and made aware of all of the rewards which God wanted to give them but could not because they refused to obey and to bring spiritual fruit to God.
C22-S10 : the king judged the man for his failure.
1. I got into a big argument about this phrase. because lots of different people have lots of different opinions about what it means and their opinions have nothing to do with the definitions of the words within the phrase. God does not change (Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 13:8). Therefore, every word in the Bible has only one definition and no two words have the same definitions. In addition, according to the rule of context, the definition of a phrase, within the word of God, must be the combination of the definitions of the words within the phrase with the relationship between the words defining the relationship between the definitions. And, because God does not change, the definition of a phrase, within the word of God, must be the same every place that it is used. Yes, there are different applications of the phrase, but no application defines the phrase. So, the people who claim that this phrase has three different definitions are wrong. Likewise, the people who claim that this phrase has a definition which is totally unrelated to the definitions of the words within it are also wrong. Please see the Message called Outer Darkness about this phrase. This phrase only occurs three times and all are within the Gospel of Matthew. However, the last sentence in chapter 25 speaks about the same thing without using that exact phrase.
2. The phrase Then said the king to the servants means: 'This is symbolic of God telling this to the angels'.
3. The phrase Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness means: 'This is what people insisted can not be in Heaven while the literal words require it to be in Heaven. Something which is not in the same place is outside and not in the outer part of the group. In addition, people insisted that there can be no variableness in the amount of light in Heaven (no relative darkness). Such a claim does not have a Biblical basis and goes against the physical attributes of light, which God gave it at creation and never changed those attributes. In addition, light is used symbolically for knowledge and understanding. This claim says that the word of God lies when it says that God the Father knows things that no one else knows, not even the Son of God'.
4. The phrase there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth means: 'This phrase is the real reason that people argue that outer darkness can not be in Heaven. People want to believe the lie of: 'no tears in heaven' even though God does not wipe away all tears from their eyes (Revelation 21:4) until after the great with throne judgment, when the only people are the saved in Heaven'. There is much more to that doctrinal argument but it needs to be a separate Study.
C22-S11 : the precept that is the basis of this parable. This is another Bible truth that people have fits about because it proves a favorite doctrinal error to be a lie.
1. The phrase For many are called means: 'Here's why the prior parable is true and tells us how God will give different rewards to different saved people in Heaven'. Many preachers like to claim the lie that only preachers are called. However, many of the Pauline Epistles make it clear that all saved people are called. People need to study that the word of God actually says instead of believing what some preacher says that they like in their natural sinful self and that they never verify. In addition, Jesus put this sentence as the summary of the prior parable because everyone who is saved is called. However, few are chosen to attend the marriage supper of the Lamb.
2. The phrase but few are chosen means: 'Out of all that are available in Haven, only a few are selected to receive this reward'. People hate this precept because they want to believe the lie that 'everyone will receive a mansion right next door to Peter'. I've had people literally (in message but not in words) tell me: 'I said the magic prayer of salvation. I can devote my life to fulfilling the lusts of the flesh and Jesus has no choice. He must forgive all of my sins and give me a mansion right next door to Peter'. I do not exaggerate. And, while people might deny that claim, they can only do so if their own doctrine and way of determining what the word of God says does not allow it. If their doctrine allows personal opinion to have greater authority than what is literally written in the word of God, then their doctrine allows the prior claim.
C22-S12 : the start of the next incident.
1. The phrase Then went the Pharisees means: 'These were the self-appointed religious experts who claimed that they could do the job which God gave to the priests. They taught religious error instead of the pure word of God'.
2. The phrase and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk means: 'They thought that they could match wits with Jesus and win'.
C22-S13 : the challenge from the Herodians.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the details of how the Pharisees tried to accomplish the prior sentence.
2. The phrase And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians means: 'The Herodians supported the then current government. They group had differences with the Pharisees, but the two groups agreed to set aside their differences in order to attack Jesus'.
3. The phrase saying, Master means: 'They started out calling Him 'Teacher' with a capitalized word, which means the top level of teacher. They did not accept Him as God in human flesh and were using insincere flattery with the belief that such would sway Him'.
4. The phrase we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth means: 'This is a blatant lie. If they truly believed this then they would not be trying to entangle him in his talk. The true way of God never leads to error. Math and the Scientific method have the way of God as their basis. It would not be possible for Math and true science to always work in all circumstances if their basis, the way of God, did not always work in all circumstances. Whether they knew and believed this truth, or not, is irrelevant. Their action, in this case, shows that they are insincere and that they believe that they can show that what Jesus commands men to do does not always work in all circumstances'.
5. The phrase neither carest thou for any man means: 'They recognized that Jesus did not agree that people who had higher social standing were, necessarily, better people but that He judged each person by their own actions. They acknowledged that He was like John the Baptist who publically condemned the king for his public sin'.
6. The phrase for thou regardest not the person of men means: 'This is why they recognized that the prior phrase was true'.
C22-S14 : they ask Jesus for His opinion. Our sentence says: Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? means: 'Tells us what you think after we gave you this insincere flattery'.
C22-S15 : the trap question. Our sentence says: Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? means: 'They could only imagine their answers and any answer which they could think of would be a trap which would make some of the Jews mad. However, God is not limited to our thinking and it is foolish to think you can trap God into doing what you want Him to do'.
C22-S16 : Jesus calls them on their true intention.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. The prior sentence told us how these Jews thought they had trapped Jesus while this sentence, and the next few, show otherwise.
2. The phrase But Jesus perceived their wickedness means: 'Jesus was not fooled by their insincere flattery and understood that they meant the exact opposite of what their words purported to claim'.
3. The phrase and said means: 'What follows is the answer from Jesus where He calls them on their true intentions'.
4. The phrase Why tempt ye me means: 'This is what they were truly trying to do with their flattery. They were pretending to be His admirers while they intended to stab Him in the back with their words'.
5. The phrase ye hypocrites? means: 'Each and every one of you personally are liars who are pretending to be the exact opposite of what you really are'.
C22-S17 : Jesus demands an illustrative coin. Our sentence says: Shew me the tribute money. means: 'Jesus demanded that they show an example of what they were arguing about'.
C22-S18 : they provided the penny. Our sentence says: And they brought unto him a penny. means: 'They gave Him a coin which was issued by the government'.
C22-S19 : Jesus asks His question.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. Jesus is adding a thought which they did not consider. Many people complain about taxes but fail to consider what the government provides and that it takes money to provide the services which the government provides. However, that is not the true main consideration. Jesus makes the main consideration clear in His answer to them and even with His answer written down, most people miss it. People are upset about the percentage of income which taxes take and corrupt governments. However, if the saved truly rendered unto God the things that are God's , then their life would be dedicated to the service of God. And, in that case, it would be God's responsibility to provide all that was required for them to live and pay their taxes. The true servants of God don't have to worry about taxes, because those are God's responsibility. No, their responsibility is to serve God. And these people claimed to be servants of God, they were truly servants of their own fleshly lusts.
2. The phrase And he saith unto them means: 'The following, and the second next sentence, is they answer from Jesus'.
3. The phrase Whose is this image and superscription? means: 'Jesus made them acknowledge that the money was created by the government'. If they really objected so much to the government, they could have lived off the land like John the Baptist did. However, they wanted the lifestyle provided by the government with out sharing the responsibilities of that lifestyle. That shows a sinful selfish nature.
C22-S20 : they answer the question. Our sentence says: They say unto him, Caesar's. That means 'The coin was made by the government. If they wanted to use the things of the government, and participate in what the government provided, they had to share the support of the government'. People who object today can move to the middle of nowhere in Canada or other places in the world. But, they are not willing to live without what governments provide.
C22-S21 : Jesus provides the righteous answer.
1. The phrase Then saith he unto them means: 'This is the final answer from Jesus'.
2. The phrase Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's means: 'Pay your taxes or stop using the things provided by government, which would require moving to an area that no government controls'.
3. The phrase and unto God the things that are God's means: 'This is the most important requirement and what is most neglected, especially by religious people'. Remember that when corrupt government officials demanded tribute money that they were not entitled to, Jesus had Peter go catch a fish and pay with money that God provided. He did not fight with the government nor did He worry about corrupt government officials. He worried about always doing what God the Father wanted and that is what we are also supposed to worry about. Most people see the physical part of this statement (Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's) while they ignore the doctrine in the rest of the command (and unto God the things that are God's ). In our next chapter (Matthew 23:23), we read that Jesus said: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Therefore, we see that they did not render unto God the attitudes of the heart (have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith) that God required.
C22-S22 : they left in defeat.
1. The phrase When they had heard these words means: 'This is when they reacted'.
2. The phrase they marvelled means: 'This is how they reacted emotionally'.
3. The phrase and left him, and went their way means: 'This is how they reacted physically'.
C22-S23 : the Sadducees were next to try to challenge Jesus and also proved that they were fools.
1. The phrase The same day came to him the Sadducees means: 'This identifies the next group of fools and when they tried to prove that they were wiser than God in human flesh'.
2. The phrase which say that there is no resurrection means: 'This was their main claim to foolish wrong doctrine'. And, there are lots of people who are just as foolish today.
3. The phrase and asked him, Saying, Master means: 'Like the Pharisees and Herodians, they started out calling Him 'Teacher' with a capitalized word, which means the top level of teacher. They did not accept Him as God in human flesh and were using insincere flattery with the belief that such would sway Him'.
4. The phrase Moses said means: 'Their claim is a reference to Deuteronomy 25:5-10 with references to Genesis 38:8; Genesis 38:11 and Ruth 1:11 '. Please also see the Prophecy Fulfilled Section of the Significant Gospel Events Study for other Bible references to this prophecy.
5. The phrase If a man die, having no children means: 'This is the circumstance which Moses dealt with'.
6. The phrase his brother shall marry his wife means: 'This is the solution which Moses provided'.
7. The phrase and raise up seed unto his brother means: 'This is the result which Moses intended'.
C22-S24 : they provide their ridiculous scenario.
1. The phrase Now there were with us seven brethren means: ''. This is their made up circumstance.
2. The phrase and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue means: 'He married, died and produced no child'.
3. The phrase left his wife unto his brother means: 'This is what Moses commanded'..
4. The phrase Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh means: 'Obviously, the woman was barren'.
C22-S25 : they end their made up scenerio. Our sentence says: And last of all the woman died also.
C22-S26 : they ask what they believe is a trap question. Our sentence says: Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven?.
C22-S27 : they provide their reason for believing they had a trap. Our sentence says: for they all had her. Notice that Jesus let them continue their foolishness until they were finished. Therefore, they can not claim that He trapped them or did not let them complete their presentation.
C22-S28 : Jesus tells them that their ridiculous scenario is based upon doctrinal error.
1. The phrase Jesus answered and said unto them means: 'Now that they had said their foolishness, Jesus lets all listeners know that they are being foolish'.
2. The phrase Ye do err means: 'Each and every one of you personally are making an error'.
3. The phrase not knowing the scriptures means: 'Here's the first reason why you make that error'.
4. The phrase nor the power of God means: 'Here's the second reason why you make that error'.
C22-S29 : the first reason their doctrine is wrong.
1. The phrase For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage means: 'God made woman to be a companion of man in this life. The marriage vows are 'till death do us part' And Romans 7 makes it clear that this separation is an important basis for a Biblical doctrine'. Yes, there are religious fools, such as Mormons, who claim that vows last past marriage, and other religious fools, such as Muslims who claim that sex lasts into eternity, but both claims arte based upon the lusts of the flesh and neither is Biblical.
2. The phrase but are as the angels of God in heaven means: 'This phrase disproves the doctrinal error which is based upon Genesis 6:2-4 and which claims that angels had sex with women and caused them to birth mighty men which were of old, men of renown. in this phrase, Jesus is saying that angels do not participate in sex and neither do people after death'.
C22-S30 : the second reason their doctrine is wrong.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. Where the prior sentence dealt with one part of their doctrinal error, this sentence changes to another part of their doctrinal error. Please see the Detailed Note for links to every place in the Bible where the title of I am is applied to God.
2. The phrase But as touching the resurrection of the dead means: 'Where the prior sentence dealt with the error of claiming that people had sex after death, this sentence deals with the claim that there is no resurrection from the dead'.
3. The phrase have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying means: 'Where Jesus could have used several different arguments, He chose to stick with scripture. Notice that He says: which was spoken unto you by God. If God did not speak the scriptures then He does not have to keep any of the promises found in scripture. And, as explained in 1Corinthians 15, then all religion is a vain lie and worse than useless'.
4. The phrase I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? means: 'This is what God said. And the next sentence explains the significance of this statement'.
C22-S31 : the truth which provides the precept showing their doctrinal error. Our sentence says: God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. The word: is as: 'a current verb on ongoing existence'. Therefore, our phrase means: 'God currently is the God of the currently living Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob'.
C22-S32 : the multitude...were astonished at his doctrine.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the reaction of the multitude and reminds us that these fools picked these arguments in public.
2. The phrase And when the multitude heard this means: 'This is when they reacted'.
3. The phrase they were astonished at his doctrine means: 'This is how and why they reacted'.
C22-S33 : the lawyers try next.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. This sentence continues the subject of religious leaders challenging Jesus while changing to tell about a different group.
2. The phrase But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence means: 'This is when the Pharisees gathered and tried again'.
3. The phrase they were gathered together means: 'They got together and found the one that they thought had the best chance of beating Jesus'.
C22-S34 : they try a question about the Mosaic Law.
1. The phrase Then one of them, which was a lawyer means: 'The prior group of Pharisees tried with the Herodi and and asked about taxes. Now, a lawyer will try to trip Jesus with a question about spiritual law'.
2. The phrase asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master means: 'This was his attitude when he asked this question. By tempting him. he thought to get Jesus to say something wrong. And, as shown earlier in this chapter with the prior questions, he started out calling Jesus Master ('Teacher' with a capitalized word, which means the top level of teacher. He did not accept Jesus as God in human flesh and were using insincere flattery with the belief that such would sway Him').
3. The phrase which is the great commandment in the law? means: 'This was his question'. Please see the Section called Jesus and the Ten Commandments in the Significant Gospel Events Study for links to other places in the Bible where we see that Jesus dealt with them and the great commandment.
C22-S35 : Jesus answers in this sentence and the next few sentences. all must be considered together for contextual reasons.
1. The phrase Jesus said unto him means: 'Jesus gave this answer to his question. Mark gives us more details about this discussion and the notes for Mark explain why this lawyer could not trap Jesus into saying the wrong thing. in fact, Mark reports when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, thou art not far from the kingdom of God. The answer from the lawyer emphasized the religious activity while the answer from Jesus emphasized the personal relationship with God. And, when the lawyer understood that he could not catch Jesus with a technical legal trick, the religious leaders gave up on trying to beat Jesus in arguments of doctrine'.
2. The phrase Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind means: 'Please see the Detailed Note for the details of these words and their doctrinal significance'.
C22-S36 : Jesus qualifies His answer. Our sentence says: This is the first and great commandment. This is a continuation of the answer started in C22-S35.
C22-S37 : Jesus adds to His answer. Our sentence says: And the second is like unto it, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. This is a continuation of the answer started in C22-S35. By adding this sentence, Jesus prevents the lawyer from emplacing religious responsibilities to the point of denying personal responsibilities to other people, especially to other Jews. The religious Jews thought they were better than everyone else and denied their responsibilities to their fellow man and by including this sentence, Jesus cut off all religious doctrine which supported such doctrinal error.
C22-S38 : Jesus specifies the importance of His answers. Our sentence says: On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. This is a continuation of the answer started in C22-S35. By including this sentence, Jesus is making these two sentences the summary for all of the 'Ten Commandments' and all of the Old Testament. And, by doing so, Jesus cuts off any argument based upon the Old Testament which goes against these commandments because a legal argument can not go against the foundation of the law.
C22-S39 : Jesus asks His replying question.
1. The phrase While the Pharisees were gathered together means: 'They were still gathered expecting the lawyer to win the prior attack. And, the religious leaders had attacked Jesus three times. Therefore, He decided to stop any further attacks by proving that they could not answer His question because their additions to the doctrine of the Bible contradicted itself'.
2. The phrase Jesus asked them, Saying means: 'He deliberately asked the gathering of them to shut all of their mouths'.
3. The phrase What think ye of Christ? means: 'They taught manythings about what the Old Testament said about God's Messiah / Christ. His next question points out the error of their doctrine'.
C22-S40 : A further qualifying question. Our sentence says: whose son is he?. This is a simple question which sets them up for His next question. This is what they tried to do to Him three times and He now proves to them that He is better than they are at this type of argument. And, He is giving them notice that from that point into the future, He will destroy their reputation and authority any time they try to attack His authority in the future.
C22-S41 : the answer from the religious leaders. Our sentence says: They say unto him, the Son of David means: 'This was the accepted answer and it was correct'.
C22-S42 : the question which proves the error in their doctrine.
1. The phrase He saith unto them means: 'Jesus asked this question of the religious leaders'.
2. The phrase How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying means: 'This proves that king David was a prophet giving prophecy when He wrote this Psalm'. Please also see the Prophecies Section of the Significant Gospel Events Study for other Bible references to this same prophecy.
3. The phrase The LORD said unto my Lord means: 'This is a quote of Psalms 110:1. This quote includes the next two phrases.'.
4. The phrase Sit thou on my right hand means: 'This is the position of power. It makes Jesus Christ the second most powerful being anywhere, second only to God the Father.'.
5. The phrase till I make thine enemies thy footstool? means: 'God the Father provides the power for Jesus Christ to defeat all devils and armies of Satan and men when He returns to this World'.
C22-S43 : their doctrine claimed that a son could never be lord of his own father. Jesus asked them: If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?. The prior quote and this question prove that their doctrine was wrong. And, with this proof, Jesus showed them that they would never win a doctrinal argument with Him. Thus, they stopped this type of attack on Him.
C22-S44 : the prior question shut the mouths of all of them.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the conclusion of this chapter.
2. The phrase And no man was able to answer him a word means: 'They could not answer Him because His questions proved that they taught doctrinal error while claiming to be the top experts on Bible doctrine'.
3. The phrase neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions means: 'No one challenged Jesus on doctrinal issues any more'.

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Chapter 23 Summary: Wrong Religious Judgment Versus Righteous Judgment.

in this chapter, Jesus starts out by warning the Jews, who were listening to Him, against the scribes and the Pharisees. He says that they love all of the outward signs of being religious but have no evidence of a God-caused changed life. Their inward person does not match the outward show. That is why He says: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

Next, Jesus tells them what attitudes to have and how to act in order to show their inward attitudes. From those instructions, Jesus returns to the Pharisees and says Woe! to them several times. And, each time He describes their wrong religious attitudes and actions which caused Him to say, as God's messenger, Woe!. He ends His sayings against them with: Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. After that, Jesus ends the chapter with a prophesy against Jerusalem. Thus, in this chapter, we read about Jesus pronouncing Woe! against the religious leaders and prophesying their destruction. And, we read why he gave that judgment so that we could know what not to do. Finally, we also read different attitudes and actions we are to have in order to prove that we truly serve God.

In Matthew 23:1-12; Mark 12:38-40 and Luke 20:45-47, Jesus talks to the general people and tells Beware of the scribes. After this warning, Matthew's Gospel tells us How Jesus says Woe! to the scribes and Pharisees and finishes up with a warning of judgment to come upon all who ignore His commandment to Beware of the scribes. This warning takes the entire chapter of Matthew 23.

In Matthew 23:37-39 and Luke 13:34-35 Jesus prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem because they rejected Him and crucified Him. prophecy Fulfilled Section of the Significant Gospel Events Study Bible references to similar events.

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge provides a chapter outline as:

1-4. Christ admonishes the people to follow the good doctrine, not the evil examples, of the Scribes and Pharisees.
5-12. His disciples must beware of their ambition.
13-33. He denounces eight woes against their hypocrisy and blindness,
34-39. and prophesies of the destruction of Jerusalem. '.

C23-S1 : Jesus warns the multitude.
1. The phrase Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, Saying means: 'Jesus said this after He had shut the mouths of the religious leaders four times. These people were witnesses to it. Three times they started a doctrinal fight in public and he shut their mouth each time. Then He challenged them on their doctrine of authority and very quickly proved that their doctrine was wrong. All of that happened because the religious leaders wanted the people to follow them and ignore Jesus. So new, in this chapter, Jesus is warning about the judgment of God coming on the religious leaders and all of their followers. He is trying to make sure that the religious leaders never challenge Him on doctrine again. However, they show their true nature by having Him crucified. And, all of the Jews which supported their decision proved to God that they also deserved to go to Hell.'.
2. The phrase The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat means: 'Jesus warns them that these people (scribes and the Pharisees) love to claim that they are the top authority representing God (sit in Moses' seat)'.
3. The phrase All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do means: 'Obey their verbal doctrine'.
4. The phrase but do not ye after their works means: 'Don't follow their example'.
5. The phrase for they say, and do not means: 'Here's why. They are hypocrites. Don't follow the example of hypocrites'.
C23-S2 : this is the evidence that they are hypocrites.
1. The phrase For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne means: 'They make the service of God hateful'.
2. The phrase and lay them on men's shoulders means: 'They make others do more than God demands'.
3. The phrase but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers means: 'They make no personal effort to obey their own laws'.
C23-S3 : their acts do not match their mouth.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. Where the prior sentence told us what the religious leaders refused to do, this sentence tells us what they did.
2. The phrase But all their works they do for to be seen of men means: 'Everything that they do is a religious show. They are concerned about what men think about them but not with what God thinks about them'.
3. The phrase they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments means: 'They wear obviously religious clothes all the time so that people think they are going to church all of the time. And, when people have only one set of special clothes for going to church, they don't do dirty manual labor while wearing those clothes. Likewise, they want people to know that they are never available to do dirty manual labor like helping someone in need'.
4. The phrase And love the uppermost rooms at feasts means: 'They always want everyone to recognize them as to top person in the local social order every time that they show up'.
5. The phrase and the chief seats in the synagogues means: 'They want the same treatment at church'.
6. The phrase And greetings in the markets means: 'They want everyone to constantly honor them'.
7. The phrase and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi means: 'They want everyone to constantly recognize their position as the top religious teacher'.
C23-S4 : Do not claim a title that belongs to God.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. Where the prior sentence told us how the false religious leaders acted, this sentence tells us not to act the same way.
2. The phrase But be not ye called Rabbi means: 'Don't seek to be recognized as the top religious teacher'. Let me clarify. We can let Christ work through us so long as we make it clear that it is not our own ability to find the answers and teach but that it is God working through us.
3. The phrase for one is your Master, even Christ means: 'Christ is Who teaches us how to live and please God (Master)'. This is repeated in the second next sentence, making it part of the law of God.
4. The phrase and all ye are brethren means: 'In and of ourselves, we are not significantly better than anyone else. Therefore, our own natural abilities are not capable of producing significant spiritual truths'.
C23-S5 : Do not ley a man take God's role in your life.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds instructions on acknowledging the true source of our spiritual life.
2. The phrase And call no man your father upon the earth means: 'This is addressing a spiritual father and not the physical. The Roman Catholic doctrine directly violates this commandment because they claim that their priests and their pope are to be called spiritual fathers. No man and no religion produces spiritual life.'.
3. The phrase for one is your Father, which is in heaven means: 'Only God produces spiritual life (Father)'. (Please notice the capitalization, which makes this a title of God.)
C23-S6 : Do not let a man take the role of Christ in your life.
1. The phrase Neither be ye called masters means: 'Don't try to claim that spiritual lessons come from you. All spiritual truths which are taught are really the result of God working through the person doing the teaching'.
2. The phrase for one is your Master, even Christ means: 'Here's why. Christ is Who teaches us how to live and please God (Master)'. This is repeating what the second prior sentence said, making it part of the law of God.
C23-S7 : How to be great in the sight of God. Our sentence starts with the word But. Our prior sentences told us to not be full of pride. This sentence is changing direction and telling us how to be best in Heaven. We also see Jesus say a similar thing in Mark 9:35 and Mark 10:44. Our sentence says: But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant means: 'We must become the servant of all if we wish to be great in heaven'.
C23-S8 : God will do to us what is opposite to what we do to ourselves. We see the same doctrine, as this sentence says, in Luke 14:11; Luke 18:14 and 1Peter 5:6
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds how God will judge attitudes of pride.
2. The phrase And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased means: 'The saved people who make themselves greater and fill themselves with pride will be taken down and embarrassed by God'.
3. The phrase and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted means: 'The saved people who make themselves less and lift up God working through them will be made more important by God'.
C23-S9 : the first Woe!
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. Our prior sentence said that the saved who humble themselves will be blessed. Now this sentence changes directions and says woe to religious people who filed themselves with pride.
2. The phrase Woe unto you means: 'This is the judgment of God'.
3. The phrase scribes and Pharisees means: 'This is who will receive that judgment of God'.
4. The phrase hypocrites! means: 'This is why they will receive that judgment of God. They claimed to be righteous while they were hidden sinners'.
C23-S10 : What the Pharisees do spiritually.
1. The phrase for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men means: 'This is why Jesus said woe! in the prior sentence. They were supposed to take God's gospel to the world. Instead, they preached a false gospel which came from devils'.
2. The phrase for ye neither go in yourselves means: 'They were all lost and going to Hell'.
3. The phrase neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in means: 'They actively fought against people who preached the truth and insisted that people believe their lie so that the people could not be saved'.
C23-S11 : the second Woe!. Our next sentence says why Jesus said this woe!.
1. The phrase But woe unto you means: 'This is the judgment of God'.
2. The phrase scribes and Pharisees means: 'This is who will receive that judgment of God'.
3. The phrase hypocrites! means: 'This is why they will receive that judgment of God. They claimed to be righteous while they were hidden sinners'.
C23-S12 : What the Pharisees do physically.
1. The phrase for ye devour widows' houses means: 'Each and every one of them personally are so consumed with having the things of this world that they would even take the house of a widow and put her, and her children, out to live in the street'.
2. The phrase and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation means: 'In addition to that action, they put on a religious show to convince other men that they are holy'.
C23-S13 : the third Woe! Our next sentence says why Jesus said this woe!.
1. The phrase Woe unto you means: 'This is the judgment of God'.
2. The phrase scribes and Pharisees means: 'This is who will receive that judgment of God'.
3. The phrase hypocrites! means: 'This is why they will receive that judgment of God. They claimed to be righteous while they were hidden sinners'.
C23-S14 : What the Pharisees do religiously.
1. The phrase for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte means: 'Each and every one of them personally will go to any length required in order to make someone else a student of their evil religious ways'. An example of this type of attitude is the historical fact that the Spanish soldiers killed all of the young men in a conquered area and raped all of the women until they were pregnant and telling them that they had to raise their children as Roman Catholics.
2. The phrase and when he is made means: 'The next phrase is the end result'.
3. The phrase ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves means: 'Each and every one of them personally make sure that the younger generation become an even more perverted religious fanatic'.
C23-S15 : the fourth Woe!
1. The phrase Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say means: 'Each and every one of them personally claimed to be a religious guide to others while they knew nothing about the spiritual reality and about God'.
2. The phrase Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing means: 'They claimed that it did not matter if someone called on God as their witness because God had no effect upon this world'.
3. The phrase but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! means: 'However, if they claimed that the gold in the Temple backed their claim, then he owed the Temple the amount that was claimed to back a debit'.
4. Thus, they claimed that the gold was more powerful than God Who made the gold.
C23-S16 : God's judgment of their error.
1. The phrase Ye fools and blind means: 'Each and every one of them were fools and knew nothing about true value'.
2. The phrase for whether is greater, the gold means: 'They claimed that the gold was greater but gold is part of this physical reality that we shall all leave and that God will eventually destroy'.
3. The phrase or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? means: 'The temple was where they worshipped God and received help from God'.
C23-S17 : their next error in judgment.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds another foolish doctrine from the Pharisees.
2. The phrase And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing means: 'The altar was where they sacrificed to God and received help from God. Therefore, again, they said that the help from God meant nothing'.
3. The phrase but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty means: 'They claimed that the animal sacrificed was more valuable than the help from God, which is why they made the sacrifice in the first place. In other words, they were losing value to sacrifice to God and give true worship to God'.
C23-S18 : How to judge righteously.
1. The phrase Ye fools and blind means: 'Each and every one of them were fools and knew nothing about true value'.
2. The phrase for whether is greater means: 'Choose between the following two items as to which is greater'.
3. The phrase the gift means: 'The easily replaceable thing that is offered to God'.
4. The phrase or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? means: 'Or the place where you meet with God and set aside the gift for God's use so that God will bless you'.
C23-S19 : the right relative value of the altar.
1. The phrase Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar means: 'This is a reference to the prior two sentences and Jesus is explaining the true spiritual significance. He is telling them how to figure the true spiritual value'.
2. The phrase sweareth by it, and by all things thereon means: 'The Pharisees claimed that the gift was greater than the gift and the altar. They claimed that the altar was only stones and not as valuable as the animal sacrifice. But, from the spiritual perspective, God considered the sacrifice to be part of the altar. Therefore, the altar truly was of greater value. The mistake of the Pharisees was to only look at the physical items and to not consider spiritual value of a sacrifice and of worship to God'.
C23-S20 : the right relative value of the Temple.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the true way to value the temple. It is a reference back to what Jesus said in the sentences just before He was talking about the altar.
2. The phrase And whoso shall swear by the temple means: 'When someone swears, they are calling upon whatever they swear by to be a witness of the truth of their oath'.
3. The phrase sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein means: 'When the Jews swore by the temple, they were calling upon God, and all worship to God, as a witness to their oath'.
C23-S21 : the right relative value of Heaven.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds what Jesus said about swearing by heaven.
2. The phrase And he that shall swear by heaven means: 'This is what the Jews did even though they did not understand the true significance of it'. Such actions are very foolish.
3. The phrase sweareth by the throne of God means: 'They were calling on the judgment of God, and all of His Heavenly power and angers, to judge and punish any lie made in such an oath'.
4. The phrase and by him that sitteth thereon means: 'They were calling on the person of God, and His character, to bring judgment if their oath was a lie'.
C23-S22 : the fifth Woe!. Our next two sentences says why Jesus said this woe!.
1. The phrase Woe unto you means: 'This is the judgment of God'.
2. The phrase scribes and Pharisees means: 'This is who will receive that judgment of God'.
3. The phrase hypocrites! means: 'This is why they will receive that judgment of God. They claimed to be righteous while they were hidden sinners'.
C23-S23 : Here's why the prior sentence said woe!. They valued the smallest physical thing while ignoring matters of character.
1. The phrase for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin means: 'They counted the number of leaves and the number of seeds they had so that they could tithe the exact right number'.
2. The phrase and have omitted the weightier matters of the law means: 'They ignored the most important parts of the Law because they were not physical things'. . . .
3. The phrase judgment, mercy, and faith means: 'These were the weightier matters of the law. They expected God to give these to them but they refused to give the same to other people. They were like the servant in the parable of 'The lost forgiveness' (Matthew 18:23-35)'.
4. The phrase these ought ye to have done means: 'Each and every one of them personally should have done righteous judgment, mercy, and faith'.
5. The phrase and not to leave the other undone means: 'and not refused to tithe and recognize God's provision for them'.
C23-S24 : they are blind to true value.
1. The phrase Ye blind guides means: 'Each and every one of them personally were spiritually blind even while they claimed to be guides in spiritual matters. As spiritually blind people, they did not truly understand how the spiritual worked. But they claimed to be spiritual guides because they had memorized what other spiritually blind religious people claimed'.
2. The phrase which strain at a gnat means: 'This they did in order to claim that they kept the Mosaic Law, about what to eat, to the smallest possible amount'.
3. The phrase and swallow a camel means: 'This phrase, obviously, was an exaggeration of the physical. However, Jesus said it as a symbolic expression of what they did spiritually. They accepted lies from devils which were such a obvious spiritual lie that it would be like the devil required them to swallow a camel. And, they accepted these obvious spiritual lies because they were spiritually blind,'.
C23-S25 : the sixth Woe!. Our next two sentences says why Jesus said this woe!.
1. The phrase Woe unto you means: 'This is the judgment of God'.
2. The phrase scribes and Pharisees means: 'This is who will receive that judgment of God'.
3. The phrase hypocrites! means: 'This is why they will receive that judgment of God. They claimed to be righteous while they were hidden sinners'.
C23-S26 : Why the prior sentence said woe. This is another example of the truth said in C23-S23.
1. The phrase for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter means: 'They literally did this to an excess. Symbolically, this phrase speaks about their apparent religious zeal for appearances in their own personal life'.
2. The phrase but within they are full of extortion and excess means: 'These are obviously attitudes, of the heart, which cause sinful actions'.
C23-S27 : the right symbolic action.
1. The phrase Thou blind Pharisee means: 'This is a command to be done on the individual personal level. They were each personally spiritually blind and needed to obey this command in order to ever understand anything spiritual'.
2. The phrase cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter means: 'Clean up your personal attitudes of the heart first'.
3. The phrase that the outside of them may be clean also means: 'When the heart is spiritually clean, it will cause the outward actions to also be clean'.
C23-S28 : the seventh Woe!. Our next two sentences says why Jesus said this woe!.
1. The phrase Woe unto you means: 'This is the judgment of God'.
2. The phrase scribes and Pharisees means: 'This is who will receive that judgment of God'.
3. The phrase hypocrites! means: 'This is why they will receive that judgment of God. They claimed to be righteous while they were hidden sinners'.
C23-S29 : How God views them spiritually.
1. The phrase for ye are like unto whited sepulchres means: 'This is what they looked like spiritually. The rest of this sentence explains why He said this. This is also why the prior sentence said Woe'.
2. The phrase which indeed appear beautiful outward means: 'This defines the outward appearance of the illustration by Jesus and also explained their outward appearance'.
3. The phrase but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness means: 'This is what was on the inside of the illustration and what God saw on the inside of those religious men'.
C23-S30 : Jesus clearly explains His illustration so that there is no misunderstanding of His spiritual meaning.
1. The phrase Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men means: 'Each and every one of them personally matched His illustration. Yes, their outside looked good'.
2. The phrase but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity means: 'Their personal inside was totally different'. Please see the Detailed Note for the definitions of these words.
C23-S31 : the eighth Woe!. Our next two sentences says why Jesus said this woe!.
1. The phrase Woe unto you means: 'This is the judgment of God'.
2. The phrase scribes and Pharisees means: 'This is who will receive that judgment of God'.
3. The phrase hypocrites! means: 'This is why they will receive that judgment of God. They claimed to be righteous while they were hidden sinners'.
C23-S32 : they lie about how they would have acted in the past.
1. The phrase because ye build the tombs of the prophets means: 'They make a monument out of the tomb of the prophet that they don't have to listen to. The common Jew regarded them as messengers from God. Now that they are no longer around to condemn the religious leaders, they can lie to the general Jew and claim that they also agreed with the prophet so that the common Jew is fooled into thinking that the religious people agreed with the message from God'.
2. The phrase and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous means: 'They decorate these tombs also for the same reason'.
3. The phrase And say means: 'They tell lies because there is no one around to call them on their lies'.
4. The phrase If we had been in the days of our fathers means: 'This is what they claim, but the next few sentences make it clear that they were liars'. And, if there was any doubt, they demanding that Jesus be crucified, in spite of the common Jew regarding Him as a true prophet. Their future action proves that these claims were lies.
5. The phrase we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets means: 'This is what they claim and this is proven to be a lie by their future actions with Jesus'.
C23-S33 : they have the same character as the men who killed the prophets.
1. The phrase Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves means: 'Here, Jesus is referencing their prior behavior towards Him. In just the prior chapter, which is part of the same discussion as this chapter, they tried to entangle him in his talk three times. And, as Jesus knew and had prophesied, they would next try to destroy Him, which leads to the crucifixion. In just the prior sentence we read that they claimed that they would have acted differently. However, their current behavior matches the behavior of their fathers when their fathers decided to kill the prophets. They were each personally witnesses unto yourselves by their actions'.
2. The phrase that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets means: 'A child receives the character of their parents. This phrase is not speaking about the then current religious leaders being physical descendants of the elders but of their having the same character'.
C23-S34 : they will do the same to Jesus. Our sentence says: Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. It means: 'Go ahead and crucify your God-given savior and prove that each and every one of you personally are as evil as your fathers'.
C23-S35 : they act like the first helper of Satan.
1. The phrase Ye serpents means: 'Each and every one of you personally display the character of the serpent when it tempted Eve'.
2. The phrase ye generation of vipers means: 'Each and every one of you personally act like a sneaky poisonous snake'
3. The phrase how can ye escape the damnation of hell? means: 'Their only hope was to change their character to become like God and they already proved that they refused to do that. Therefore, they each earned the damnation of hell'.
C23-S36 : Prophecy of how they will treat true believers. Luke 11:49-51 is an equivalent sentence but it was said at another time and place. This shows us that Jesus taught the same doctrine multiple times.
1. The phrase Wherefore, behold means: 'Pay close attention to the prophecy which is given because of your character'.
2. The phrase I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes. The word send means: 'is used for present tense and future tense'. Therefore, our phrase is telling us what Jesus will do in the future. In addition, since He starts from the blood of righteous Abel, this prophecy is not limited to the Jews. And, in context, Jesus has been identifying religious fanatics who murdered God's prophets and who would crucify Jesus. Therefore, this prophecy is against all religious fanatics who have the same character.
3. The phrase and some of them ye shall kill and crucify means: 'History has told us that this has been done'.
4. The phrase and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues means: 'History has told us that this has been done. Think about the testimony of Paul'.
5. The phrase and persecute them from city to city means: 'Think why Pilgrims and others moved to America'.
6. The phrase That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth means: 'This is the judgment that God will bring upon all such people'.
7. The phrase from the blood of righteous Abel means: 'The murder of Able is recorded in Genesis 4:8 '.
8. The phrase unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar means: 'The murder of Zacharias son of Barachias is recorded in 2Chronicles 24:20-22 '.
C23-S37 : the men living then would do these things. Our sentence says: Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. Please note that Jesus did not say only this generation. And, I believe there is historical evidence of this prophecy occurring more than once.
C23-S38 : Why Jerusalem will be punished. They did not have to follow their religious leaders but they did so without verifying the accuracy of the doctrine which they were taught.
1. The phrase O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets means: 'Jerusalem was the religious center for the Jews. The entire city was blamed because they allowed their religious leaders to teach doctrines from devils and obey commandments from devils. Many people blame the leaders and claim that the people have no power. However, the truth is that the leaders can not lead people against what they truly believe. And, we see this truth in the number of times that the religious leaders wanted to act against Jesus, but they feared the people'.
2. The phrase and stonest them which are sent unto thee means: 'This is only one way that the people killed the prophets which God sent to them to correct their doctrine before He had to punish them'.
3. The phrase how often would I have gathered thy children together means: 'God wanted to gather the people and teach them truth which would bet them blessings from God'.
4. The phrase even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings means: 'God wanted to protect His people'.
5. The phrase and ye would not! means: 'God gave each of us a free will and will not take it away, not even to keep people out of an eternity in the lake of fire'.
C23-S39 : Prophecy of the future of Jerusalem. Our sentence says Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. It means: 'God would no longer work through the Jews to take His Gospel to the world. Yes, the Jerusalem Church was the original 'Mother Church'. And, yes, thousands of Jews were saved and they brought the Gospel to the Samaritans and the Gentiles. But the religious leaders complained when Peter did what God told him to do in order to accomplish God's will. In addition, they kept preaching a works salvation claiming that Jews had to be circumcised in order to be saved and had to keep Jewish traditions in order to be right with God. Three times God sent them a message to correct their doctrine. After that, God sent the Roman Army to destroy the Temple so that they could not keep their traditions. And, I believe, that is when God brought a judgment upon them for a sin unto death (Romans 6:16). God used the church in Antioch to take His Gospel around the world. And, Jerusalem was left desolate because they had no one left to produce spiritual life in the New Testament. Thus, we see this prophecy fulfilled at least two ways'.
C23-S40 : When the prophecy will end.
1. The phrase For I say unto you means: 'Here's why Jesus gave the prior prophecy'.
2. The phrase Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say means: 'They would not get a chance at true salvation until they changed their attitude'.
3. The phrase Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord means: 'This must be their attitude individually and as a nation before they can get saved. Without an individual attitude change, they will refuse to listen and will die lost. Also, any surviving Jews will have this attitude when Christ returns to this Earth because they will be looking at extinction. And, any Jew who will still refuse to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and King will be killed during the great tribulation. That is the only way that God can fulfill the prophecies given.'.

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Chapter 24 Summary: Prophecy of Future Events.

All of Matthew 24:1-25:30; Matthew 10:17-23; Mark 13; Luke 21:5-36 and Luke 21:8-36 are dealing with prophecies of future events. Please see the notes for each sentence for the details related to these prophecies. Please also see the Prophecies, Prophecy Fulfilled, Promises and other Sections of the Significant Gospel Events Study Bible references to similar events.

Please also see the Doctrinal Study called False things According to the Bible in relationship to the many warnings in our chapter.

While these references all deal with the same general subject, the details vary. No single references has all of the details and each reference has details not found in the other references. Therefore, all need to be studied together in order to understand all that can be understood. In addition, the notes in the related Book Studies provide further details and links to matching references within the Bible. Therefore, they should also be studied for a fuller understanding.

Some of these prophecies apply to the saved of today and some do not. Unfortunately, too many so-called 'prophecy experts' do not make this distinction. Within these chapters Jesus said: such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet and these are the beginnings of sorrows. Many preachers miss the fact that the sentences associated with these phrases are prophecies that apply to today.

Many people fail to realize that true, unfulfilled, Biblical prophecy is actually a promise, from God, about what will happen in the future. Therefore, we can find some promises that can apply to us personally which are within these prophecies.

With that in mind, we need to realize that Satan has lots of ministers who proclaim all kinds of lies about unfulfilled prophecy. For example, there are current events which match where Jesus said: the end shall not be yet. However, there are lots of preachers who deliberately lie or who are deceived and claim that the 'Rapture' (the end) has to happen immediately. Now, with that error acknowledged, we can find some promises that can apply to us personally which are within these prophecies. They are:

Matthew 24:6; Mark 13:7 and Luke 21:9 tell us: And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Matthew 24:9-10; Mark 13:12-13 and Luke 21:12 tell us: Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. History tells us that this prophecy has been fulfilled in Hitler’s Germany and other places and times. Therefore, it can not be only for the great tribulation
Matthew 24:42-51 tells us that God will judge us for if we stay true to our profession of salvation or if we will act like lost and carnal people. Likewise, Mark 13:35-37 and Luke 21:36 say to watch. Therefore, we are warned to maintain a good testimony through our death regardless of what circumstances that God lets us endure.

In addition to those divisions, there is also a division based upon time. The three broad categories, of time, are:

Matthew 24:4-13; Matthew 10:17-23; Mark 13:5-13 and Luke 21:8-19 have prophecies of events before the 'Rapture'.
Matthew 24:14-31; Mark 13:14-27 and Luke 21:20-28 have prophecies of events that will happen to Jews during the great tribulation.
Matthew 24:32; Mark 13:26-37 and Luke 21:29-38 give the 'Parable of the Fig Tree' and the command to watch. This is a command for today.

Now, with those references separated, we can deal with the other prophecies within our chapter.

Matthew 24:1-2; Mark 13:1-2 and Luke 21:5-6 also prophesy the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. In addition, Luke 19:41-44 prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem and of the Temple in Jerusalem.

In Matthew 24:3; Mark 13:3-4 and Luke 21:7, we read that the disciples asked Jesus: Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? (These sentences also warn us against false christs. Please see the Doctrinal Study called False things according to the Bible for links to other false things which God warns us against.)

Matthew 10:17-23; Matthew 24:4-13; Mark 13:5-13 and Luke 21:8-19 have prophecies of events before the 'Rapture'.

Matthew 24:4-5; Matthew 24:23-25; Mark 13:5-6 and Luke 21:8 give the same message about false Christs. In addition, Matthew 24:10-13 warns about people claiming to be saved but living in hate instead of in love.

Matthew 24:6-8; Mark 13:7-8 and Luke 21:9-11 warn about wars and rumours of wars. We are told that the end shall not be yet. Therefore, anyone who claims otherwise is a liar and / or deceived and is deceiving others.

Matthew 24:9-13; Mark 13:9-13 and Luke 21:12-19 warn about persecution of the true witnesses of Christ by religious and civil authorities. In addition, Matthew 24:20-13 warns about false prophets and people claiming to be saved but living in hate instead of in love.

Matthew 24:14 and Mark 13:10 says, that the gospel must first be published among all nations. Matthew tells us that this is the: gospel of the kingdom. That means that this must happen during the great tribulation because the gospel of the kingdom is for Jews and not for the 'Church Age'.

Matthew 24:14-31; Mark 13:14-27 and Luke 21:20-28 have prophecies of events that will happen to Jews during the great tribulation.

Matthew 24:15-18; Mark 13:14-16 and Luke 21:20-22 warn about the abomination of desolation (the beast of Revelation) being in the temple and presenting himself as 'god in human flesh', but in fact will be a devil in human flesh. In addition, the Jews are warned to flee to the mountains. These verses speak about the time known as the great tribulation.

Matthew 24:15-18; Mark 13:18-20 and Luke 21:20-22 warn the Jews to pray about the circumstances when they have to flee.

Matthew 24:19; Mark 13:17 and Luke 21:23 say: woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!. This warning is not for the 'Church Age'.

As part of the great tribulation, Luke 21:8; Matthew 24:4-5; Matthew 24:23-25; Mark 13:5-6 and Mark 13:21-22 warn about more false christs. (Please see the Doctrinal Study called False things according to the Bible for links to other false things which God warns us against.)

Matthew 24:25 and Mark 13:23 warn us to personally take ye heed of true Biblical prophecy.

Matthew 24:29-30; Mark 13:24-25 and Luke 21:24-26 warn about terrible things that will happen just before the return of Christ.

Matthew 24:27-31; Mark 13:26-27 and Luke 21:27-28 tell about Christ's return to Earth to rule and reign.

Matthew 24:31; Mark 13:27 and Luke 21:28 tell about Christ gathering the Jews from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

Matthew 24:32; Mark 13:28-30 and Luke 21:29-32 give the 'Parable of the Barren Fig Tree' and the command to watch.

Matthew 24:34; Mark 13:30 and Luke 21:32 tell us Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.

Matthew 24:35; Mark 13:31 and Luke 21:33 say: Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. This is a promise that God will preserve His word and that we can rely upon it not matter what circumstances we find ourselves in. Please see the Promises Section of the Significant Gospel Events Study for Bible references to similar events.

Matthew 24:35-36; Mark 13:31-37 and Luke 21:33-36 give us a final warning and final commandments which are based upon these prophecies and on the precept which started these Bible references.

Matthew 24:37-39 and Luke 17:26-27 tell us that the days of the great tribulation will be like the days of Noah.

Matthew 24:40-51 give us the command to watch with illustrations and a parable to teach the application.

In Matthew 24:43-44 and Luke 12:39, we read the 'Parable to Watch for the thief'. It is also found in the Table of Parables in the New Testament.

In Matthew 24:45-51 and Luke 12:42-48, we read the 'Parable of the Wise Steward'. It is also found in the Table of Parables in the New Testament. Please also see the Doctrinal Study called: godly Financial Principals, related to these verses.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge provides a chapter outline as:

1-2. Christ foretells the destruction of the temple;
3-28. what and how great calamities shall be before it;
29-35. the signs of his coming to judgment.
36-41. And because that day and hour are unknown,
42-51. we ought to watch like good servants, expecting every moment our Master's coming. '.

C24-S1 : Jesus and His disciples left the religious crowd.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds a report of a new incident. Jesus had been dealing with the multitude and the religious leaders in the Temple. Now our chapter tells us that Jesus and His disciples left the Temple. This chapter, and the next chapter, report prophecies and doctrines which Jesus gave to His disciples but not to others. Once more, we see that God gives certain blessings to those people who are close to Him which He does not give to others.
2. The phrase And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple means: 'Jesus left, with His disciples, from the Temple where he had been speaking to the multitude and the religious leaders. The verses in this chapter and the next chapter are told only to His disciples'.
3. The phrase and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple means: 'The disciples were impressed by the buildings and the workmanship required in order to create them'.
C24-S2 : Jesus responds to what they point out.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the response from Jesus.
2. The phrase And Jesus said unto them means: 'Jesus said this'.
3. The phrase See ye not all these things?. Today we would say: 'Don't you see these things' in order to get people to look closer and consider what they are looking at.
C24-S3 : Jesus prophesies their future.
1. The phrase verily I say unto you means: 'This is a prophecy that Jesus wants them to verify when it happens'.
2. The phrase There shall not be left here one stone upon another means: 'History tells us that this was done by the Roman Army'.
3. The phrase that shall not be thrown down means: 'Reportedly, the Temple was burned, melted the gold and the gold ran between the stones of the Temple. And, the Roman Army threw down all of the stones so that they could get at the melted gold'.
C24-S4 : the disciples seek more prophecy.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds that Jesus sat down to teach His disciples. What He taught to just them is in this chapter and the next chapter.
2. The phrase And as he sat upon the mount of Olives means: 'This was where Jesus sat'.
3. The phrase the disciples came unto him privately, saying means: 'The following was revealed privately and only to the disciples'.
4. The phrase Tell us, when shall these things be? means: 'They were asking for prophecy. Pay attention to what they asked and to the answers given. They asked when and were only given general signs, not an exact measure of time. God reveals manythings. But, God always keeps the exact time and how hidden for unfulfilled promises and unfulfilled prophecies. Therefore, anyone who claims to know the exact time that God will fulfill a prophecy is a liar who received his so-called answer from a devil'.
C24-S5 : the disciples specify the prophecy they are most interested in.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds two more questions about future prophecies.
2. The phrase and what shall be the sign of thy coming means: 'This is a very interesting question. They refused to accept His prophecies of His suffering and death. Therefore, they missed the prophecy of His resurrection from the dead because they had to accept His death first. Likewise, this question requires their first accepting that He will go away. I can't say if they accepted that He would go to Heaven. But, in order to ask this question, they had to first accept that He would leave for some significant amount of time'.
3. The phrase and of the end of the world? means: 'Now, this is a question that is easy for them to ask once they accept that this world will end. Too many people believe the religious lie that the world is a gazillion years old and that it will last for another gazillion or more years. According to the only reliable measurement of the physical age of the world, the decay of the magnetic wield of the world, it is less than ten thousand years old. According to the times given in the Bible, it is just over seven thousand years old. People believe the religious lie of Evolution because they want to believe that this world will last forever and that man will find a physical cure for the corruptions of sin called disease and aging. In order to ask this question, they had to accept the fact that this physical world will end some day. And, that means they had to reject the religious lies which are similar to Evolution'.
4. There are two basic reasons why people want to know the answers to these questions. The first reason is wanting to be full of pride and to be seen by other men as an expert on prophecy. Jesus condemned the religious people who were full of pride. The second reason is that people want to live a life of fulfilling the lusts of the flesh and, at the last moment, start serving God. They hope that God will give them credit for spending their life serving Him because that is what they plan on doing when he returns. That is a belief that God is too stupid to know what they really did most of their life. That is a denial that God is recording all of the attitudes and actions of our entire life. None of us know when our death will happen. Therefore, Jesus taught us to devote our entire life to the service of God and then we don't have to worry about when we will leave this physical world and face the judgment of God.
C24-S6 : Jesus starts with a warning against false prophecy.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds a warning from Jesus. When it comes to unfulfilled prophecy, this is the first and most important thing to be aware of. The world is full of lying deceivers and prophecy attracts many of them.
2. The phrase And Jesus answered and said unto them means: 'The first answer from Jesus was a warning'.
3. The phrase Take heed that no man deceive you means: 'This is the warning'.
C24-S7 : Here's why the warning is given first.
1. The phrase For many shall come in my name, saying means: 'There are many lying deceivers who will claim to be from the Lord Jesus Christ, but who actually represent devils and their lies'.
2. The phrase I am Christ; and shall deceive many means: 'True antichrists are in 1John and 2John. And, the doctrine of them is covered in the Study called False things according to the Bible. Too many of God's people believe the lie from those deceivers that the Beast, of Revelation, is the only Biblical antichrist. As a result, God's people ignore the ones who are alive in their time and are deceived by them'.
C24-S8 : Jesus warns against false signs.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds another warning. Notice the use of the personal pronoun of ye. We each are deceived or believe truth on a personal basis.
2. The phrase And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars means: 'We all personally hear manythings which are designed to make us afraid or to be, at least, sources of gossip'.
3. The phrase see that ye be not troubled means: 'This is how we are to react'.
4. The phrase for all these things must come to pass means: 'These things happening is not optional. These things are part of God's test for all people'.
5. The phrase but the end is not yet means: 'When COVID first happened, many claimed: 'The 'Rapture' is about to happen!'. I told people 'No!, It'd not' because of this particular prophecy. As Jesus is warning us, we need to be careful about declaring that some unfulfilled prophecy is about to happen. We need to stay calm and keep serving God because Satan uses these things to get God's people to stop serving and to sit around worrying about what is not about to happen'. (In one of his Epistles, Paul rebuked people who were doing that exact thing.)
C24-S9 : Here's why many people will believe false prophets and false signs.
1. The phrase For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom means: 'The fighting between government leaders will cause people to believe that the end is about to happen'. Think about how many people worry about World War three and men destroying the world with nuclear bombs.
2. The phrase and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places means: 'Natural disasters will cause other people to believe that some supernatural force is causing the disaster and will destroy the world. Yes, a supernatural force, called God, is causing those things. However, it is not to destroy the world but to cause people to turn towards God in belief'.
C24-S10 : What the signs truly mean. Our sentence says: All these are the beginning of sorrows. Forthe people caught in the disaster, it is a cause of sorrows. But, as we already read: but the end is not yet. These sorrows are for some people but not for the whole world.
C24-S11 : Resulting persecution for Jews and for the true church.
1. The phrase Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted means: 'This has happened for the Jews and for the true church at different times'.
2. The phrase and shall kill you means: 'This also has happened for the Jews and for the true church at different times'.
3. The phrase and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake means: 'This happened for the Jews about the time of World War Two'. This can still happen in the future. People use religion for an excuse to murder more than just about any other reason.
C24-S12 : Resulting attitudes.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds other wrong reactions. Persecution and threat of death cause many people to turn against those that they should support.
2. The phrase And then shall many be offended means: 'Abusers always blame the victim for the abuse. They claim that the victim forced them to be abusive. And fearful people support the abuser hoping that their support will protect them from abuse'.
3. The phrase and shall betray one another means: 'Many people will do this when they believe it will deflect attention from themselves'.
4. The phrase and shall hate one another means: 'Many people believe the liars who claim that the people of their own group are the cause of then not having what they want. As a result, they hate the victims instead of calling the liars on their lies'.
C24-S13 : Future deception.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds another related prophecy.
2. The phrase And many false prophets shall rise means: 'When people are having a hard time, they look for any way to get out of their own trouble and for any hope of the trouble ending. As a result, false prophets claim to know the future and people pay them and make excuses when they are proven to be liars. If someone is good at spinning a believable lie, he is supported no matter how much evidence there is that he is a liar'.
3. The phrase and shall deceive many means: 'Many people are fools and believe lies when those lies match what they want to believe in their natural sinful reasoning'.
C24-S14 : Effect upon people.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds another related prophecy.
2. The phrase And because iniquity shall abound. The word iniquity means: 'ongoing lifestyle sins'. Therefore, our phrase means: 'When many people see that most people seem to be getting away with ongoing lifestyle sins, they become discouraged about living right, especially when they are persecuted for doing so'.
3. The phrase the love of many shall wax cold means: 'With their discouragement, they usually keep up the outward form of religion, but turn their own heart away from their responsibilities in their ongoing personal relationship with God'. (See Revelation 2:4. The people in that church were not lost, they only had let their love get cold.)
C24-S15 : Requirement to be assured of true salvation.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. The prior sentence told us about saved people who turned away from serving God. This sentence tells us about saved people who continue to serve God. Devils have caused people to believe error by having people claim that endurance is required for true salvation and that anyone who does not endure unto the end must be lost. However, that does not match the context. Our context makes this phrase how we have assurance of our salvation. It does not mean that the person who does not endure unto the end must be lost. It only means that they will not have the assurance of their salvation.
2. The phrase But he that shall endure unto the end means: 'This phrase is providing the contrast to the prior sentence where the saved person had a love of Jesus which waxed cold'.
3. The phrase the same shall be saved means: 'This is how someone has assurance of true salvation'.
C24-S16 : What God will accomplish before the end.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds another related prophecy.
2. The phrase And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations. There is a problem interpreting this sentence. Nations come and go. There have been people who went places and brought the Gospel without a record being kept. While lots of people want to argue if, and when, this first phrase has been accomplished, only God knows the truth.
3. The phrase and then shall the end come means: 'At the start of this chapter, they asked about the end of the great tribulation and the end of the world. I personally believe that this sentence speaks about the end of the world. However, it can be argued otherwise'.
C24-S17 : the sign for Jews to run and hide.
1. The phrase When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation means: 'This phrase identifies the person which Revelation calls the Beast but which the true antichrists have convinced many people that he is the only antichrist'.
2. The phrase spoken of by Daniel the prophet means: 'This is referencing Daniel 9:23-27 '.
3. The phrase stand in the holy place means: 'This is referencing the holy of holies in the Temple which still has to be built'.
4. The phrase (whoso readeth, let him understand:) means: 'This requires spiritual understanding.
5. The phrase Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains means: 'This is warning Jews which are alive during the great tribulation'.
6. The phrase Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house means: 'This is another warning to Jews which are alive during the great tribulation'.
7. The phrase Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes means: 'This is another warning to Jews which are alive during the great tribulation'.
C24-S18 : the danger to Jews who can't run.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds a woe to women with children which slow them down. There is a saying of: 'nits make flees'. People who are bent upon genocide definitely will kill infants, children and women.
2. The phrase And woe unto them that are with child means: 'Pregnant women have problems running fast'.
3. The phrase and to them that give suck in those days! means: 'Women carrying infants have problems running fast'.
C24-S19 : the possible danger of weather to the Jews.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. Where the prior sentence warned about children slowing down mothers, this sentence warns about weather slowing down everyone.
2. The phrase But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter means: 'Jesus already warned to not get coats and, therefore, there is no time to prepare for travel in any bad weather'.
3. The phrase neither on the sabbath day means: 'It will be against the law to travel then'.
4. The phrase For then shall be great tribulation means: 'Here's why the Jews should pray like the first phrases said to do'. The Jews who are caught will be tortured to death with no consideration other than that they are Jews.
5. The phrase such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time means: 'Never before that time has there been as bad of a time for the Jews, including all of the times that people already tried to exterminate the Jews'.
6. The phrase no, nor ever shall be means: 'There will never be a similar time after that'.
C24-S20 : the possible danger to everyone.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds why God has to end those days.
2. The phrase And except those days should be shortened means: 'Except God stops the murderous rage that devils will whip people into'.
3. The phrase there should no flesh be saved means: 'Everyone will try to murder everyone else until there is no one left alive'.
4. The phrase but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened means: 'God will end the rage to keep the Jews alive who returned to a true relationship with God'.
C24-S21 : What to not believe. This is a warning to all saved against true antichrists.
1. The phrase Then if any man shall say unto you means: 'After you understand what is coming (then), avoid being deceived'.
2. The phrase Lo, here is Christ, or there means: 'If someone tells you that the Son of God has returned to rule this world'.
3. The phrase believe it not means: 'Enough said'.
C24-S22 : Here's why the warning of the prior sentence was given.
1. The phrase For there shall arise false Christs. means: 'These are the true antichrists which we are warned against in 1John and 2John '.
2. The phrase and false prophets means: 'The doctrine of them is covered in the Study called False things according to the Bible '.
3. The phrase and shall shew great signs and wonders means: 'They will do true miracles using the power of devils'. Right now devils are restricted in what they can do and will be restricted until God's Holy Ghost is removed at the 'Rapture'. However, once He is removed (2Thessalonians 2:7), then there is no restriction on devils doing miracles.
4. The phrase insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect means: 'The only way that people will avoid being deceived is to know the character of God so well that they can tell if a person is representing a devil or the true God'.
C24-S23 : the warning in prophecy. Our sentence says: Behold, I have told you before. It means: 'Pay close attention to the prophecy and don't lose any of the true meaning of the prophecy'.
C24-S24 : What to not believe and where to not go.
1. The phrase Wherefore if they shall say unto you means: 'These are lies which are to not be believed'.
2. The phrase Behold, he is in the desert means: 'The first lie'.
3. The phrase go not forth means: 'Don't go looking'.
4. The phrase behold, he is in the secret chambers means: 'The second lie'.
5. The phrase believe it not means: 'Enough said'.
C24-S25 : the coming of Jesus Christ will be sudden and unexpected. This sentence, and the next sentence, can be applied to the 'Rapture' or to the 'Second Coming'.
1. The phrase For as the lightning cometh out of the east means: 'It occurs suddenly and with no warning'.
2. The phrase and shineth even unto the west means: 'It can be seen a long ways away'.
3. The phrase so shall also the coming of the Son of man be means: 'This is our example of the 'Rapture' and of the 'Second Coming''.
C24-S26 : Here's why people will know that the prior sentence is true. Many birds will gather to eat the many carcasses.
1. The phrase For wheresoever the carcase is means: 'This will happen any place where bodies drop because they have been abandoned by peoples' spirits and souls'.
2. The phrase there will the eagles be gathered together means: 'The birds will clean up the dead bodies'.
C24-S27 : Conditions just before the return. This sentence matches Revelation 8:12.
1. The phrase Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened means: 'Revelation says that the sun will give up one third of its light'.
2. The phrase and the moon shall not give her light means: 'Revelation says that the moon will give up one third of its light'.
3. The phrase and the stars shall fall from heaven means: 'Revelation says that one third of stars will give up their light'.
4. The phrase and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken means: 'God will prove to all of the lost people that He is the most powerful Being anywhere. The actions of this sentence will prove that God not only controls the Earth but He controls all of creation. It takes more power to reduce the light than it takes to cut it off'.
5. The phrase And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven means: 'Revelation 9:1 says that the bottomless pit will be opened and everyone will see the smoke from it'.
6. The phrase and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn means: 'Revelation 9:3-4 says that out of the bottomless pit will come locusts with power, as the scorpions of the earth have power to torment those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads, for five months'.
7. Be warned: Revelation 9:6 says: And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. Imagine someone trying to blow their brains out with a gun, losing half of their head, and continuing to live and be tormented.
8. The phrase and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory means: 'This is the 'Second Coming''.
C24-S28 : All Jews and saved will be in one place. I believe this is just before the return and is speaking of God's people gathering for the return of Christ.
1. The phrase And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet means: 'Revelation 8 speaks about seven angels which had the seven trumpets and the sounding of each trumpet brings in another judgment upon the people living on Earth. However, I believe that this trumpet is different because it causes a gathering and not a judgment'.
2. The phrase and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds means: 'This is speaking about all who were saved during the great tribulation and are still alive on the Earth'.
3. The phrase from one end of heaven to the other means: 'This is speaking about all who are already in Heaven and who will return with Christ'.
C24-S29 : the 'Parable of the Fig Tree'.
1. The word Now means: 'After you understand what was just written'. John is starting a new subject with this sentence.
2. The phrase Now learn a parable of the fig tree means: 'Like all parables, there are lost and carnal people who claim to be an expert and give the wrong interpretation of this parable'.
3. The phrase When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves means: 'This happens every Spring in many parts of the world with many types of trees'.
4. The phrase ye know that summer is nigh means: 'This is a sign that everyone, who lives in those areas, know personally'.
5. The phrase So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things means: 'In the same manner, when you see the signs given earlier in this chapter'.
6. The phrase know that it is near, even at the doors means: 'The return of Christ is near. Notice that Jesus does not give an exact time, nor date. All prophecies are this way. God never tells us exactly when He will fulfill an unfulfilled prophecy and God never tells us exactly how He will do so. As with this sentence, God reveals much, but not all of the exact details. Therefore, anyone who claims to know all of the exact details or the exact date of an unfulfilled prophecy is a liar'.
C24-S30 : the time interval for the fulfillment of prophecy.
1. The phrase Verily I say unto you means: 'Jesus has verified these prophecies'.
2. The phrase This generation shall not pass means: 'He is speaking about the generation living on Earth during the great tribulation'.
3. The phrase till all these things be fulfilled means: 'All of the prophecies will happen exactly as God says that they will happen'.
C24-S31 : the precept that is the basis for belief.
1. The phrase Heaven and earth shall pass away means: 'The physical Heaven and earth will be replaced with new versions'.
2. The phrase but my words shall not pass away means: 'The word of God will last forever'.
C24-S32 : No one can prophecy that day and hour.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. Where the prior sentences told us what we can know, this sentence tells us what we can not know.
2. The phrase But of that day and hour knoweth no man means: 'We can not know the exact day and hour. Anyone who claims otherwise is proving that they are a lying minister of Satan'.
3. The phrase no, not the angels of heaven means: 'The angels are always with God. Yet, God the Father has not revealed the exact day and hour to them'.
4. The phrase but my Father only means: 'Some things are only known by God the Father'. This proves the doctrine, to be a lie, which claims that everyone will know everything when they get to Heaven.
C24-S33 : An analogy.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. The prior sentence told us what we can not know while this sentence tells us what we can know.
2. The phrase But as the days of Noe were means: 'Our next sentence gives us the details to explain the summary that this phrase is'.
3. The phrase so shall also the coming of the Son of man be means: 'The details of the next sentence will return to this Earth before Jesus Christ returns'.
C24-S34 : the signs to look for.
1. The phrase For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking means: 'Here's why God brought judgment then and why God will bring judgment in the future. Their entire focus in life was the physical pleasures of the flesh (they were eating and drinking) and completely ignored the spiritual considerations and ignored God. In fact, they mocked Noah and his warnings from God'.
2. The phrase marrying and giving in marriage means: 'In addition to food, they were concerned with the physical pleasures of sex'.
3. The phrase until the day that Noe entered into the ark means: 'This is the day that they stopped mocking Noah and his warnings from God'.
4. The phrase And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away means: 'Even then, they did not believe, nor know, the warnings until the flood came seven days later'.
5. The phrase so shall also the coming of the Son of man be means: 'People will be so concentrated on the physical that they will totally ignore all of the spiritual signs which God will reveal in this physical reality'.
C24-S35 : God will choose who will go up in the 'Rapture'.
1. The phrase Then shall two be in the field means: 'Both are together doing the same thing'.
2. The phrase the one shall be taken, and the other left means: 'One will go up in the 'Rapture' and the other left behind'.
C24-S36 : Another illustration of the choice by God.
1. The phrase Two women shall be grinding at the mill means: 'Both are together doing the same thing'.
2. The phrase the one shall be taken, and the other left means: 'One will go up in the 'Rapture' and the other left behind'.
C24-S37 : the command to obey as a result.
1. The phrase Watch therefore. The Biblical meaning of the word watch means: 'is an active verb and not passive. This is the same action as a soldier has when his camp is surrounded by enemies'. Therefore, our phrase means: 'As a result of what was just written and said by Jesus, be always actively looking for His return and the reason why is in the next phrase'.
2. The phrase for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come means: 'You want Him to find you serving Him and not doing sin'.
C24-S38 : the warning to pay attention to.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. . . . .
2. The phrase But know this means: 'Jesus uses an illustration to tells us why we need to constantly keep watch. Some things happen suddenly and with no advance notice. Therefore, people not watching will be caught by surprise'.
3. The phrase that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come means: 'Thieves don't give home owners notice that they are coming'.
4. The phrase he would have watched means: 'If there is a guard watching diligently, then there is not the surprise'.
5. The phrase and would not have suffered his house to be broken up means: 'If the home owner had been prepared, he would have prevented loss. Likewise, if the saved are watching diligently then they can avoid an unpleasant surprise'.
C24-S39 : the attitude to keep.
1. The phrase Therefore be ye also ready means: 'This is the conclusion from the prior parable'.
2. The phrase for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh means: 'Expect to be caught by surprise. Therefore, always be ready'.
C24-S40 : the reward to gain.
1. The phrase Who then is a faithful and wise servant means: 'These are the requirements to receiving the remainder of this sentence'.
2. The phrase whom his lord hath made ruler over his household means: 'This is referencing 'the Parable of the Pounds' (Luke 19:11-27) and 'the Parable of the Talents' (Matthew 25:14-30)'.
3. The phrase to give them meat in due season? means: 'This will happen in the 1,000 years reign of Christ'.
C24-S41 : the promise to believe.
1. The phrase Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing means: 'This is the promise for blessings if we are serving God and watching for the return of Jesus when He actually comes'.
C24-S42 : Assurance from Jesus Christ. Our sentence says: Verily I say unto you, that he shall make him ruler over all his goods means: 'This is the promise for being made a ruler if we are serving God and watching for the return of Jesus when He actually comes'.
C24-S43 : the warning to heed.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. The prior sentences gave promises of blessings for the saved servant who is doing right. This sentence changes direction and promises curses for the saved servant who is doing wrong.
2. The phrase But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart means: 'This is the judgment given by God to the servant who brought no spiritual profit in 'the Parable of the Pounds' (Luke 19:11-27) and 'the Parable of the Talents' (Matthew 25:14-30)'.
3. The phrase My lord delayeth his coming means: 'This is the foolish basis for many people not working in God's kingdom after they are saved'.
4. The phrase And shall begin to smite his fellowservants means: 'This is the way that saved people begin to act when they no longer fear the Lord. That doctrinal error follows people becoming liberal in their doctrine because they believe the prior phrase. First the lose fear of losing everlasting rewards then they lose fear of punishment in this physical reality. And, when they are punished, they think that 'God isn't being fair'.
5. The phrase and to eat and drink with the drunken means: 'Next, these backslidden saved people start to live like the lost'.
6. The phrase The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him means: 'They will be caught by surprise when their death, or the 'Rapture', comes'.
7. The phrase and in an hour that he is not aware of means: 'He will ignore signs of coming judgment that God sends'.
8. The phrase And shall cut him asunder means: 'God will end his life early'.
9. The phrase and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites means: 'He will be sent to outer darkness in Heaven'.
10. The phrase there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth means: 'Please see the Message called Outer Darkness about this phrase.'.

Chapter 25 Summary: Continued Prophecy of Future Events.

Our entire chapter is teaching on the kingdom of Heaven. There is a precept that is stated in other chapters but which is applied here, and which is easily missed and often denied. I can't remember ever hearing it preached on. The precept is found in Matthew 13:12; Mark 4:25 and Luke 8:18 and says: For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath. All everlasting rewards that the saved receive in the kingdom of Heaven are based upon this precept. And, Satan has people denying this truth. One of the ways that he does this is to teach errors about the interpretation of parables.

Our chapter is composed of parables. Most people know a half truth about parables, which is: 'A parable is An Earthly story with a Heavenly meaning which is designed to lead lost and carnal people into doctrinal error and only reveal the true spiritual meaning to save people who seek the meaning from God'. There is more to the full truth about parables and the half which most people don't know is: 'Jesus taught in parables so that the lost and carnal would be led into doctrinal error while the saved would have to get the true spiritual meaning from God'. As a result, many of the parables, found in the Bible, have a wrong interpretation taught about them. Therefore, the Bible student needs to be careful about what interpretation he accepts for any given parable found in the Bible.

Please see the Table of Parables in the New Testament for links to all parables found in the New Testament. In addition to those links, there is doctrinal truth about parables which the true Bible student needs to know. That is, in addition to teaching the wrong interpretation of parables, lost and carnal people also teach a wrong way for how to interpret parables. For example, there is a written claim that all parables are allegories. However, an parable can be different from a allegory. Please see the note for Galatians 4:24 about the true difference and the Table of Parables in the New Testament for other important considerations about parables.

Returning to the precept mentioned at the start of these notes, it is given in the 'Parable of the Pounds' (Luke 19). That parable is parallel to the 'Parable of the Talents' (Matthew 25) found in this chapter. Both parables teach the same lesson using different words. So, our current chapter has examples of the errors taught about parables. And, the truth is that errors are taught about every parable found in this chapter because Satan doesn't want God's people to know the truth about them. If they know the truth, then God's people will be motivated to serve God while they are in this life. If they believe the errors, they will believe that they will be rewarded while refusing to fulfill God's requirements to receive the reward.

Our chapter starts with the word Then. It is telling us that our chapter occurs after understanding the spiritual lessons of the prior chapter. The two chapters are one discourse from Jesus and need to be considered together. Now, one preacher insisted that the theme of these two chapters was preparation. (I believe he read that from a commentator because he also, at other times, pushed other doctrinal errors which came from commentators.) the fact is that when you act, you are no longer preparing. When you receive judgment which is based upon your actions, you are no longer preparing. The fact is that these two chapters are telling us about judgment. Yes, there are statements about preparation, but the actions or lack of actions, are steps beyond preparation. In addition, judgment is an additional level beyond that. The commentator used the way of Satan to pervert the message of the word of God by leaving out part of the truth. Go back and read the prior chapter. You will see warnings about God's judgment based upon people accepting, and acting, of truth; or their not acting right because they believed doctrinal error. Now read through this chapter and you will see actions, or lack thereof, and judgments based upon those actions or failures to act. The face is that this doctrinal error lets people believe that they still have tome to prepare and it allows people to believe that they do not have to act now if they want a good judgment of their life.

There is another danger posed by the errors taught about the precepts of this chapter. 1Corinthians 2:7 says: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory. Part of that wisdom of God are the laws of Math which never change and are never wrong. Plus, God does not change (Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 13:8). Therefore, the laws of Math are always held true in the word of God. People who claim that there are Math or true Science errors in the word of God are blaming God's perfect word for their own errors.

If you remove either side of an addition problem, you change the answer. In the word of God, the word and is used for the Mathematical function of addition. Therefore, denying either side of an and is changing the message of the word of God. And, people do this with one of the parables in our chapter in order to support the doctrinal error of 'No tears in Heaven'. Our parable tells us that a saved person suffered loss and was punished. People claim that such a person will suffer loss of rewards but deny that he will also suffer punishment. They do this by using the way of Satan to interpret the Bible and leaving out the truth from the word of God and leave out the part where we are told that he suffers punishment in addition to suffering loss.

One more point. As already mentioned, God does not change. From early in the word of God we learn that God rewards obedience and punished disobedience. That doctrinal error requires God's people to believe that God changes before the judgment seat of Christ (Romans 14:10; 2Corinthians 5:10) so that God will no longer give punishment for disobedience. (That error even denies the truth found in the sentences which tell us about the judgment seat of Christ.)

The point of all of this is to warn the reader about errors which are taught about the parables found in this chapter. In addition, be warned that people teach wrong ways to interpret parables and teach lies about the character of God in order to support a well loved doctrine from devils. They want to use you to discourage others from serving God while they are in this life.

In those parables the person who did not return a profit to their lord, after their lord told them to work for a profit in His kingdom, lost the single pound / talent that they had. (Obviously, the application of the parables, especially as understood with the context, are warnings to the saved about how we will be judged by our Lord.) the greatest reward was given to the person who produced the greatest profit for their Lord while the servant who produced no profit lost even the pound / talent that they were originally given. Therefore, those parables should also be considered with what it taught in this chapter in order to fully understand the message of this chapter. Please also see the Doctrinal Study called: godly Financial Principals, related to these verses.

Matthew 25:1-13 gives us the 'Parable of the Ten Virgins'. This parable is warns people to be sure that they have the indwelling Holy Spirit, before Jesus Christ comes for them in death or the 'Rapture'. Those people who fail to do this will not be allowed into Heaven. Please also see the Messages called: Ten Virgins.

Matthew 25:14-30 gives us the 'Parable of Talents'. This parable is related to the 'Parable of the Householder', found in Mark 13:34 and to the `the 'Parable of the Ten Pounds' found in Luke 19:11-27. All three promise variable rewards based upon the amount of spiritual profit brought to God's kingdom while we are still in this world. Please also see the Messages called: Loss of Everlasting Rewards and Pounds and Talents for the application of these parables. Please also see the Doctrinal Study called: godly Financial Principals, related to these verses.

Matthew 25:31-46 gives us the 'Sheep and Goat Judgment'. We need to be careful because there is some doctrinal error taught about this judgment.

Matthew 25:41-46 is a well-known Bible reference where Jesus will tell people, who have a false claim of salvation, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. In addition, Luke 13:25-27 is a parable that teaches the same truth. Many do not recognize it as a parable. However, since it is 'An Earthly story with a Heavenly meaning which is designed to lead lost and carnal people into doctrinal error and only reveal the true spiritual meaning to save people who seek the meaning from God', it is, in fact, a parable. This is the 'Parable of the Rejected Claims'.

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge provides a chapter outline as:

1-13. the parable of the ten virgins,
14-30. and of the talents.
31-46. Also the description of the last judgment. '.

C25-S1 : the start of the 'Parable of the Ten Virgins'.
1. Our sentence starts with the word Then. Please see the note in the Chapter Summary, above, about the importance of this word starting this sentence and this chapter. Please also see the Detailed Notes for the various sentences of this parable for other references to related Messages, Doctrinal Studies and Word Studies.
2. The phrase Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins means: 'This is a parable which uses ten virgins to give us a picture (likened) of a spiritual truth about the kingdom of heaven'.
3. The phrase which took their lamps means: 'The lamps, of that time, held oil to burn and produce light. The oil is used symbolically for 'God's Holy Ghost'. The phrase lamp is used symbolically for us. Just as the lamps held the oil inside of them, during the New Testament the truly saved have God's Holy Ghost inside of them'.
4. The phrase and went forth to meet the bridegroom means: 'This phrase represents people going to meet Jesus when they die'.
C25-S2 : How the virgins thought.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the judgment of the character of the ten virgins.
2. The phrase And five of them were wise means: 'They received true wisdom from God'.
3. The phrase and five were foolish means: 'They rejected true wisdom from God'.
4. Note: these were virgins. They had not sinned sexually. Likewise, many claim to be free from sin, like the people that Paul met in Acts 19. They had repented and been baptized Unto John's baptism, but they were not saved because they had not received Jesus as their personal Lord and did not have God's indwelling Holy Ghost. They were foolish because they believed what religion told them and did not verify what was truly required according to the word of God.
C25-S3 : Why the prior sentence called some virgins wise and some foolish.
1. The phrase They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them means: 'This foolishness can be understood in the physical world. Having a lamp with no way to use it to produce light is foolish. Carrying it around is wasted effort. Likewise, symbolically, obeying a religion which does not include God's indwelling Holy Spirit is also w foolish wasted effort'.
2. The phrase But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps means: 'These were wise because they did what was required by the bridegroom and what was required to get into Heaven'.
C25-S4 : How they all acted the same.
1. The phrase While the bridegroom tarried means: 'This is symbolically speaking about people who are alive and waiting for death to bring them to the judgment of Jesus Christ'.
2. The phrase they all slumbered and slept means: 'Lost, carnal and most people who claim to be saved are not concentrating on the spiritual causes of events in this life. Most people are looking at physical causes. They are spiritually asleep. And, that is the symbolic meaning of this phrase'.
C25-S5 : the main event finally happened.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the next event in this parable. It is also symbolically representing the next spiritual event of our lives.
2. The phrase And at midnight there was a cry made means: 'I believe this is the basis for the sayings about the midnight hour'.
3. The word: behold means: 'Pay close attention to the message'.
4. The phrase the bridegroom cometh means: 'This cry has been going on for almost two thousand years. And, because of the delay, most people ignore the message'.
5. The phrase go ye out to meet him means: 'Each and every one of you personally will go out and meet Jesus Christ at death whether you are prepared for that meeting or not. (The 'Rapture' is actually a form because our spirit and soul will leave our corrupt body behind and not take it to Heaven'.
C25-S6 : All prepared for the event. Our sentence says: Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. It means: 'Every religious person does whatever they think is a last minute preparation to meet their God, if they have the chance before death'.
C25-S7 : the foolish were not sufficiently prepared.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds a symbolic message of what religious people will want to do when they discover that their religious activities are not sufficient to get them into Heaven.
2. The phrase And the foolish said unto the wise means: 'This is symbolic for the religious people asking the truly saved to give them what they need to get into Heaven. This is dealing with people who believe the lie that they can live for the lusts of the flesh and the lusts of this world and say 'a last minute prayed', as they are dying and still receive 'a mansion right next door to Peter''.
3. The phrase Give us of your oil means: 'This is symbolic for people who believe that if THEY do the right religious act, God has no option but must Give them His indwelling Holy Spirit'.
4. The phrase for our lamps are gone out means: 'This is symbolic for religious people finally realizing that they do not have God's indwelling Holy Spirit (oil in their personal lamp)'.
C25-S8 : the wise refused the request of the foolish.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. The prior sentence told us about religious people demanding a religious act to get them into Heaven. And, this sentence tells us that their request is not possible. They must receive God's indwelling Holy Spirit from God (go ye rather to them that sell).
2. The phrase But the wise answered, saying means: 'This is symbolic for saved people answering the religious lost people'.
3. The phrase Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you means: 'The saved can not give God's indwelling Holy Spirit. They can be used by God to deliver His message and His salvation. But, all true spiritual works are done by God working through the saved. The saved, themselves, do not do the actual spiritual works no more than a pen can write anything by itself'.
4. The phrase but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves means, symbolically, 'Go the God and receive salvation from Him'.
C25-S9 : those who were wise participated in the event.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the consequence of waiting too long to get truly saved. One popular doctrinal error from devils claims: 'You can get saved any time that you want. God is a God of a gazillion chances to get saved'. The truth is that God promises everyone one chance to get saved but after that there is no promise but only God's grace. Genesis 6:3 says: And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. Unless God seeks us, we will not get saved (Romans 3:11 says: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God). Since we do not seek Him while we are lost, and If He stops seeking us, we may continue to live but we will die lost.
2. The phrase And while they went to buy means: 'This is symbolic for people who delay their salvation while they seek the lusts of the flesh and the lusts of this world'.
3. The phrase the bridegroom came means: 'This is symbolic of the 'Rapture' or of death'. There is a doctrinal error taught by the "Left Behind" series which claims that people who do not go up in the 'Rapture' can earn their way into Heaven. However, 2Thessalonians 2:10-12 says: And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. Such people will not earn their way into Heaven but will believe a lie which assures that they end up in the lake of fire.
4. The phrase and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage means: 'Everyone who has God's indwelling Holy Spirit is assured of going to Heaven and nothing can cause them to lose that promise of salvation'.
5. The phrase and the door was shut means: 'People who miss God's true salvation do not get another chance'. The claim of 'an unlimited number of chances to be saved' is a lie from Satan.
C25-S10 : those who were foolish were denied participation.
1. The phrase Afterward came also the other virgins means: 'This symbolically represents people who trusted in religion until it was too late to be saved'.
2. The phrase saying, Lord, Lord, open to us means: 'I once saw where someone recorded the dying moments of well known atheists and they were crying to avoid Hell, but it was too late'. The same is true for the religious lost.
C25-S11 : they did not have the right relationship.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. Our last sentence told us about lost people seeking salvation when it was too late. And our current sentence tells us that they could not get what they seek.
2. The phrase But he answered and said means: 'This is symbolic of what Jesus will tell the religious lost'.
3. The phrase Verily I say unto you means: 'Jesus will have verified this with the books in Heaven'.
4. The phrase I know you not. The word know includes 'an ongoing personal relationship'. Therefore, our phrase means: 'They may have had a religious relationship with the spirit who claimed to be Jesus, but they did not have an ongoing personal relationship with the true Jesus of the Bible'.
C25-S12 : the concluding command.
1. The phrase Watch therefore means: 'As a result of the spiritual lesson of the prior parable, keep an active watch which matches what a guard soldier must do when camped in enemy territory'.
2. The phrase for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh means: 'Here's why. Since we can not know when Jesus will come for us personally, and we don't want to be caught doing sin, we must live our life expecting Him to coma at any instant'.
C25-S13 : the start of the 'Parable of the Ten Talents'. There is a lot of doctrinal error taught based upon this parable. Basically, it teaches that, at the judgment seat of Christ, God gives rewards and punishment. Thus, the most egregious doctrinal error is a denial of punishment. In order to support that lie from Satan, people have to act like Satan and leave out C25-S27. Therefore, please pay attention to the full context of this parable. Please also see the Detailed Notes for the various sentences of this parable for other references to related Messages, Doctrinal Studies and Word Studies.
1. The phrase For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country means: 'Symbolically, this parable teaches about Jesus Christ returning to Heaven and giving true spiritual gifts to the saved with instructions to produce true spiritual fruit with those true spiritual gifts. Our parable also teaches about the judgment that the saved will receive at the judgment seat of Christ based upon how much true spiritual fruit that they produce'.
2. Please note, at least one preacher claimed (I believe based upon what he read from a commentator) that this parable had nothing to do with judgment. And, that the theme of this chapter, and all parables in it, only dealt with preparation. Be careful what you accept from commentators. As I explain in the start of the Table of Parables in the New Testament, Jesus used parables to lead lost and carnal people into doctrinal error. Therefore, there is published doctrinal error about parables, most especially about this parable. The commentator also teach doctrinal error about how to properly understand a parable. And, as far as anyone has ever shown me, I am the only person in the entire world to identify and explain every parable in the Gospels. In addition, I show that if you use God's way to interpret parables, there are no errors and no conflicts between the true interpretation and anywhere else in the word of God. So, upon what basis does any commentator, or any preacher, claim to know more about parables and to correct me. Before God, I testify that every claim which I have heard is based upon ungodly pride.
3. The phrase who called his own servants means: 'This is symbolic of the saved being called by Jesus Christ'.
4. The phrase and delivered unto them his goods means: 'This is symbolic of the saved being given spiritual gifts'.
C25-S14 : What was distributed to each servant.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds what the man (Jesus Christ) did for his servants (the saved). The parable tells about His giving the talents before He left, because this is a story which is limited to the physical universe. However, since a parable teaches a spiritual truth, the spiritual giving is done when someone gets saved and, supposedly, becomes a servant of God.
2. The 'Parable of the Pounds' (Luke 19) is parallel to this parable. In our parable we see three servants. In the parable in Luke, we see ten servants. However, in the parable in Luke, seven of the servants are sent to Hell. Thus, just like our current parable, that parable has three servants facing the judgment seat of Christ. In our parable we see each servant given a different amount. In the parable in Luke, each servant is given the same amount. In our parable we see each servant is given talents. In the parable in Luke, each servant is given a pound (money). And, I believe that covers most, in not all, of the differences. However, what is the same in both parables is the main lesson. The saved servant who produced a spiritual profit for God received a reward. And, the saved servant who refused to produce a spiritual profit for God received a punishment. And, while that is the main lesson of these parables, Satan has convinced many people to pervert these parables in order to claim that the main spiritual lesson is not taught by these parables.
3. The phrase And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one means: 'He gave different amounts to each servant. Our next phrase explains why'. Some people argue that talents and spiritual gifts are two different things. Other people argue otherwise, that there is not a difference in what they are, only in how people use them. That is not an argument worth getting into. Our third next sentence tells us that the talent was money and not what we think of as a talent today. Therefore, it had a different physical meaning when Jesus told the parable. However, for our parable, the talents symbolically represent spiritual gifts. And, God sometimes give additional spiritual gifts to some people after they have spiritually matured, to some extent, and have proven to be faithful with the spiritual gift which God gave them earlier. Therefore, it is possible for saved people, who are serving God, to end their life with more spiritual gifts than they started with. And, such people are people who use their spiritual gifts to bring God a spiritual profit.
4. The phrase to every man according to his several ability means: 'This is what limits God in giving us spiritual things'. Some people use their spiritual gifts in this world the wrong way. They do not produce spiritual fruit with their spiritual gifts. Others, get full of pride, like we read in 1Corinthians. When God knows that His child will do one of those things, He limits their spiritual gifts.
5. The phrase and straightway took his journey means: 'Symbolically, this represents Jesus returning to Heaven. In addition, symbolically, it represents Jesus giving someone a spiritual gift at salvation, but then not telling them about it and not telling them how to use it. Instead, He requires the person to spiritually mature and accept instructions from God's Holy Spirit'.
C25-S15 : the first doubled what he was given.
1. The phrase Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same means: 'The first servant used what he was given to trade and receive a profit'.
2. The phrase and made them other five talents means: 'His profit was to double what he was given'.
C25-S16 : the second did the same.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds that the second servant did like the first servant.
2. The phrase And likewise he that had received two means: 'The second servant also used what he was given to trade and receive a profit'.
3. The phrase he also gained other two means: 'His profit was to double what he was given'.
C25-S17 : the third wasted his opportunity.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. While the prior two sentences tell about servants making a profit, this sentence tells about a servant not making a profit.
2. The phrase But he that had received one went and digged in the earth means: 'This servant did differently than the first two servants. Instead of using his talent to produce a profit for his lord, this servant wasted his opportunity'.
3. The phrase and hid his lord's money means: 'He disobeyed his lord and did not use what he was given for the purpose that he was given it'.
C25-S18 : then came the time of reckoning.
1. The phrase After a long time the lord of those servants cometh means: 'Symbolically, this represents when we die and face judgment at the judgment seat of Christ'.
2. The phrase and reckoneth with them means: '2Corinthians 5:10 says: For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad'. This is where people reject the clear doctrine of the word of God. They deny that the word of God clearly says that saved people in Heaven will receive bad. And, our parable also tells us this truth.
C25-S19 : the first servant reported.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the report of the first servant.
2. The phrase And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying means: 'This servant brought his profit when he reported to be judged. He brought proof of what he did and there will be a record in Heaven proving what the saved did with the life that God gives to them'.
3. The phrase Lord means: 'Notice that this word is capitalized. This is only used for God in the Bible. This capitalization makes it clear that this parable is teaching us a spiritual lesson about the judgment seat of Christ and how the saved will be judged when they get to the kingdom of Heaven. This servant realized who he really worked for'.
4. The phrase thou deliveredst unto me five talents means: 'He first reports what talents he was given to work with. Symbolically, this represents people recognizing what spiritual gifts they were given to work with and produce a spiritual profit for God'.
5. The word: behold means: 'Pay close attention'. This is here to let us know that God will pay very close attention to everything which we do with our life after He saves us.
6. The phrase I have gained beside them five talents more means: 'Here he reports the profit that he produced. Likewise, all saved will have to report what they did for God after being saved'.
C25-S20 : the first servant received his reward. All saved people want this response from Jesus. However, most who claim to be saved are not doing what this parable teaches is required in order to receive this reward.
1. The phrase His lord said unto him means: 'This uses a lower-case lord for the parable. However, the spiritual message is that the saved will be judged by their lord, the Lord Jesus Christ'.
2. The phrase Well done, thou good and faithful servant means: 'This is what saved people want to hear. Notice that his personal character is judged (thou good and faithful servant) based upon his actions. The actions are the evidence of our internal motivations which come from our character'.
3. The phrase thou hast been faithful over a few things means: 'Jesus Christ will recognize how the saved became like God while living in the flesh'.
4. The phrase I will make thee ruler over manythings means: 'This is first the promised reward for becoming like God'.
5. The phrase enter thou into the joy of thy lord means: 'This is second the promised reward for becoming like God'.
C25-S21 : the second servant reported.
1. The phrase He also that had received two talents came and said means: 'This servant acted like the first servant. He brought proof of what he did and there will be a record in Heaven proving what the saved did with the life that God gives to them. By having two good servants as witnesses, we can know that this is part of the law of God and be sure that all saved will receive the same type of judgment'.
2. The phrase Lord means: 'Notice that this word is capitalized. This is only used for God in the Bible. This capitalization makes it clear that this parable is teaching us a spiritual lesson about the judgment seat of Christ and how the saved will be judged when they get to the kingdom of Heaven. This servant realized who he really worked for'.
3. The phrase thou deliveredst unto me two talents means: 'He first reports what talents he was given to work with. Symbolically, this represents people recognizing what spiritual gifts they were given to work with and produce a spiritual profit for God'.
4. The word: behold means: 'Pay close attention'. This is here to let us know that God will pay very close attention to everything which we do with our life after He saves us.
5. The phrase I have gained two other talents beside them means: 'Here he reports the profit that he produced. Likewise, all saved will have to report what they did for God after being saved'.
C25-S22 : the second servant received his reward. All saved people want this response from Jesus. However, most who claim to be saved are not doing what this parable teaches is required in order to receive this reward.
1. The phrase His lord said unto him means: 'This uses a lower-case lord for the parable. However, the spiritual message is that the saved will be judged by their lord, the Lord Jesus Christ'.
2. The phrase Well done, thou good and faithful servant means: 'This is what saved people want to hear. Notice that his personal character is judged (thou good and faithful servant) based upon his actions. The actions are the evidence of our internal motivations which come from our character'.
3. The phrase thou hast been faithful over a few things means: 'Jesus Christ will recognize how the saved became like God while living in the flesh'.
4. The phrase I will make thee ruler over manythings means: 'This is first the promised reward for becoming like God'.
5. The phrase enter thou into the joy of thy lord means: 'This is second the promised reward for becoming like God'.
C25-S23 : the third servant reported.
1. The phrase Then he which had received the one talent came and said means: 'This servant did as the prior two. Every saved person will have to give an account for themselves'.
2. The phrase Lord means: 'Notice that this word is capitalized. This is only used for God in the Bible. This capitalization makes it clear that this parable is teaching us a spiritual lesson about the judgment seat of Christ and how the saved will be judged when they get to the kingdom of Heaven. This servant also realized who he really worked for'.
3. The phrase I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed means: 'This is a lie about the character of Jesus Christ. This servant represents those saved people who listen to doctrinal error from lying preachers. John 5:39 says: Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. Religious fools study their Bible in order to argue doctrine and are led into errors. True servants of Jesus Christ study their Bible in order to learn His character. Such are not led into error like this servant was. As we saw with the first two servants, they knew His character and knew that He would reward them. Therefore, they each returned a doubled profit.'.
4. The phrase And I was afraid means: 'He claims this but was not afraid enough to avoid disobedience. The true fear of the Lord is a fear that we will receive the judgment that our parable reports this servant receiving. The true fear of the Lord will cause us to become profitable servants.'.
5. The phrase and went and hid thy talent in the earth means: 'Genesis 2:7 says: And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. This phrase, symbolically, means that this saved person took what God gave him to produce a spiritual profit and put it into the things of this world and of the flesh. Reportedly, Elvis Presley had a good testimony of salvation. That was reported by several well known and reliable preachers. He started out singing in church. Bur he switched to singing for the world and for worldly profit. He, reportedly, became in lots of sins of corruption and lived in constant fear of men. Elvis is an example of this type of saved servant'.
6. The phrase lo, there thou hast that is thine means: 'He expected his Lord to be satisfied with no profit. In the 'Parable of the Pounds' (Luke 19), those who did not even return the original pound were sent to Hell. However, in both parables, the servant who returned what he was originally given lost that and he also received punishment. And, that truth is what devil-motivated saved preachers are desperate to deny. They believe the lie that 'There are no tears in Heaven'. However, the truth is that 'There are no tears in the second Heaven'. God does not wipe away all tears from their eyes (Revelation 21:4) until after the great with throne judgment, when the only people are the saved in Heaven. The Biblical truth is that there will be saved people in Heaven who are crying their eyes out an average of twice a week for more than 1,000 years. Yes, God does, eventually, give mercy, but not until those saved people learn a lesson which they will never forget'.
C25-S24 : the third servant was judged.
1. The phrase His lord answered and said unto him means: ''. . . .
2. The phrase Thou wicked and slothful servant means: 'Again, we see a judgment of his personal character. We are selfish and self centered when we are first born and when we are first saved. In order for this servant to have remained this way, he had to refuse all lessons which were designed to make him mature spiritually. This is the character of someone who was saved but only accepted the outward appearances of being religious while remaining the same inside'.
3. The phrase thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed means: 'This is a wrong characterization of God. God gives us our initial spiritual gifts, which is sowing. God works with the willing saved to produce spiritual results all of their life and He removes sin (weeds) from their life. That is what is meant by strawed. So, this claim is a lie about God's character, but God does not dispute it. Instead, God asks why their belief did not lead them to fear of failure and cause them to produce a profit'.
4. The phrase Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers means: 'I believe this is speaking about supporting missions financially, but that is my own personal belief'.
5. The phrase and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury means: 'The person who claims to be saved and ignores the fact that they will face judgment after physical death is a fool'.
C25-S25 : the third servant lost everything.
1. The phrase Take therefore the talent from him means: 'He lost everything. A lot of fools believe they will still get a mansion when they are a spiritual pauper and are only promised a place. Bed space in a dorm room for 10,000 fulfills the true promise. In addition, he was not promised to be made a ruler like the other to servants were promised. He will not return to rule this world with Jesus Christ. Finally, as explained elsewhere, he will not be allowed to attend the marriage supper of the Lamb'.
2. The phrase and give it unto him which hath ten talents means: 'In Luke, the servants of God questioned this decision. However, God is rewarding the most profitable servant, as explained in our next sentence'.
C25-S26 : the precept that is the basis of this parable.
1. The phrase For means: 'Here's why the decision of the prior sentence was made'..
2. The phrase unto every one that hath shall be given means: 'The people who produce a true spiritual profit for God will be given more so that they can produce even more for God'.
3. The phrase and he shall have abundance means: 'They will have more than they need so that they can help others to become profitable for God'.
4. The phrase but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath means: 'God is not going to waste anything more on saved people who prove that they will not do what God commands'.
C25-S27 : the punishment of the third servant.
1. I got into a big argument about the phrase within this sentence which is: outer darkness. There was an argument because lots of different people have lots of different opinions about what it means and their opinions have nothing to do with the definitions of the words within the phrase. God does not change (Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 13:8). Therefore, every word in the Bible has only one definition and no two words have the same definitions. In addition, according to the rule of context, the definition of a phrase, within the word of God, must be the combination of the definitions of the words within the phrase with the relationship between the words defining the relationship between the definitions. And, because God does not change, the definition of a phrase, within the word of God, must be the same every place that it is used. Yes, there are different applications of the phrase, but no application defines the phrase. So, the people who claim that this phrase has three different definitions are wrong. Likewise, the people who claim that this phrase has a definition which is totally unrelated to the definitions of the words within it are also wrong.
2. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds punishment to the loss already suffered By this servant. And, that is what a lot of people object to because they believed the lie from devils that there is no punishment in Heaven. Not only do they alter the message of this parable, but they also deny the truth about this doctrine which is found in several places within the word of God. That written, this note will only continue with what is in this sentence and parable and the context of this chapter.
3. The phrase And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness has lots of doctrinal errors attached to it.
  1. The word and, in the word of God, is: 'the Mathematical function of addition. If you remove either side of an addition problem, you change the answer. Likewise, if you ignore, or remove, what is written on either side of an and, in the word of God, you change the message of the word of God'.
  2. Next, our phrase includes the phrase the unprofitable servant. People have argued that someone who made a 'Deathbed Profession' never had a chance to serve God and, therefore, could not generate a spiritual profit for God. And, as a result, God could not send people to outer darkness just because they did not bring God a profit. And, that argument is foolish. First of all, if you truly understand the true doctrine of salvation, you would know that true 'Deathbed Professions' are extremely rare. People who believe in them believe that someone is saved just because they said a proper prayer and not because Jesus accepted their request to make Him their Lord. Second of all, someone who makes a 'Deathbed Profession' does not have time to be a servant. Therefore, they can not be an unprofitable servant and this phrase can not apply to them. And, while we could carry on with this foolishness, we will move on. This phrase applies to saved people who had a chance to be a true servant of God and refused to do their job.
  3. Next, we have the phrase outer darkness. It has caused all kinds of arguments with different preachers insisting that their opinion is more authoritative than what is literally written in the word of God. Please see the Message called Outer Darkness about this phrase. This phrase only occurs three times and all are within the Gospel of Matthew.
4. The phrase there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth means: 'Most people who object to this phrase also object to earlier phrases in this sentence and rarely get to this phrase before, effectively, calling God a liar because they are sure that God couldn't possibly do what He said that He would do. Such fools need to consider the Jews who refused to believe that God really would punish them the four times they were carried into Babylon'.
  1. One fool claimed that because this happened in Hell, it could not happen anywhere else. Obviously, he ignores the many times that it happens in this life like the time that king Herod murdered all children two years old and younger.
  2. The more popular opinion is that this phrase can not possibly happen in Heaven. There are lots of places which prove that doctrinal error to be a lie from Satan. That doctrine calls Revelation 21:4 a lie because the only people left are saved p[people in Heaven when God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
  3. One argument is that people have friends or family members who are 'backslidden'. And, instead of giving those people a warning, they insisted that God couldn't possibly give a thousand years of tears to someone who agreed to serve God when they accepted Him as their personal Lord and then refused to fulfill their own agreement while demanding that God still save them. Such fools are ignoring the true doctrine of the Bible and the historical lessons from the Bible
C25-S28 : the start of the 'Sheep and Goats Judgment'. Please also see the Detailed Notes for the various sentences of this parable for other references to related Messages, Doctrinal Studies and Word Studies.
1. The phrase When the Son of man shall come in his glory means: 'This is commonly called 'the Second Return'. This is when He touches down on the Earth to stat His rule and reign for 1,000 years. The 'Rapture' is not counted as a return because he only flies through the air and does not touch down on the Earth'.
2. The phrase and all the holy angels with him. I can not be positive, at this point, but i believe that He has angels with Him to take care of the devils that have roamed the Earth freely during the great tribulation. They are now bound in Hell or the lake of fire during the 1,000 years reign of Christ.
3. The phrase then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory means: 'I believe this will be in the Temple but can not be positive. It may be elsewhere since the beast defiled the Temple which will be standing then'.
4. The phrase And before him shall be gathered all nations means: 'All living people will be judged by Jesus Christ'.
5. The phrase and he shall separate them one from another means: 'There is a simple choice in how He separates people. Did they help His people during the great tribulation or did they not help His people'.
6. The phrase as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats means: 'This is the story which makes this a parable. The true division is spiritual as explained for the prior phrase'.
7. The phrase And he shall set the sheep on his right hand means: 'The right hand represents power and blessings'. See further in this parable for where the word of God tells us this truth.
8. The phrase but the goats on the left means: 'The left hand represents cursed and punishment'. See further in this parable for where the word of God tells us this truth.
C25-S29 : the reward for someans the reason for the reward.
1. The phrase Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand means: 'Jesus will say this in His role as King of kings. This is what He will say to the people who are blessed and why they were selected to be blessed'.
2. The phrase Come, ye blessed of my Father means: 'Each and every one of them personally will be blessed by God the Father'.
3. The phrase inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world means: 'They will go into the 1,000 years reign of Christ in their current human bodies. These are the people who will create children during the 1,000 years reign of Christ'.
4. The phrase For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat means: 'This is the first reason why some will be blessed. While not everyone did this, some did and everyone in this group did one of these things'.
5. The phrase I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink means: 'This is the next reason why some will be blessed. While not everyone did this, some did and everyone in this group did one of these things'.
6. The phrase I was a stranger, and ye took me in means: 'This is the next reason why some will be blessed. While not everyone did this, some did and everyone in this group did one of these things'.
7. The phrase Naked, and ye clothed me means: 'This is the next reason why some will be blessed. While not everyone did this, some did and everyone in this group did one of these things'.
8. The phrase I was sick, and ye visited me means: 'This is the next reason why some will be blessed. While not everyone did this, some did and everyone in this group did one of these things'.
9. The phrase I was in prison, and ye came unto me means: 'This is the next reason why some will be blessed. While not everyone did this, some did and everyone in this group did one of these things'.
C25-S30 : the first question.
1. The phrase Then shall the righteous answer him, saying means: 'The people that are blessed and allowed to go into the 1,000 years reign will ask the following questions'.
2. The phrase Lord means: 'They will acknowledge Him as God in human flesh'.
3. The phrase when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? means: 'This question is in response to the first thing that He said they did which ended in their being blessed'.
C25-S31 : the second question. Our sentence says: or thirsty, and gave thee drink? means: 'This question is in response to the next thing that He said they did which ended in their being blessed'.
C25-S32 : the third question. Our sentence says: When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? means: 'This question is in response to the next thing that He said they did which ended in their being blessed'.
C25-S33 : the fourth question. Our sentence says: or naked, and clothed thee? means: 'This question is in response to the next thing that He said they did which ended in their being blessed'.
C25-S34 : the fifth question. Our sentence says: Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? means: 'This question is in response to the next thing that He said they did which ended in their being blessed'.
C25-S35 : the answer.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the answer to all of their questions.
2. The phrase And the King shall answer and say unto them means: 'Jesus will say this in His role as King of kings. This is what He will say why the people are blessed'.
3. The phrase Verily I say unto you means: 'Jesus will have verified this with the books in Heaven'.
4. The phrase Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me means: 'This is the same doctrine as we read in Matthew 18 '.
C25-S36 : the curse for someans the reason for the curse.
1. The phrase Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand means: 'Jesus will say this in His role as King of kings. This is what He will say to the people who are cursed and why they were selected to be cursed'.
2. The phrase Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels means: 'This may mean the lake of fire, since it says everlasting fire and Hell is not everlasting. It may also mean: 'Go to Hell' until the great white throne judgment and, after that, go to the lake of fire. The difference is not worth arguing about, especially since we do not have enough scripture to say definitely based upon scripture'.
3. The phrase For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat means: 'This is the first reason why some will be cursed. While not everyone did this, some did and everyone in this group did one of these things'.
4. The phrase I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink means: 'This is the next reason why some will be cursed. While not everyone did this, some did and everyone in this group did one of these things'.
5. The phrase I was a stranger, and ye took me not in means: 'This is the next reason why some will be cursed. While not everyone did this, some did and everyone in this group did one of these things'.
6. The phrase naked, and ye clothed me not means: 'This is the next reason why some will be cursed. While not everyone did this, some did and everyone in this group did one of these things'.
7. The phrase sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not means: 'This is the next reason why some will be cursed. While not everyone did this, some did and everyone in this group did one of these things'.
C25-S37 : the question about the curse.
1. The phrase Then shall they also answer him, saying means: 'The people who are cursed will ask the following question'.
2. The phrase Lord means: 'They will acknowledge Him as God in human flesh'.
3. The phrase when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? means: 'They will want to know the basis of their being cursed and sent the lake of fire'.
C25-S38 : the answer.
1. The phrase Then shall he answer them, saying means: ''. . . .
2. The phrase Verily I say unto you means: 'Jesus will have verified this with the books in Heaven'.
3. The phrase Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me means: 'This is the same doctrine as we read in Matthew 18 '.
C25-S39 : the end result of those who refuse to help God's people.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds a summary of this parable and judgment.
2. The phrase And these shall go away into everlasting punishment means: 'God's final judgments last for ever'.
3. The phrase but the righteous into life eternal means: 'God's final judgments last for ever'.

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Chapter 26 Summary: the Last Supper.

Please see the Section called Sequence of the Betrayal of Jesus in Doctrinal Study called Gospel Time Sequences about these events.

Matthew 26; Mark 14; Luke 22; John 13 and various other Bible references deal with the 'Last Supper' and the betrayal of Jesus. (Jesus said that He had the 'Last Supper' with the twelve before His crucifixion: his hour was come that he should depart out of this world). links to Bible references, which are related to this chapter, can be found in the Betrayal of Jesus are in the Gospel Time Sequence Study. In addition, there are several references to these chapters in the Significant Gospel Events Study in Sections like Prophecies, Prophecy Fulfilled and Promises and other Sections of that reference document. Further, this chapter is found in the Study called Miracles in the Gospels. Hopefully, with all of thee Bible references, the reader understands that the events of this chapter are critical to true Bible faith.

Matthew 26:1-2 and Mark 14:1 say that the Passover was in two (2) days. Luke 22:1 says, that the Passover was nigh. John 12:1 say that the Passover was in six (6) days. Thus, all of the Gospel accounts are synced by time within a couple of days.

Matthew 26:2 is one of several places where we read that Jesus prophesied His own betrayal, persecution, death and resurrection. Please see the Prophecy, Prophecy Fulfilled Sections of the Significant Gospel Events Study for links to related Bible references. Please also see the section called Appearances of Jesus Christ After the Resurrection for more references about on resurrection.

Matthew 26:3-5; Mark 14:1-2; Luke 22:2 and John 11:47-53 tell us that the chief priests and the Pharisees plotted the death of Jesus. Matthew 26:3-5; Mark 14:1-2; Luke 22:2 and John 11:47-53 tell us that the chief priests and the Pharisees plotted the death of Jesus and they sought to take Jesus, but delayed their action until a more convent time. That time came when Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus, as we are told in Mark 14:10.

Matthew 26:6-13 and Mark 14:3-9; Luke 7:36-50 and John 12:1-11 tell us about the time that Jesus and His disciples ate a meal at the house of Simon the leper and Mary Magdalene anointed Jesus for His death.

Matthew 26:1 and Mark 14:9 tell us: Wheresoever this gospel's shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.. This was well before any of the New Testament was written and what is written in the new Testament is the basis for This gospel (that is) preached.

Matthew 26:14-16; Mark 14:10-11 and Luke 22:3-6 report that Judas plots with the chief priests to betray Jesus. Jesus also prophesied that this would happen in John 6:70-71. Please see the Prophecy Fulfilled Section, and of the Significant Gospel Events Study, for other Bible references to prophecies fulfilled within the Gospels.

Matthew 26:17-19; Mark 14:12-16 and Luke 22:7-13 report the preparation for the Passover / 'Last Supper' of Jesus. John does not report the preparation but has far more about the actual 'Last Supper' than any other gospel writer. In addition, the note for Luke 22:7 gives us the symbols of the Lord's Supper found in in Passover.

Matthew 26:18; Mark 14:13-16 and Luke 22:10 all tell us that Jesus prophesied what the disciples would find when they went to prepare the upper room for the feast of unleavened bread. The sentence which follow the prophecy tell us that the prophecy was fulfilled exactly as Jesus said. The indication of the Gospel reports is that this was so common that the disciples expected the prophecy to be fulfilled exactly as Jesus said.

Matthew 26:20-30; Mark 14:17-46; Luke 22:14-38; John 13:1-14:31 and 1Corinthians 11:23-34 report the 'Last Supper' of Jesus.

Matthew 26:20; Mark 14:17 and Luke 22:14 all tell us that the 'Last Supper' of Jesus started just after even. Please also see the note for Luke 22:7 about the symbols of the Lord's Supper which are found in passover.

Matthew 26:21-25; Mark 14:18-21; Luke 22:21-23 and John 13:21-30 present the prophecy by Jesus that Judas would betray Him. Please see the Prophecies Section of the Significant Gospel Events Study for more related Bible references.

Matthew 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25 and Luke 22:19-20 present the ceremony that Jesus created for us to remember Him and His suffering by. This celebration from the 'Last Supper' is commonly called the Lord's Supper.

Matthew 26:30; Mark 14:26; Luke 22:39 and John 18:1 all tell us when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

Matthew 26:31-32; Mark 14:27 and John 16:32 are during the Last Supper and tell us that Jesus prophesied His own betrayal, persecution, death and resurrection. Please see the Prophecy, Prophecy Fulfilled Sections of the Significant Gospel Events Study for links to related Bible references. Please also see the section called Appearances of Jesus Christ After the Resurrection for more references about on resurrection.

Matthew 26:31; Mark 14:27-28 and John 16:32 present the prophecy by Jesus that all of the disciples would be offended by Him that night. This prophecy was fulfilled in Matthew 26:56; Mark 14:50-52 and John 18:10-11. Mark's account also tells us that Mark started to follow but ran after his robe was grabbed. In addition, Luke 22:54 reports: And Peter followed afar off. Further, John 18:16 reports: But Peter stood at the door without.. Therefore, since Peter was outside of where Jesus was taken, we can know that he followed but did not stay with Jesus.

Matthew 26:32 reports the resurrection of Jesus. Please see the Prophecy, Prophecy Fulfilled Sections of the Significant Gospel Events Study for links to related Bible references. Please also see the section called Appearances of Jesus Christ After the Resurrection for more references about on resurrection.

Matthew 26:33-35; Mark 14:29-31; Luke 22:31-34 and John 13:37-38 tell us that Jesus prophesied Peter's denial. The rest of the disciples also denied that they would scatter.

Matthew 26:34; Mark 14:29-31; Luke 22:31-34; John 13:37-38 and John 16:32 tell us that Jesus prophesied that Peter would deny knowing Jesus.

Matthew 26:36-46; Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:39-53 and John 18:1-13 all tell us that Jesus went to Gethsemane and report His agony there. (Although Luke 22:39 calls it the mount of Olives.) the reader can search these accounts for uniquely reported events such as the fact that there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. (Luke 22:43-44).

Matthew 26:36-39; Mark 14:32-35 and Luke 22:39-40 tell us that Jesus, and the eleven, went to the garden of Gethsemane. There, Jesus left most in one place, took Peter, James and John further and left them and went, by Himself, further to pray. At each spot, Jesus told His disciples to pray that they not enter into temptation.

The prayer of Jesus is reported in: Matthew 26:39; Matthew 26:42; Matthew 26:44; Mark 14:36 and Luke 22:41-42.

Matthew 26:40-45; Mark 14:37-42 and Luke 22:45-46 tell us about Jesus finding the disciples asleep three times when they were supposed to be praying. Judas Iscariot came with the mob while Jesus talked to them the third time.

Matthew 26:46 and Mark 14:42 tell us that Jesus prophesied the arrival of Judas Iscariot and the mob to arrest Him just before they came and before the other disciples realized that the mob was coming.

Matthew 26:47-50; Mark 14:43-46; Luke 22:47-54 and John 18:2-13 report the betrayal and arrest of Jesus.

Matthew 26:51-55; Mark 14:47-49; Luke 22:49-53 and John 18:10-11 all tell us about Peter cutting off the servant's ear during the arrest of Jesus. Those references also tell us about Jesus healing the man. Some of the details are only told in one of the Gospels. This event is also found in the Table of Miracles within the Gospels.

Matthew 26:56; Mark 14:50-52 and John 18:10-11 all tell that the disciples all scattered. This fulfills the prophecy by Jesus found in Matthew 26:31 and Mark 14:27. Mark's account also tells us that Mark started to follow but ran after his robe was grabbed. In addition, Luke 22:54 reports: And Peter followed afar off. Further, John 18:16 reports: But Peter stood at the door without.. Therefore, since Peter was outside of where Jesus was taken, we can know that he followed but did not stay with Jesus.

Matthew 26:57-27:2; Mark 14:53-15:1; Luke 22:54-23:1 and John 18:12-28 tell about the trial of Jesus by Caiaphas and the scribes and elders and the council.

Matthew 26:57; Mark 14:53; Luke 22:54 and John 18:24-28 all tell us that Jesus is taken before Caiaphas the high priest.

In Matthew 26:58; Mark 14:54; Luke 22:54 and John 18:15-16 we read that Peter followed at a distance. In addition, John's Gospel also tells us that John followed with Peter and that John was the person who got Peter into the high priest's house.

Matthew 15:19; Matthew 19:18 and Matthew 26:59-60 all warn us against false witnesses. Please see the Doctrinal Study called False things according to the Bible for links to other false things which God warns us against.

During the trial of Jesus by Caiaphas and the scribes and elders and the council, we see them trying to get Jesus to make a statement which they can use to bring a false charge against Him. John 18:19-23 has questioning which is only recorded in John. This questioning was done either before or after the seeking of false witnesses recorded in Matthew 26:59-63 and Mark 14:55-60.

In Matthew 26:59-61 and Mark 14:55-59 we read about the false witnesses.

Matthew 12:40; Matthew 26:61; Matthew 27:40; Matthew 27:63; Mark 14:58; Mark 15:29; John 2:19 all tell us that Jesus would be in the grave three days and three nights. Please see the Prophecies Fulfilled Section of the Significant Gospel Events Study for more related Bible references.

In Matthew 26:62-63 and Mark 14:60-61 tell us that Jesus refused to answer anything until they asked Him: Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?.

In Matthew 26:63; Mark 14:62; Luke 22:67-71 all tell us that Jesus directly answered that He was God's Christ. Please see the Prophecy Fulfilled Section, and other Sections of the Significant Gospel Events Study, for other references to this truth. John 10:24 also has the same question and answer but it was an earlier time in the ministry of Jesus. Therefore, they already had this answer but it was not given during an official trial like the later event was during an official trial.

Matthew 26:64 and Mark 14:62 and Luke 22:67-69 and John 14:3 present the prophecy by Jesus of His return to this Earth. There are several other prophecies in this chapter and they can be found in the Prophecies Section of this Study.

In Matthew 26:65-66; Mark 14:63-64 and Luke 22:71 all tell us that the high priest accused Jesus of blaspheme because He answered their question honestly. They condemned Him for doing exactly what God's word taught that God's Christ would do.

Matthew 26:67-68; Mark 14:65 and Luke 22:63-65 report that the high priest's servants and guards abuse Jesus.

Matthew 26:67-68 and Mark 14:65 tell us that the religious leaders, who were at the trial held by the high priest, began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. In addition, these references tell us that the high priest's servants and guards abuse Jesus. This is a fulfillment of prophecy found in Luke 18:32 and Mark 10:34. Please see the Prophecies and Prophecy Fulfilled Sections in the Significant Gospel Events Study for similar Bible references.

Matthew 26:69-75; Mark 14:66-72; Luke 22:56-62; John 18:15-18 and John 18:25-27 all tell us that Peter denies knowing Jesus. Each of the Gospels give us some details about this event which are not in the other Gospels. Piecing these accounts together we see that it was two servant maids and a guard who questioned Peter. The first maid also opened the door for John and Peter. The account from John gives us a unique report about Peter's denial.

Matthew 26:69; Mark 14:66; Luke 22:55 and John 18:18 all tell us that Peter sat at the fire of the servants to the High priest.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge provides a chapter outline as:

1-2. Christ foretells his own death.
3-5. the rulers conspire against him.
6-13. the woman anoints his feet.
14-16. Judas bargains to betray him. 17-25. Christ eats the passover;
26-29. institutes his holy supper;
30-35. foretells the desertion of his disciples, and Peter's denial;
36-46. prays in the garden;
47-56. and being betrayed by a kiss,
57-68. is carried to Caiaphas,
69-75. and denied of Peter. '.

C26-S1 : Jesus, again, prophesies His suffering and death.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds another prophecy to the prior two chapters of prophecy.
2. The phrase And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings means: 'The following was said as a separate prophecy after Jesus gave the prior prophecies. Where the prior prophecies were for years ahead and even for end times, this prophecy toll happen within a few days'.
3. The phrase he said unto his disciples means: 'This is whom Jesus gave the prophecy. Every time that any Gospel account reports this prophecy, Jesus is giving it exclusively to His disciples'.
4. The phrase Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover means: 'Jesus is trying to make them see the connection between the passover and His death to pay for our sins. He is our passover'.
5. The phrase and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified means: 'The word and connects His being crucified to the passover and you can not drop either side of the word and without changing the message'.
C26-S2 : the religious leaders plotted together to fulfill the prophecy.
1. The phrase Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people means: 'All of the religious leaders got together to plan the murder'.
2. The phrase unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas means: 'They met in the home of the man who was most responsible for representing God'.
3. The phrase And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him means: 'This was the reason for their meeting'.
C26-S3 : they considered the best time to do it.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. The prior sentence told us what the religious leaders wanted to do while this sentence tells us why they could not do it right away.
2. The phrase But they said, Not on the feast day means: 'There were considerations which would cause them trouble. In particular, they could not do what was obviously the devil's work on a holy day celebrating their deliverance from the control of Satan'.
3. The phrase lest there be an uproar among the people means: 'This is how the common Jews would react if the religious leaders obviously served Satan on a holy day'.
C26-S4 : the start of the incident where Mary Magdalene anointed Jesus for His burial. We get more details on this incident in the other Gospel accounts. Please see the Gospel references, above, for links to those other Gospel accounts.
1. The phrase Now when Jesus was in Bethany means: 'This was where the incident happened'.
2. The phrase in the house of Simon the leper means: 'He, apparently, became a leper after this incident because he could not have close social contacts while he was a leper'. The other Gospel accounts tell us that he was also a Pharisee and he deliberately invited Jesus, his disciples and Lazarus so that he could very rudely, and very publically, insult all of them. However, Jesus went knowing that God would use the incident for His glory and would receive the legal evidence against Simon to justify punishing him. My personal guess is that the leprosy was part of that punishment.
3. The phrase There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment means: 'We are told elsewhere that this was Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus'.
4. The phrase and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat means: 'She made a public display of what she was doing'.
C26-S5 : All of the disciples were offended.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. Our prior sentence says that Mary honored Jesus while this sentence says that all of the disciples were offended instead of joining her in honoring Jesus. Remember that their host was deliberately insulting Jesus and them. Tocounter that insult, God had Mary honor Him.
2. The phrase But when his disciples saw it means: 'Notice that they all reacted this way'.
3. The phrase they had indignation, saying means: 'Notice how they all reacted'.
4. The phrase To what purpose is this waste? means: 'Notice why they all reacted'.
C26-S6 : What they thought would have been a better use. Our sentence says: For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. John 12:4-5 tells us that it was actually Judas Iscariot who said this statement. However, since Matthew gives us the legal perspective, all were guilty of reacting with indignation.
C26-S7 : Jesus asked them about their motive.
1. The phrase When Jesus understood it means: 'This is when and why Jesus reacted'.
2. The phrase he said unto them means: 'Notice the plural word of them. Jesus said this to all of His disciples'.
3. The phrase Why trouble ye the woman? means: 'Notice the personal pronoun of ye. They were each and every one of them personally guilty of reacting wrongly'.
C26-S8 : Jesus tells them her motive. Our sentence says: for she hath wrought a good work upon me. Our sentence starts with the word for, which means: 'Here's why Jesus spoke up for her'. In addition, the Biblical usage of the word good is: 'What comes from God'. Therefore, she did a Godly work which they misunderstood because they were looking at it from a physical perspective instead of from a spiritual perspective.
C26-S9 : Why their motive is wrong.
1. The phrase For ye have the poor always with you means: 'This is a truth that is often ignored and even denied by liberals'. The whole basis of Communism, socialism and other programs to rob productive people, so that they stop being productive or hide their wealth or move away. And then the program says to give to the poor who waste what they are given and refuse lessons on how to not be wasteful and not live beyond what they have. It is part of their sin nature called covetousness and it does not matter how much they are given, they can waste it all and keep on demanding more. In most cases, poverty is due to ignorance coupled with a refusal to learn better ways to live. A simple example is that when the Jews went into the promised land, it was a land flowing with milk and honey. After the death of Jesus, when they were driven out and the land was given to Arabs, it was turned into a desert by their lifestyle. After the Jews returned, the land became prosperous again with many crops growing. And, Arabs demand that it be given back to them again so that they can turn it into a desert again because they refuse to give up their lifestyle which is destructive to land. Likewise, many studies of poor people show that they remain poor through multiple generations because they refuse to change their lifestyle. And, that is the basis of the truth which Jesus said here.
2. The phrase but me ye have not always means: 'This is another prophecy of His death and, later, His return to Heaven. In addition, Jesus gives another reason for what He said in the next sentence'.
C26-S10 : Why her motive is better.
1. The phrase For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body means: ''. . . .
2. The phrase she did it for my burial means: 'This is why she did it. While all of the disciples rejected the prophecy from Jesus about His death, Mary believed it and acted on it'.
C26-S11 : the everlasting consequence of her action.
1. The phrase verily I say unto you means: 'Jesus verified this prophecy'.
2. The phrase Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world means: 'This will be done repeatedly everywhere and throughout all time. Very few other people have been so honored and at the time that she lived her name was permanently changed to include the town where she had been a whore. Men never forget what you did that was wrong. God never forgets what you did that was right'.
3. The phrase there shall also this, that this woman hath done means: 'What she did to honor Jesus is what God will make sure that men remember and even some of the men who remember this act forget her life of sin'.
4. The phrase be told for a memorial of her means: 'This is why Jesus decreed that this be done'. We might not receive recognition here, but we can be sure that Jesus remembers everything that we do for His glory.
C26-S12 : the reaction by Judas Iscariot.
1. The phrase Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot means: 'The prior act is what led Judas Iscariot to betray Jesus. He did not care about the spiritual implications. He only cared about the money. And, he finally realized that he would not get rich, in this world, while serving Jesus. Therefore, he looked for the quickest way to get rich and acted as this sentence says. Jesus also prophesied that this would happen in John 6:70-71 '.
2. The phrase went unto the chief priests, And said unto them means: 'Judas figured they would give him the most money'.
3. The phrase What will ye give me means: 'Here he is asking for money'.
4. The phrase and I will deliver him unto you? means: 'Here he is promising to betray Jesus to them'.
C26-S13 : the covenant of blood. Our sentence says: And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. This fulfills the prophecies of Psalms 41:9 and Zechariah 11:12-13. We are told what eventually happened with the thirty pieces of silver in Matthew 12:3-9.
C26-S14 : Judas Iscariot looked for the chance to do his part. Our sentence says: And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. John 13:27 reports: And after the sop Satan entered into him. then said Jesus unto him, that thou doest, do quickly..
C26-S15 : the disciples sought directions from Jesus.
1. The phrase Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him means: 'The feast of unleavened bread was dictated by God in Exodus 12:17-20 '. I found another fourteen references to this feast in the Bible. This feast is attached to Jesus dying to pay for our sins and it, symbolically, represents His getting His people to stop sinning.
2. The phrase Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover? means: 'They were going to prepare for the God-ordained feast but did not know that it would also be the ':Last Supper''.
C26-S16 : Jesus sent them to the man who was prepared to serve.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds . . .
2. The phrase And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him means: 'Obviously, Jesus knew this man and his willingness to submit to the will of God. He was a disciple even though he did not travel with Jesus. He represents what pastors consider to be reliable and faithful church members'.
3. The phrase The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples means: 'This is the message that Jesus sent through His disciples'.
C26-S17 : the disciples prepared for the Last Supper.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds a summary of the preparation being made.
2. The phrase And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them means: 'They obeyed'.
3. The phrase and they made ready the passover means: 'They completed the preparation'
C26-S18 : the time that the Last Supper started.
1. The word Now means: 'After the preparation was completed. This is the start of Matthew's report of the actual 'Last Supper''.
2. The phrase when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve means: 'This is when the 'Last Supper' happened'. My pastor says that our celebration of the Lord's Supper should also be in the evening to accurately follow the symbolism involved.
C26-S19 : Jesus prophesies His betrayal.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the prophecy from Jesus that He will be betrayed. He has given this prophecy several times before this and every time the disciples rejected it. Please see the Prophecies and the Prophecy Fulfilled Sections of the Significant Gospel Events Study for other Bible references related to this prophecy.
2. The phrase And as they did eat, he said means: 'Jesus said this during the supper'.
3. The phrase verily I say unto you means: 'Jesus verified this prophecy'.
4. The phrase that one of you shall betray me means: 'This prophecy was given only hours before it was fulfilled'.
C26-S20 : the reaction by the disciples.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the emotional reaction by Jesus. We are not told why. I imagine part of it was for the future judgment of Judas which will result because he was willfully deceived. I imagine part of it was for all of the future suffering of people who will also be deceived and go to Hell in spite of His paying for their sins. And yes, I imagine part of it is for His own future suffering. However, knowing His revealed character, I imagine most of His emotional response was for you and means not for Himself.
2. The phrase And they were exceeding sorrowful means: 'They found this prophecy hard to believe but did not outright reject it like they did the prophecies of His death'.
3. The phrase and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord means: 'All of them asked the same question, which is in the next phrase'. And, while eleven of them used the title of Lord ('God in human flesh'), according to Matthew 26:25, Judas used the title of Master ('teacher').
4. The phrase is it I? means: 'This is what each asked'.
C26-S21 : Jesus identifies Judas Iscariot indirectly. Jesus reveals Judas as his betrayer as reported in Matthew 26:21-25; Mark 14:18-20; Luke 22:21; John 13:10; John 13:18-19; John 13:21-31.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence, and the next two sentences, add the answer from Jesus the disciples asking is it I? in response to Jesus saying: Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
2. The phrase And he answered and said means: 'This was the answer from Jesus'.
3. The phrase He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish means: 'They were all doing this as was common in that culture and time. John 13:26 adds: Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. This, apparently, happened after our current sentence but none of the other disciples understood the significance of it'.
4. The phrase the same shall betray me means: 'Here, Jesus identifies Judas Iscariot indirectly'.
C26-S22 : the fulfillment of prophecy with a warning.
1. The phrase The Son of man goeth as it is written of him means: '{lease see the section called 'Suffering and Death of Jesus' in the Prophecies Section of the Significant Gospel Events Study'.
2. The phrase but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! means: 'Judas was sent to Hell until he is resurrected to become the beast of Revelation, or another is raised with his spirit like John the Baptist fulfilled the prophecies about Elias returning'.
C26-S23 : the better option for Judas Iscariot. in this sentence, Jesus says: it had been good for that man if he had not been born. Anyone who ends up in the lake of fire would be better off if they had never been born. And, Judas was warned here before he earned a place in that lake where there is the greatest torture.
C26-S24 : Even Judas asked if he was the betrayer. Our sentence says: Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I?. 'Notice that he uses Master instead of Lord like all of the other disciples'.
C26-S25 : Jesus firmly answers Yes. Our sentence says: He said unto him, thou hast said means: 'Jesus confirmed to Judas that he was the betrayer'.
C26-S26 : the start of the new ceremony.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the start of the memorial ceremony which Jesus gave to the church.
2. The phrase And as they were eating means: 'This was when Jesus did this'.
3. The phrase Jesus tok bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said means: 'This is what Jesus did to create a symbolic ceremony'.
4. The phrase Take, eat means: 'Make this part of your physical body'. Symbolically, let Jesus control how you live in your body. Please see the Doctrinal Study called What Did Jesus Do? for practical instruction from the Gospels on how to live in this world as a true Biblical Christian.
5. The phrase This is my body means: 'Since Jesus was still in His physical body as He said this, this entire ceremony is symbolic'.
C26-S27 : the symbolism of blood.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the ceremony of the cup to the ceremony of the bread.
2. The phrase And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying means: 'This is what Jesus did to create the second part of a symbolic ceremony'.
3. The phrase Drink ye all of it means: 'We are to have all of the symbolic meaning in out life'.
4. The phrase For this is my blood of the new testament. The word blood means: 'is the source of life'. The phrase new testament means: 'This replaces the religious part of the Old Testament'. Our phrase means: 'The new testament is to give us new spiritual life through our receiving the indwelling Holy Spirit'.
5. The phrase which is shed for many for the remission of sins means: 'We are justified by faith, which means that God blots out the record on our ongoing sins as we obey the indwelling Holy Spirit, by faith, and display the new spiritual life which is this part of the new testament.'.
C26-S28 : the relationship to the marriage supper of the lamb.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. Our prior sentence told us that Jesus did drink the fruit of the vine while this sentence says that He will not do so again until the specified time.
2. The phrase But I say unto you means: 'Jesus is making an announcement of what He will do and there will be not exception to this announcement'.
3. The phrase I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine means: 'Men make six forms of corrupt fruit of the vine and argue over which of those six should be used at the Lord's Supper and which kind Jesus turned the water into as the 'Marriage Feast at Canna'. However, our next phrase says that he will drink it in Heaven and none of the corrupt versions made by man will be in Heaven. What is served there will be incorrupt. Therefore, we should use the least corrupt version which we can find'.
4. The phrase until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom means: 'As mentioned, this fruit of the vine will not be corrupt because it will be in Heaven. It will be different from the six kinds made by men. And, this is what Jesus truly turned the water into. He will drink it with the saved at the marriage supper of the Lamb'.
C26-S29 : they moved to the next place and phase of the evening.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the start of the next phase of the evening.
2. The phrase And when they had sung an hymn means: 'They worshipped God to end that phase of the evening and the end the ceremony which Jesus had initiated'.
3. The phrase they went out into the mount of Olives means: 'They went to the phase of the next phase of their evening'. John's Gospel gives us much doctrine which told them while they were walking to the mount of Olives.
C26-S30 : Prophesied fulfillment of scripture.
1. The phrase Then saith Jesus unto them means: ''. . . .
2. The phrase All ye shall be offended because of me this night means: 'This is another prophecy by Jesus which the disciples all rejected. They refused to believe that He would die and they refused to believe that all of them would flee from Him'.
3. The phrase for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad means: 'This is a quote of Zechariah 13:7 '.
C26-S31 : Prophecy of action after the resurrection.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. The prior sentence was a prophecy of what would happen before the death of Jesus. This sentence changes time to provide a prophecy of what will happen after His resurrection.
2. The phrase But after I am risen again means: 'This is when this prophecy will take place '.
3. The phrase I will go before you into Galilee means: 'There are indications that He returned to Heaven from there but I can not make it a doctrinal statement'. The physical brothers and sisters of Jesus did not get saved until after the resurrection. That was probably another reason for His going to Galilee.
C26-S32 : Peter speaks based upon pride.
1. The phrase Peter answered and said unto him means: 'Many people are encouraged by the reports of Peter messing up because if Jesus could love and use Peter in spite of these mess-ups, then Jesus can love and use anyone'.
2. The phrase Though all men shall be offended because of thee means: 'This is foolish bragging that he would be better than all men'.
3. The phrase yet will I never be offended means: 'Of course, Peter being proven wrong about this statement is well known'.
C26-S33 : Prophecy of Peter's denial.
1. The phrase Jesus said unto him means: 'Jesus said this to Peter'.
2. The phrase Verily I say unto thee means: 'Jesus verified this prophecy'.
3. The phrase that this night, before the cock crow means: 'This was the sign given to Peter to remind him of the prophecy'.
4. The phrase thou shalt deny me thrice means: 'This is the prophecy'.
C26-S34 : Peter's second boasting based upon pride.
1. The phrase Peter said unto him means: 'Peter said this and our next sentence said that all of the others said the same'.
2. The phrase Though I should die with thee means: 'This means regardless of circumstances'.
3. The phrase yet will I not deny thee means: 'This is an easy thing to claim when you are not facing threat'.
C26-S35 : the other disciples join Peter in boastful pride. Our sentence says: Likewise also said all the disciples means: 'This sentence us usually skipped. People like to talk about Peter messing up while, inside, they believe that would not do the same. This sentence lets us know that most people would do like Peter did'.
C26-S36 : Jesus assigns most of the disciples a place to pray.
1. The phrase Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane means: 'This was where Jesus prayed while the disciples slept'.
2. The phrase and saith unto the disciples means: 'Jesus told the disciples what to do'.
3. The phrase Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder means: 'This is what Jesus said to them'.
C26-S37 : Jesus took Peter, James and John to another place.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds how Jesus revealed more to the inner circle of disciples.
2. The phrase And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee means: 'They were the inner circle of disciples'.
3. The phrase and began to be sorrowful and very heavy means: 'Jesus revealed to them how He was truly feeling'.
C26-S38 : Jesus tells them to stay there and pray.
1. The phrase Then saith he unto them means: 'Jesus said this only to the three of the inner circle'.
2. The phrase My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death means: 'This was how Jesus was feeling because He knew that His torture and death were only hours away. Even though He was God in human flesh, He still had human flesh and human feelings about pain and death'.
3. The phrase tarry ye here, and watch with me. The word watch means: 'stand guard against enemy forces'. They did not understand that the enemy forces were spiritual, being devils, and that their attack would be to make them sleepy. Ephesians 6:11 says: Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. It is easy for us to forget that we have the help of God's indwelling Holy Spirit and they did not. And, it is possible that they did not consider the wiles of the devil and His use of sleep to keep them from praying with Jesus.
C26-S39 : Jesus went another place to pray.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds It is adding what Jesus did that was different.
2. The phrase And he went a little farther means: 'Jesus separated Himself in order to pray privately with God the Father'.
3. The phrase and fell on his face, and prayed, saying means: 'This was how Jesus prayed. He took a posture of humbleness and submission'.
4. The phrase O my Father means: 'Jesus started His prayer recognizing His personal relationship with God the Father. Again, this is not just a prayer to God the Father like most religious people pray. It is deliberately personal in nature'.
5. The phrase if it be possible means: 'Jesus is asking for a conditional response. I personally believe that Jesus knew that His request was not possible if God was to save people. But, He prayed this prayer and God's Holy Spirit had it reported so that we would know that there was not other possible way for us to be saved. '.
6. The phrase let this cup pass from me means: 'This request is to avoid the future experience. In particular, the word cup is used symbolically for the spiritual part of the experience. Many people concentrate on what Jesus went through physically but don't consider the emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of how He was treated including God the Father forsaking Him and His being dragged into Hell by devils'.
7. The phrase nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt means: 'This is the spiritually mature attitude that God wants all of His people to take'.
C26-S40 : Jesus returns the first time to find the three sleeping.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds what happened when Jesus checked on His closest disciples who were to pray with Him.
2. The phrase And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep means: 'This is what Jesus did and what He found'.
3. The phrase and saith unto Peter means: 'True Godly leadership makes the leader responsible for what the followers do or do not do. Romans 5:14 tells us that Adam sinned even though Eve ate the forbidden fruit first. Likewise, Jesus is speaking to Peter here even though all three slept. Peter was the leader and, therefore, responsible'.
4. The phrase What, could ye not watch with me one hour? means: 'Again, this was a command which matches one given to a soldier watch for enemies while in a war zone. in this case, the enemies were spiritual devils and they used sleep as their weapon'.
C26-S41 : Jesus instructs them again.
1. The phrase Watch and pray means: 'Jesus again instructs them what to do'.
2. The phrase that ye enter not into temptation means: 'This is a specific command on what they are to pray for'. Earlier in this chapter Jesus warned them that they would sin by abandoning Him. And, they all denied that they personally would do so. And, later in our chapter, Matthew reports that they did exactly as prophesied. And, they missed the help of God because, as our sentences tell us, they fell asleep instead of watching unto prayer for God to help them to not sin.
3. The phrase the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak means: 'Here, Jesus acknowledges their condition and why they slept'.
C26-S42 : Jesus returns to solitary prayer.
1. The phrase He went away again the second time means: 'This reports the second, of three, times that Jesus prayed'.
2. The phrase and prayed, saying means: 'Notice that He prayed the same prayer as before but uses different words. This is different from saying some memorized prayer over and over. Jesus called that vain repetitions (Matthew 6:7)'.
3. The phrase O my Father, If this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done means: 'This is what Matthew reports Jesus praying'.
C26-S43 : Jesus returns the second time to find the three sleeping.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds what Jesus found the next time that He checked on them.
2. The phrase And he came and found them asleep again means: 'The other Gospel accounts give us a slightly different report while not causing a conflict. Please compare the various accounts if that level of detail is important to you'.
3. The phrase for their eyes were heavy means: 'Here's why they slept. While people can point the finger, most of us, at some times, succumb to the desires of the flesh which war against what God's Holy Spirit wants us to do'.
C26-S44 : Jesus returns to solitary prayer.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the report that Jesus returned to pray a third time.
2. The phrase And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time means: 'This is what Jesus did'.
3. The phrase saying the same words means: 'This is important to understand. We do not have to use different words every time that we pray to God about a certain thing. We can use the same words or we can used different words, as we see in this Gospel account. The main thing to avoid is vain repetitions (Matthew 6:7)'.
C26-S45 : Jesus returns the third time to find the three sleeping.
1. The phrase Then cometh he to his disciples means: 'This is when the next action by Jesus happened'.
2. The phrase and saith unto them means: 'The next phrases are what Jesus said'.
3. The phrase Sleep on now, and take your rest means: 'It is too late to pray for help'.
4. The word: behold means: 'Pay close attention to the next phrase, which is prophecy'.
5. The phrase the hour is at hand means: 'It is now time for Jesus to be betrayed, tortured and crucified'.
6. The phrase and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners means: 'This is the first thing that will happen within less than a day'.
C26-S46 : Jesus tells them that it is time for the next event of the evening.
1. The phrase Rise, let us be going means: 'Get up and go to meet the mob'.
2. The word: behold means: 'Pay close attention to the next phrase, which is prophecy'.
3. The phrase he is at hand that doth betray me means: 'Judas Iscariot was almost there with his mob from the religious leaders'.
C26-S47 : Judas Iscariot arrived with the mob.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the arrival of Judas and the mob.
2. The phrase And while he yet spake means: 'This is the timing of the arrival'.
3. The phrase lo, Judas, one of the twelve came means: 'This sentence fulfills the prophecies of Psalms 41:9 and Psalms 55:12-15 '.
4. The phrase and with him a great multitude with swords and staves means: 'These people fell into mob mentality. a wise person avoids becoming part of a mob'.
5. The phrase from the chief priests and elders of the people means: 'This is who sent them. They claimed to represent God but were willing to have their entire nation punished by God and have the people go to Hell so long as they kept their positions in this world. That is the character of Satan and not of God. We are told to use the Bible to learn the character of our God and to not follow anyone who preaches another god or another lord or another Jesus or another Christ'.
C26-S48 : the sign to the mob who which identified Jesus.
1. The phrase Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying means: 'This was the sign of betrayal that Judas gave them'.
2. The phrase Whomsoever I shall kiss means: 'Several places in the Bible warn us that the most deceitful will kiss while betraying the one they claim to love'.
3. The phrase that same is he means: 'This identified Jesus to the mob who might not be thinking straight while caught up into mob mentality. If you can not personally identify the person whom you hate and wish to kill, then your religious zeal is not from God but is from Satan'.
4. The phrase hold him fast means: 'This showed that Judas did not really know Jesus in spite of all the time that he spent with Jesus. Because of His character, and as we see reported in the Gospel accounts, there was no need to hold him fast. Jesus went willingly to do the will of God the Father and die for our sins'.
C26-S49 : Judas Iscariot gave the sign.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds how Judas acted. It shows his foolishness to arrive leading a mob which was armed with swords and staves and pretend that he was arriving in a friendly and loving attitude.
2. The phrase And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said means: 'Judas walked right up to Him still believing that he was fooling Jesus'.
3. The phrase Hail, master means: 'Notice that this master is lower-case while the Master that he said while at the 'Last Supper' was upper-case. That proves that Judas was lying then but now is revealing his true feelings'.
4. The phrase and kissed him means: 'This is the sign of ultimate betrayal'. Please see the note for the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, attached to the Detailed Note, for more Bible references to a kiss of betrayal.
C26-S50 : Jesus gives Judas a chance to honestly confess his betrayal.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the response from Jesus.
2. The phrase And Jesus said unto him means: 'Jesus ignored the mob and spoke to Judas in a personal manner. Regardless of whom we are with, God still deals with us in a personal manner'.
3. The phrase Friend means: 'Jesus called Judas this because Jesus had always dealt with him as a friend and Judas was still pretending to be a friend to Jesus'.
4. The phrase wherefore art thou come? means: 'Where are you coming fRomans why'. Jesus knew these answers, and the presence of the mob made it obvious what the answers were, but He gave Judas a chance to answer for himself.
C26-S51 : the mob physically grabbed Jesus. Our sentence says: Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
C26-S52 : the servant's ear was cut off.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the violent reaction of Peter.
2. The phrase And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus means: 'Other Gospel accounts identify this as Peter'.
3. The phrase stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off his ear means: 'Apparently, the servant ducked and turned his head when Peter swung to cut his head off and only cut off the ear'.
C26-S53 : Jesus instructs His disciples to not fight. The other Gospel accounts tell us that Jesus healed the servant's ear in addition to saying this sentence.
1. The phrase Then said Jesus unto him means: 'Jesus said this to Peter. This saying proves that the mob did not need the swords and staves which they brought'.
2. The phrase Put up again thy sword into his place means: 'Stop threatening violence'.
3. The phrase for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword means: 'I believe that this applies to people who choose violence as a lifestyle and not to those who only serve mandatory military service'.
C26-S54 : Jesus explains the force He could call if He was willing to do so.
1. The phrase Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father means: 'Jesus just finished an agonizing time of prayer where He agreed to do the will of God the Father'.
2. The phrase and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? means: 'He could have refused to suffer and die for us, but did not'.
C26-S55 : Jesus explains that this is to fulfill scripture.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. The prior sentence told us what Jesus could have done while this sentence tells us why He did not do that. Our sentence says: But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?. The 'Suffering and Death of Jesus' Part of Prophecies Section of the Significant Gospel Events Study has links to many Old Testament references which have the prophecies which Jesus references in this sentence. Further, the Prophecy Fulfilled Section of the Significant Gospel Events Study has links to many other Bible references of prophecies fulfilled by the death, burial and resurrection off Jesus.
C26-S56 : Jesus challenges the multitude about their attitude.
1. The phrase In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes means: 'Jesus had to first calm things down and prevent further violence and get the people to stop shouting and to actually listen before He could ask the question of this sentence'.
2. The phrase Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? means: 'This question was asked to make them think about what they had prepared to do. The next sentence tells them why they did not have to do their preparation. However, before He could tell them the next sentence, He first had to get them calmed down and actually thinking'.
C26-S57 : Jesus explains why their attitude is not needed.
1. The phrase I sat daily with you teaching in the temple means: 'Jesus did this, while He still had time. God the Father kept the religious leaders afraid to act until it was the right time, which means that things had to happen on the right day of the Jewish holy days to fulfill prophecy and so that the symbolic message of the holy days were also fulfilled'.
2. The phrase and ye laid no hold on me means: 'They did not act because God was controlling things even if they refused to acknowledge that truth'.
C26-S58 : Jesus explains that this is a fulfillment of scripture.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. The prior sentence told us that the Jewish religious leaders thought that they were deciding what to do and when while this sentence tells us that God the Father was actually in charge.
2. The phrase But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. The 'Suffering and Death of Jesus' Part of Prophecies Section of the Significant Gospel Events Study has links to many Old Testament references which have the prophecies which Jesus references in this sentence. Further, the Prophecy Fulfilled Section of the Significant Gospel Events Study has links to many other Bible references of prophecies fulfilled by the death, burial and resurrection off Jesus.
C26-S59 : All of the disciples fled. Our sentence says: Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled. Please see the Detailed Note for links to where Jesus prophesied this action and links to references which give us more details about this action.
C26-S60 : Jesus is taken to Caiaphas.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the start of the next incident.
2. The phrase And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest means: 'As I understand things, his son-in-law was the official high priest. Caiaphas had been the high priest. When his time was up, he had his son-in-law appointed as the official high priest, so that he could remain in power and rule through his son-in-law. Thus, while he was not the official high priest, He was the actual'.
3. The phrase where the scribes and the elders were assembled means: 'All of the religious leaders went to the true seat of religious and political power'.
C26-S61 : Peter followed.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. Two sentences prior told us that the disciples all ran away. Now, this sentence tells us that Peter didn't go far and that he followed.
2. The phrase But Peter followed him afar off means: 'This was Peter's first step towards his denial'. Please see SbS-Preacher Missionaries for more on this subject and for how God used Peter to teach us how He trains preachers and missionaries.
3. The phrase unto the high priest's palace means: 'Peter followed where they took Jesus'.
4. The phrase and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end means: 'This is another step towards Peter's denial'.
C26-S62 : the liars could not get their lies into agreement.
1. The word Now lets us know that Matthew is starting to report the next incident of this chapter.
2. The phrase the chief priests, and elders, and all the council means: 'These were the Jewish religious leaders'.
3. The phrase sought false witness against Jesus means: 'This is what they were looking for'.
4. The phrase to put him to death means: 'This is the result that they sought'.
5. The phrase But found none means: 'This is the result that they found'.
6. The word yea is: 'A stronger version of the word yes. There can be no doubt about the phrase which follows this word'.
7. The phrase though many false witnesses came means: 'They brought in many liars'.
8. The phrase yet found they none means: 'None could provide a credible lie'.
C26-S63 : Two misquoted Jesus.
1. The phrase At the last came two false witnesses, And said means: 'They were required by the law to bring a judgment against any Jew. As reported in other Gospel accounts, the main problem was that they had trouble getting two liars to tell compatible lies'.
2. The phrase This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God means: 'He actually said: destroy this temple, meaning that others would destroy His body'.
3. The phrase and to build it in three days means: 'He actually said I will raise it up'.
4. Please see the Detailed Note for more of an explanation and for Bible references to this truth.
C26-S64 : the high priest was frustrated.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds an attempt by the high priest to make Jesus say something that they could use against Him. One of the hardest, but wisest, things to do is to keep silent while you hear people telling lies against you.
2. The phrase And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing?. With this, we see the high priest getting frustrated because his plan was not working like he expected it to.
C26-S65 : the high priest tried to get Jesus to answer lies. Our sentence says: what is it which these witness against thee? Our next sentence (C26-S66) says: But Jesus held his peace. The attempt by the high priest to provoke Jesus into saying something failed.
C26-S67 : the High priest proved that he knew Who Jesus truly was.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds that the high priest legally demanded (I adjure thee) an answer from Jesus.
2. The phrase And the high priest answered and said unto him means: 'The high priest responded to the refusal to say anything'.
3. The phrase I adjure thee by the living God means: 'He legally demanded an answer with God, and God's court being called on to witness the answer'.
4. The phrase that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ means: 'This is what He demanded an answer to'.
5. The phrase the Son of God means: 'This is Who he knew that God's Christ would be'.
C26-S68 : Jesus strongly confirms what the high priest asks.
1. The phrase Jesus saith unto him means: 'Now Jesus answered because he made a legal demand for an answer'.
2. The phrase Thou hast said means: 'You personally have said what you know to be true'. The high priest knew of all of the miracles that Jesus did and he knew that Jesus displayed more Godly wisdom than any other man and he knew the scriptural references which told him that these were the evidences of God's Christ.
3. Devil motivated liars claim that Jesus was not sure if He was God's Christ and they make that claim based on a wrong interpretation of the prior phrase. However, the reaction by the high priest, reported in the next sentence, shows that the prior phrase was a figure-of-speech which means exactly what I provided for the prior phrase
4. The phrase nevertheless I say unto you means: 'The next is what he is warned about, no matter what he does because of the true answer from Jesus'.
5. The phrase Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power means: 'He would see Jesus sitting on the throne in Heaven when he is judged by God'.
6. The phrase and coming in the clouds of heaven means: 'I am not sure when nor how he would experience this'.
C26-S69 : the high priest condemns Jesus for telling the truth.
1. The phrase Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying means: 'The high priest did this to emphasize how he felt'.
2. The phrase He hath spoken blasphemy means: 'Jesus did not blaspheme. The Jewish leaders had added to God's law saying that id anyone admitted that He was God's Christ, then that person blasphemed, even though they knew, from scripture, that God's Christ would admit Who He was'.
3. The phrase what further need have we of witnesses? means: 'Here he had the excuse to demand the crucifixion of Jesus'. . . .
C26-S70 : the high priest lies. Our sentence says: behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. They heard truth which was not blasphemy. Liars always accuse truth-tellers of lying.
C26-S71 : the high priest asks for agreement with his lie. Our sentence says: What think ye?.
C26-S72 : the others agree with murder. Our sentence says: They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
C26-S73 : the first fulfillment of prophecy about the suffering of Christ.
1. The phrase Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him means: 'The religious leaders acted in a way which showed that Satan was their true god. Truly saved people are to act like God and not like a devil'.
2. The phrase and others smote him with the palms of their hands, Saying means: 'These actions were done by servants to the religious leaders'.
3. The phrase Prophesy unto us, thou Christ means: 'This is the perverted definition of the word prophesy'. Yes, before the word of God was completed, God let His true prophets tell future events so that people could verify that their message came from God. However, the main message from the true prophet was from the Lord and was, mainly, doctrine, law and judgment. This can be easily verified by reading the scriptural works from prophets. True prophets delivered the equivalent of the single interpretation while others, like preachers of today, delivered the many applications.
4. The phrase Who is he that smote thee? means: 'This is a deliberate insult and they knew that their demand was not how true prophecy worked'.
C26-S74 : the account returns to Peter. Be careful of people who claim that there are discrepancies between the Gospel accounts of Peter's denials. In one of the other Studies, and in the Doctrinal Study called: Sequence of Gospel Events, I explain how the various accounts fit together without any conflict.
1. The phrase Now Peter sat without in the palace means: 'Matthew is changing the subject of his report to Peter's denial'.
2. The phrase and a damsel came unto him, saying means: 'This is the first cause of his denial'.
3. The phrase Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee means: 'She identified Peter as being from Galilee'.
C26-S75 : Peter denies for the first time.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. The prior sentence told that Peter was with Jesus while this sentence says that he denied.
2. The phrase But he denied before them all, saying means: 'Peter was sitting with servants of the high priest and denied before all of them'.
3. The phrase I know not what thou sayest means: 'This is what Peter said in denial'.
C26-S76 : A second person identifies Peter.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the report of the second denial.
2. The phrase And when he was gone out into the porch means: 'Peter left the group he was sitting with because they suspected the truth. He went to the porch to watch'.
3. The phrase another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there means: 'This maid did not talk directly to Peter but to others so that Peter could hear'.
4. The phrase This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth means: 'She, apparently, saw them together in the days prior'.
C26-S77 : Peter denies for the second time.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the report of the next denial by Peter.
2. The phrase And again he denied with an oath means: 'Peter used an oath to try and convince hos listeners that his lie was actually true'. Be careful of people who sweat they tell truth and use an oath to emphasize their statement.
3. The phrase I do not know the man means: 'This is what Peter said'.
C26-S78 : A third person identifies Peter.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the report of the third denial.
2. The phrase And after a while came unto him they that stood by means: 'Notice the plural word of they. One spoke for the group but there were several which held this opinion. A true child of God can live a lie for a little while but their true internal nature will come out some time'.
3. The phrase and said to Peter means: 'This is whom they talked to'.
4. The phrase Surely thou also art one of them means: 'This was their accusation'.
5. The phrase for thy speech bewrayeth thee means: 'Here's why they believed their accusation. Accents let people know where someone was raised'.
C26-S79 : Peter denies for the third time. Our sentence says: Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. means: 'Peter forgot the prophecy and forgot that God always reveals lies told by His children. They may not be revealed in this life, but if not now then at the judgment seat of Christ where we will give an account for every word (Matthew 4:4) that we say. Therefore, the wise child of God always tells the truth regardless of possible consequences in this world. Think about God revealing your sin to everyone and for all time like He did to Peter'.
C26-S80 : Prophecy fulfilled. Our sentence says: And immediately the cock crew means: 'This was the sign that Jesus gave to Peter so that he would know his prideful sin'.
C26-S81 : Peter remembers the prophecy.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds that Peter realized his sin and at least some of the consequences of that sin.
2. The phrase And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him means: 'Peter remembered the prophecy and Who gave it to him'.
3. The phrase Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice means: 'This was the prophecy'. Please see the Prophecies and the Prophecy Fulfilled Sections of the Significant Gospel Events Study for references to where this prophecy was given and for where it is reported as fulfilled.
C26-S82 : Peter reacts. Our sentence says: And he went out, and wept bitterly. means: 'This account is reported by God, through all Gospel authors, to give warning to God's children about what will happen to them for more than 1,000 years in Heaven if they live a life of denying Jesus'.

Chapter 27 Summary: the Trial and Crucifixion.

Please see the Section called Sequence of the Crucifixion of Jesus in Doctrinal Study called Gospel Time Sequences for the time sequences of incidents reported in this chapter and for references where other Gospel accounts report the same incidents. Please also see the Prophecy Fulfilled Section of the Significant Gospel Events Study for Bible references to this chapter where prophecy was fulfilled.

Matthew 27:1-34; Mark 15:1-20; Luke 23:1-26 and John 18:29-19:16 tell us about the trial of Jesus, done by Pilate and Herod. Jesus was sent to Pilate for a judgment of death since it was not lawful for the Jews to give a death sentence. There is quite a lot, in all of the Gospels, about this judgment. Some of the details are reported in one account but not in others. This trial fulfills Psalms 2, especially Psalms 2:2. In addition, please see the note for John 18:29 which has historical references related to this trial, which come from the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.

In Matthew 27:1-2; Mark 15:1-15; Luke 23:1-7; Luke 23:11-25 and John 18:28 we read that Jesus was sent to Pilate after His trial by the Jews.

While the above is going on, Matthew 27:3-10 tells us about Judas Iscariot realizing what He did and his interaction with the religious leaders. Then Matthew's account returns to telling us about the trial of Jesus by Pilate. In Matthew 27:6-10 the religious leaders decided what to do with the blood money left by Judas Iscariot.

In Matthew 27:11-14; Mark 15:2-5; Luke 23:3 and John 18:33-37, we read about Pilate questioning Jesus: and the various Gospel accounts tell us different details. The accounts start with Pilate asking Jesus: Art thou the King of the Jews? the answer is reported in Matthew 27:11; Mark 15:2; Luke 23:3 and John 18:34. The answer from Jesus, in every Gospel account, is almost the same words(Thou sayest it), except that John relates more of the conversation. Supposedly, that phrase (Thou sayest it) is a figure-of-speech which means: 'This is a truth which has no valid questioning against it'.

Matthew 27:12-14; Mark 15:3-5 and Luke 23:9-10 tell us that Jesus answered nothing to the accusations which the religious leaders brought against Him when He was tried by the civil authorities.

Matthew 27:15-24; Mark 15:6-14; Luke 23:13-24 and John 18:38-40 tell us that Pilate tried to release Jesus as part of an annual release of one criminal by the Roman government.

Matthew 27:16-26; Mark 15:7-15; Luke 23:17-25; John 18:40 and Acts 3:14 tell us about We read about the crowd's preference for Barabbas over Jesus.

(Matthew 27:17; Mark 15:7-8; Luke 23:13-15 and John 19:3) was the first time that Pilate spoke and tried to avoid crucifying Jesus. The first time is also when Luke reports that Pilate called the Jewish leaders and said that he would beat Jesus and then release Him. This was when the Jewish religious leaders stirred up the people to demand Barabbas instead (Luke 23:13-16).

In Matthew 27:19 and John 19:13 we see that Pilate sat in the judgment seat. But, only Matthew 27:19 tells us about Pilate's wife warning him: Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered manythings this day in a dream because of him.

Matthew 27:21-25; Mark 15:12-14; Luke 23:18; John 18:40 and John 19:14-15 tell us that the Jews rejected Jesus. This was after Pilate declared Jesus to be innocent.

Matthew 27:21; Mark 15:12; Luke 23:20 and John 19:12, tell us that Pilate, for a second time (spake again to them), spoke and tried to avoid crucifying Jesus. This was also when Pilate tried an appeal to the masses to not crucify their Messiah / Christ, Who would also be their King.

Then, for the third time, (Matthew 27:22; Mark 15:12; Luke 23:22 and John 19:14) Pilate tried again. The three times lets us know that Pilate was, symbolically, speaking for God and their three rejections would be used by God when he legally judged them for their rejection of Jesus as their King. Thus, we see that Pilate tried more than once and more than one way to keep from crucifying Jesus. However, Pilate eventually did, and was found guilty by God even though he, symbolically, washed his hands and said I am innocent of the blood of this just person (Matthew 27:24).

In addition to that interaction, this was when the Jews said: His blood be on us, and on our children (Matthew 27:25).

Matthew 27:23-25; Mark 15:13-14; Luke 23:21; John 19:6 and John 19:15-16 tell us that the Jewish leaders and the people prove their rejection when they cried crucify him.

Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15; Luke 23:24 and John 19:16 tell us that Pilate condemned Jesus to death. Further, Luke 23:24 reports Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. These references give us the reports of the official legal judgment by the Roman Government. This was after Pilate declared Jesus to be innocent in John 19:4, John 19:6 and Luke 23:4.

Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15 and John 19:1 tell us that Jesus was scourged. Jesus prophesized that this would happen in Matthew 20:19.

In Matthew 27:27-31; Mark 15:16-19 and John 19:1-5 we read that Pilate let his soldiers abuse Jesus and then brought Jesus back before the crowd wearing a crown of thorns and tried to release Him again. But the religious leaders stirred up the crowd to demand crucify Him.

In Matthew 27:28; Matthew 27:28 and John 19:3-4 we read that they clothed him with purple / put on him a scarlet robe as a mockery of His being King of the Jews. In addition, Matthew 27:31 and Mark 15:20 tells us that they, later, took it off.

In: Matthew 27:29; Mark 15:17 and John 19:2-3 we read that a crown of thorns was put on the head of Jesus.

Matthew 27:31; Mark 15:20-22; Luke 23:26 and John 19:16-24 report that Jesus was taken to be crucified.

Matthew 27:32; Mark 15:21 and Luke 23:26 tell us that the soldiers laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.

Matthew 27:33-37; Mark 15:22-24 and Luke 23:34 tells us what the soldiers did at the time that they crucified Jesus.

Matthew 27:33; Mark 15:22 and John 19:17 report that We are told that Jesus was crucified at Golgotha. Luke 23:33 tells us the same thing only uses the name of Calvary for the same place.

Matthew 27:34; Matthew 27:48; Mark 15:36; Luke 23:36-37; John 19:29-30 tell us that Jesus was given vinegar to drink while on the cross. Matthew 27:34; and probably, Luke 23:36-37 tell us that it was mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. This is assumed to be because gall dulled the senses and it was offered to Him as an insult. However, when it was offered plain, as in the other references, Jesus did drink.

Matthew 27:35-50; Mark 15:23-37; Luke 23:32-46 and John 19:17-30 report that Jesus was on the cross.

Matthew 27:36-37 reports about the soldiers that sitting down they watched him there. Matthew 27:39-49; Mark 15:29-36 and Luke 23:35-43 report others watching and mocking Jesus. Please note that some mocking was before the cross, by different groups, and there was also more mocking while Jesus was on the cross.

Matthew 27:37; Matthew 1:21; Matthew 1:25; Luke 1:31; Luke 2:21 and John 19:19 all use JESUS, in all capitals. This capitalization directly ties these verses together, and also ties this verse to the name Saviour.

Matthew 27:37; Mark 15:26; Luke 23:38 and John 19:19-20 tell us the superscription that Pilate had put on the cross of Jesus. John 19:21-22 tells us that the chief priests of the Jews objected to the truth of the title and wanted it changed to support their lie but Pilate refused to change the superscription.

Matthew 27:38; Mark 15:27; Luke 23:32-33 and John 19:17-18. All report that Jesus was crucified between two malefactors.

Matthew 27:39-49; Mark 15:29-36 and Luke 23:35-43 report others watching and mocking Jesus. However, John 19:25-27 tells us about the loved ones of Jesus being there and Jesus talking to them.

Matthew 27:45; Mark 15:33 and Luke 23:44 tells us that there was darkness over the whole land (from the sixth hour) until the ninth hour. The fact that this incident is reported in three Gospel accounts makes it very important. In addition, the fact that it was prophesied also makes it important. It was prophesied in: Psalms 105:28; Joel 2:31; Amos 5:18; Amos 8:9 and Habakkuk 3:11. In addition, it is related to one of the plagues on Egypt found in Exodus 10:21-23. Further, it foreshadows Revelation 6:12 and Revelation 8:12.

Matthew 27:50; Mark 15:37; Luke 23:46 and John 19:30 all tell us that Jesus literally physically died and that He chose the time of His death. In John 10:15 and John 10:17 Jesus prophesied that He would lay down my life. In addition, we also have prophecies in the Old Testament in: Exodus 12:46; Numbers 9:12; Psalms 22:14; Psalms 22:16-17; Psalms 34:20 and Zechariah 12:10.

Starting in Matthew 27:51, and continuing through the rest of the chapter, we read about the reaction of various people to the death of Jesus.

we read about the resurrection of the dead in Matthew 22:23-32; Matthew 24:31; Matthew 25:1-13; Matthew 27:51-53 and in many other places within the New Testament. Therefore, these references should be used to comfort the saints about God's repeated promise of our own resurrection.

Matthew 27:51-53 Mark 15:38 and Luke 23:45 tell us that the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.

In Matthew 27:54; Mark 15:39 and Luke 23:47 tell us that: when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.

Matthew 27:54 and Luke 23:48 use different words to tell us that the people: saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, (and) they feared greatly.

Matthew 27:55-56; Mark 15:40-41; Luke 23:49 and John 19:25 tell us that there were followers of Jesus at the cross.

Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56 and John 19:38-42 report that Jesus was buried.

Joseph of Arimathaea, is named in all four (4) Gospel accounts in: Matthew 27:57; Mark 15:43; Luke 23:50-51 and John 19:38.

Matthew 27:57-58; Mark 15:42-43; Luke 23:52 and John 19:38 tell us that Joseph went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
John 19:39-41 tell us that Joseph and Nicodemus took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices and that where they put the body of Jesus was in a garden.
Matthew 27:59-60; Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53 and John 19:40-42 tell us about Joseph putting the body of Jesus into a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid In addition, they rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
Matthew 27:61; Mark 15:42-47 and Luke 23:55 report that the women who were at the sepulchre.

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge provides a chapter outline as:

1-2. Christ is delivered bound to Pilate.
3-18. Judas hangs himself.
19. Pilate, admonished of his wife,
20-26. and being urged by the multitude, washes his hands, and looses Barabbas.
27-32. Christ is mocked and crowned with thorns;
33-38. crucified;
39-49. reviled;
50-61. dies, and is buried;
62-66. his sepulchre is sealed and watched. '.

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C27-S1 : Jesus was sent to Pilate for crucifixion.
1. The phrase When the morning was come means: 'This is when they took their next step. They could not take Jesus to the governor before he was up and ready for business. Therefore, they, and their servants, continued to abuse Jesus until morning'.
2. The phrase all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death means: 'This is what they determined to do even though He was innocent. That was so obvious that Matthew 27:18 tells us: For he (Pilate) knew that for envy they (the religious leaders) had delivered him (Jesus)'.
3. The phrase And when they had bound him means: 'They continued to treat Jesus as a common criminal who would try to get away. They did not understand that they were doing God's will so that Jesus could die and pay for our sins'.
4. The phrase they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor means: 'They were not allowed to put anyone to death. Only the Roman governor had that authority. God made sure that representatives of all peoples were involved so that no group of people could honestly claim innocence'.
C27-S2 : Judas Iscariot tried to return the blood price.
1. The phrase Then Judas, which had betrayeth him means: 'This is who acted in this sentence'.
2. The phrase when he saw that he was condemned means: 'He never really thought through what would be all of the consequences of his action. Most people also fail to truly consider the consequences and are, later, appalled at what they caused to happen'.
3. The phrase repented himself means: 'Now he changed his mind about what he did'.
4. The phrase and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying means: 'He tried to undo what he did'.
5. The phrase I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood means: 'Here he acknowledged what he did. And, the religious leaders were also guilty of the same sin but they did not care. They believed the religious lie which assured them that they would go to Heaven and that God would not punish them for their actions because of the families which they had been born into'.
C27-S3 : the religious leaders refused to undo the deal. Our sentence says: And they said, What is that to us? means: 'They didn't care about the consequence to Judas. They proved that Satan was their spiritual father because they didn't care about someone else going to Hell'.
C27-S4 : the religious leaders told Judas it was his problem. Our sentence says: see thou to that means: 'That is your own personal problem. Stop bothering us with it and you take care of your own problem'.
C27-S5 : Judas Iscariot tried to avoid reaping what he had sowed.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds how Judas responded.
2. The phrase And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple means: 'Judas threw away what he had thought was so valuable. Now that it was too late, he realized that he had thrown away what was most valuable. He threw away his personal relationship with Jesus and, at the same time his everlasting salvation. Many people believe that as long as you are alive you can get saved but Judas shows us otherwise. Please see the Message called Judas Iscariot was not saved '.
3. The phrase and departed means: 'Judas left after he realized that the religious leaders wanted nothing more to do with him after they used him to achieve their own sinful goals'.
4. The phrase and went and hanged himself means: 'Judas realized he had no more hope of salvation and no more reason to live'. That is what a life of sin will do to someone. He lived for money. He controlled the money among the disciples. At the end of his life, he literally threw away the money.
C27-S6 : the religious leaders determine what to do with the blood money.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds what the religious leaders did with the money. They thought that the physical money would make them spiritually unclean while their murder of Jesus had no spiritual effect. And that is the major error of religion. They believe that what is done physically forces spiritual results. However, miracles prove that the spiritual can overcome the limits of physical laws. What is done physically only affects the spiritual when we fulfill the requirements to fulfill a spiritual promise. Then, we do not force the spiritual being to keep their promise and give us a miracle. The keeping of promises is dependent upon the reliability of the spiritual being.
2. The phrase And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said means: 'This was the decision from the religious leaders'.
3. The phrase It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury means: 'They believed that it was unlawful to mix spiritually unclean money with spiritually clean money'.
4. The phrase because it is the price of blood means: 'Please see the note from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, with the Detailed Note for this sentence. It provides a more detailed explanation of the motivations of the religious leaders'.
C27-S7 : they bought a field to bury people.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds what they did with the money.
2. The phrase And they took counsel means: 'They asked for advice from others'.
3. The phrase and bought with them the potter's field means: 'This is what they did with the money'.
4. The phrase to bury strangers in means: 'This is their intended use'.
C27-S8 : Why the field has its name. Our sentence says: Wherefore that field was called, the field of blood, unto this day.
C27-S9 : this fulfilled prophecy.
1. The phrase Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet means: 'Commentators claim that Matthew was in error by naming Jeremiah and not Zechariah. Please see the Detailed Note for the explanation of why Matthew did not make an error. Matthew emphasized that the people giving reprobate silver were leading God's people into doctrinal error'.
2. The phrase , saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value means: 'This is the price that the religious leaders gave for the life of Jesus. As explained in the Detailed Note, this amount is not consistent, as the price of a man, throughout the Bible. Therefore, the emphasis which many put on the amount is due to accepting what commentators writhe without verifying their claims before accepting them'.
3. The phrase And gave them for the potter's field means: 'A field was bought in more than one reference of the Old Testament and for more than one reason. In Jeremiah, the field was bought for an inheritance. In Matthew, the field was bought to bury strangers, who were the people that the Jews were supposed to take the Gospel to but the Jews refused. The price of the field was what Jesus paid to save those strangers'.
4. The phrase as the Lord appointed me means: 'Notice that it is the Lord Who determined that the field be bought and that it was done for His spiritual reason'.
C27-S10 : the governor asks Jesus about the accusations made against Him.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the governor asking Jesus about the accusations made against Him. Notice that the high priest legally demanded (I adjure thee by the living God) that Jesus answer if He was God's Christ and, therefore, the King of the Jews. When He answered YES, they rejected the truth and beat and abused Him. Now, they are using the very truth which they rejected to make an accusation against Him to the Roman governor.
2. The phrase And Jesus stood before the governor means: 'The representative of the Roman government, and of all Gentiles before God, had to judge Jesus'.
3. The phrase and the governor asked him, saying means: 'The governor sought to verify the legal claims made by the Jewish religious leaders'.
4. The word: art is: 'The word are with a never ending, ongoing form of existence'. Therefore, our phrase Art thou the King of the Jews? means: 'Are you the never ending, ongoing King of the Jews'. Notice the capitalization in this sentence and phrase. They identify Jesus with these roles of God even though the governor did not personally believe that Jesus was / is God in human flesh.
C27-S11 : Jesus gave the strongest possible affirmation.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the answer from Jesus.
2. The phrase And Jesus said unto him means: 'Where Jesus refused to answer the religious leaders, He did answer Pilate. (Look at the next sentence.) the difference in His response was due to the difference in the attitude of the person asking the question'.
3. The phrase Thou sayest means: 'This is a figure-of-speech which means: 'This is a truth which is so well known that even you, the governor of a foreign land and culture, know it''. Be careful of commentators. Some give a wrong interpretation of this phrase and claim that this answer shows that Jesus was not sure if he was or if He was not. However, Jesus was condemned because He very clearly told the religious that He was. Other religions claim that Jesus never said the very thing which the religious leaders condemned Him for admitting. Therefore, the world is full of different religious lies and each person is required, by God, to verify what they accept as truth.
C27-S12 : Jesus refused to answer other accusations. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the refusal of Jesus to answer the questions and accusations by the Jewish religious leaders. It is significant that this sentence starts with the word And, which means that the reader is required to keep it in context with the prior sentence. Where Jesus refused to answer the religious leaders, in this sentence, He did answer Pilate, in the prior sentence. The difference in His response was due to the difference in the attitude of the person asking the question. Our sentence says: And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
C27-S13 : Pilate asks Jesus about His refusal to answer.
1. The phrase Then said Pilate unto him means: 'Pilate said this to Jesus because very few people have enough self control to keep their mouth shut when lies are being told about them. And, this is especially true when the lies are intended to result in death. However, Jesus knew that they would not listen. Therefore, no matter what He said, it could only make matters worse'.
2. The phrase Hearest thou not how manythings they witness against thee? means: 'This is what the Jewish religious leaders were doing and which Jesus refused to respond to'.
C27-S14 : Jesus still refuses to answer.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the response of the governor to the refusal by Jesus to respond to the lies.
2. The phrase And he answered him to never a word means: 'Jesus refused to say anything'.
3. The phrase insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly means: 'The governor never met anyone with such self control and, given the circumstances and type of accusations which Jesus ignored, it caused him to marvel greatly'.
C27-S15 : Circumstances that affected things.
1. The phrase Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner. This sentence starts with the word Now to let us know that Matthew is starting the report of the next incident. Our phrase means: 'This was the custom at that time which Pilate tried to use to do the right thing'.
2. The phrase whom they would means: 'The Jews made the decision, not the governor'.
C27-S16 : Introduction of Barabbas. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the information about the prisoner recommended by Pilate. Our sentence says: And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
C27-S17 : Pilate asked the crowd for their preference.
1. The phrase Therefore when they were gathered together means: 'The Jewish religious leaders had gathered a mob who supported them and who would do their will'.
2. The phrase Pilate said unto them means: 'The governor asked them about their tradition'.
3. The phrase Whom will ye that I release unto you? means: 'He spoke to the common Jews hoping that they would go against the will of the Jewish religious leaders'.
C27-S18 : Pilate lists their choices. Our sentence says: Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?. Notice that Pilate is emphasizing that Jesus is called Christ He is trying to get the mob to understand the religious lie which the Jewish religious leaders were using to try and murder Jesus.
C27-S19 : Pilate knew why the religious leaders wanted to murder Jesus. Our sentence says: For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
C27-S20 : Pilate's wife warned him against making the judgment.
1. The phrase When he was set down on the judgment seat means: 'Pilate sat there to show that he would render a legal judgment from the Roman government'.
2. The phrase his wife sent unto him, saying means: 'His wife sent him a warning about his judgment'.
3. The phrase Have thou nothing to do with that just man means: 'This is what she warned him to personally not do anything against Jesus'.
4. The phrase for I have suffered manythings this day in a dream because of him means: 'Here's why. God had used his wife to warn Pilate. He listened but was more afraid of losing his position when the Jewish religious leaders threatened to complain to Caesar. And, according to history, he lost his position anyway and dies in a lot lesser social and political position'.
C27-S21 : the religious leaders convinced the people to participate in the murder of Jesus.
1. Our sentence starts with the word But. Our prior sentences told us what Pilate tried to do while this sentence tells us that the Jewish religious leaders persuaded the people to do something different.
2. The phrase But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas means: 'This is the first thing that they convinced the mob to demand'.
3. The phrase and destroy Jesus means: 'This is the second thing that they convinced the mob to demand'.
C27-S22 : Pilate asks again.
1. The phrase The governor answered and said unto them means: 'Pilate demanded their choice after he limited it to only the two men. He hoped to force the crowd to agree to release Jesus'.
2. The phrase Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? means: 'Here was his question to the mob'.
C27-S23 : the crowd chose Barabbas. Our sentence says: They said, Barabbas.
C27-S24 : Pilate asks them for their judgment of Jesus which is called Christ.
1. The phrase Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? means: 'This is the second time that Pilate emphasizes to them that Jesus is called Christ. He is hoping that they will consider the spiritual consequences of their choice. However, they had been too well trained to look at the physical religious considerations and to ignore the true spiritual considerations'. Notice that Pilate is emphasizing that Jesus is called Christ He is trying to get the mob to understand the religious lie which the Jewish religious leaders were using to try and murder Jesus.
C27-S25 : they demand crucifixion. Our sentence says: They all say unto him, Let him be crucified means: 'Notice that all of the people, in that mob, said this. Thus, they each brought God's condemnation upon themselves. In a couple more sentences, they added: His blood be on us, and on our children. Thus, they also brought God's condemnation upon their children'.
C27-S26 : Pilate asks for justification. He was trying to get them to actually think and not just support the mob mentality. Our sentence says: And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done?.
C27-S27 : they refuse justification and increase their demand. Our sentence starts with the word But. Our prior sentence told us that Pilate tried to get the people to think while this sentence tells us that they refused and hung onto their mob mentality. This is the danger of being part of a mob. Our sentence says: But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
C27-S28 : Pilate tried to avoid responsibility.
1. The phrase When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing means: 'He saw how the mob mentality had control of the people'.
2. The phrase but that rather a tumult was made means: 'They were getting ready to riot and that would look bad for him as governor'.
3. The phrase he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying means: 'Pilate tries to ceremoniously separate himself from the guilt of his legal decision'.
4. The phrase I am innocent of the blood of this just person means: 'This is what he claimed but he could not remove responsibility by doing a ceremony'. Lots of people want to be in charge but do not want the responsibilities of decisions which they make. However, when someone accepts a position of leadership, they also accept the responsibilities of that position.
5. The phrase see ye to it means: 'Pilate tried to put all of the blame on the people. And, many people today blame the Jews and try to claim that the Gentiles are innocent. However, the word of God makes it clear that all of the people in the Earth are guilty'.
C27-S29 : All the people took responsibility upon themselves and their children.
1. The phrase Then answered all the people, and said means: 'They acknowledged their own guilt. Their acknowledgement did not relieve Pilate of his guilt like he hoped it would. When more than one person is involved in a crime, all are guilty of all that is done in the crime. For example, a driver sitting in a car outside of a bank is guilty of murder if another of the criminals kills someone in the bank. Sin is a violation of God's law (1John 3:4). Therefore, all involved are guilty of all that was done to Jesus'.
2. The phrase His blood be on us means: 'The Jews understood that the life is in the blood(Genesis 9:4-5; Leviticus 17:11; Leviticus 17:14; Deuteronomy 12:23; John 1:14; John 6:53-54)'.
3. The phrase and on our children means: 'God warned the Jews that The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation(Exodus 20:5; Exodus 34:7; Numbers 14:18; Deuteronomy 5:9; Deuteronomy 23:8)'.
C27-S30 : Pilate released Barabbas and had Jesus crucified.
1. The phrase Then released he Barabbas unto them means: 'Pilate gave them their choice, as was the custom'.
2. The phrase and when he had scourged Jesus means: 'Pilate scourged Jesus, as was prophesied'.
3. The phrase he delivered him to be crucified means: 'This was also prophesied'..
C27-S31 : the Roman soldiers abused Jesus.
1. The phrase Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall means: 'They hated the Jews and their assignment there'.
2. The phrase and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers means: 'All were allowed to vent their anger at Jews'
C27-S32 : the Roman soldiers insulted Jesus. Our sentence says: And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe means: 'They chose this color because He was King of the Jews'.
C27-S33 : the Roman soldiers abused and insulted the messenger from God.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds their insult and injury which they, symbolically, did to all Jews by doing it to the King of the Jews.
2. The phrase And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head means: 'Supposedly, the thorns which grow in that area are as sharp and as strong as steel nails. Reportedly, they beat these into His head'.
3. The phrase and a reed in his right hand means: 'This was symbolic of a king's sceptre and authority'.
4. The phrase and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying means: 'In this, they mocked all Jews and all Jewish authority including the authority from God'. Many people still do this today.
5. The phrase Hail, King of the Jews! means: 'This was to scorn God because the Jews refused to rightly represent God'. Likewise, when people claim to be Christian, while living worldly, they cause lost people to mock God and the word of God.
C27-S34 : the Roman soldiers fulfilled prophecy with their abuse and insults.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the soldiers expressing their true feelings for the Jews and al things related to the Jews.
2. The phrase And they spit upon him means: 'This is a common form of insult and a way of spreading germs'.
3. The phrase and took the reed, and smote him on the head means: 'This expressed their disdain of all Jewish authority'. In this, they expressed what devils wished they could do to God
C27-S35 : the Roman soldiers led him away to crucify him.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds that they added the worst injury that they could give to the prior insults.
2. The phrase And after that they had mocked him means: 'This was added after the insults'.
3. The phrase they took the robe off from him means: 'They were not giving up the robe'.
4. The phrase and put his own raiment on him means: 'This was to lead Him to the place of crucifixion'.
5. The phrase and led him away to crucify him means: 'This is what they did next'.
C27-S36 : the Roman soldiers compelled Simon to carry the cross.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the fact that the Roman Soldiers compelled another man to carry the cross of Jesus because He was in such bad physical shape that they were afraid that He might not make it to the place to be crucified.
2. The phrase And as they came out means: 'This was as the Roman soldiers came out of their hall'.
3. The phrase they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name means: 'He, supposedly, was a black man'. Mark 15:21 says And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. Romans 16:13 says that the scribe used by Paul was a son of this man, which indicates that he and his family were saved at a later time.
4. The phrase him they compelled to bear his cross means: 'Manythings which we find to be difficult in this life are used by God for our good'.
C27-S37 : they offered a pain duller to Jesus.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds what they did when they arrived at the place where they crucified Jesus.
2. The phrase And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull means: 'This was where they crucified Jesus'.
3. The phrase They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall. The gall was used as a pain killer.
4. The phrase and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink means: 'Jesus refused it because He paid the full price for our sins'.
C27-S38 : they fulfilled further prophecy.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the fact that all prophecy was fulfilled. Some liars claim that Jesus deliberately did things to fulfill prophecy. In certain Bible references we are told that he did so. However, in other Bible references, such as this sentence, He could no do so. Therefore, the claim which denies that God had to give the prophecy, based upon Jesus fulfilling some of the prophecies, is a lie.
2. The phrase And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots means: 'This is what the Roman soldiers did'.
3. The phrase that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, they parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots means: 'The Roman soldiers fulfilled the prophecy of Psalms 22:18. If they had known that they were fulfilling prophecy, they probably would have tried to change something. We can know that God gave the prophecy because He used even lost people to prove that He is the most powerful Being that exists and that all devils and all men combined can not keep Him from fulfilling His promises and His prophecies'.
C27-S39 : they put up a sign of His accusation.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds that the lost Roman soldiers became witnesses of what happened.
2. The phrase And sitting down they watched him there means: 'The lost Roman soldiers became witnesses of what happened'.
3. The phrase And set up over his head his accusation written means: 'The accusation of the Jewish religious leaders was written and nailed above His head'. Other Gospel accounts tell is that Pilate had this written in all of the languages used by people in that area and time. They also tell us that the Jewish religious leaders tries to get Pilate to change the sign, but he refused.
4. The phrase This IS JESUS thE KING OF thE JEWS means: 'This was the accusation of the Jewish religious leaders'.
C27-S40 : Jesus was crucified with criminals.
1. The phrase Then were there two thieves crucified with him means: 'This sentence starts the report about the two thieves'.
2. The phrase one on the right hand, and another on the left means: 'Jesus was on the middle cross'.
C27-S41 : Jesus was insulted while on the cross.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds what ignorant people said. They thought they were repeating what Jesus said but they got it wrong.
2. The phrase And they that passed by reviled him means: 'They added insult to His injury and death. Though most probably didn't realize it, they were motivated to do this by devils'.
3. The phrase wagging their heads, And saying means: 'This is what they did'.
4. The phrase Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days means: 'This is what they said'.
5. The phrase save thyself means: 'They did not realize the spiritual consequences of what they said'.
C27-S42 : Further insults given.
1. The phrase If thou be the Son of God means: 'This is the same claim made by Satan when tempting Jesus. Thus, they proved that they were acting as ministers of Satan'.
2. The phrase come down from the cross means: 'If Jesus had done that then He would have wasted His entire physical life'.
C27-S43 : Insults from the chief priests.
1. The phrase Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said means: 'These were the Jewish religious leaders'.
2. The phrase He saved others; himself he cannot save means: 'They failed to understand the difference between can not and will not'. They also did not understand His prophecies as shown by what people mockingly misquoted Him. They claimed that He said: thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days. They thought that He was talking about the stone building. He actually said: Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up, speaking of His body. Therefore, they were in the process of destroying His body and in three days he would raise it up, thereby proving that He could save Himself.
C27-S44 : Lies from the chief priests.
1. The phrase If he be the King of Israel means: 'The chief priests had Jesus crucified because He admitted that He was God's Christ and the King of Israel. They did this based upon their additions to God's law, which were illegal. However, it their additions were legal, they were wrong to have Jesus crucified so long as they had any question about the accuracy of the claim. Therefore, this phrase is another proof that they acted illegally'.
2. The phrase let him now come down from the cross means: 'Jesus had given them so many miracles, as signs that He was God's Christ and the King of Israel, that John wrote that all of them could not be reported. They did not need another sign. This is another attempt to make Jesus do a miracle when they demanded in order to claim that He submitted to them and, thereby, proved that they had greater authority than He had. Jesus refused this demand in the past and, among other reasons, He refused it at this time also'.
3. The phrase and we will believe him means: 'This is a blatant lie. They refused to believe in the past and proved that they would refuse to believe no matter how many proofs that He provided'.
4. We have a similar thing going on today in the Philippines and it also went on for years in the U.S. Devil motivated ministers of Satan claimed to be true preachers and claimed that God lied when He said that He would keep his commandments to a thousand generations. (That's 20,000 years and this world in only just over 7,000 years old.) these liars come up with many lies about the word of God and claim that Godly people have to devote their lives to disputing the lies and can not dismiss all of the lies based upon the face that they have proven the devil motivated ministers of Satan to be liars. Satan used those lies to cause the U.S. to stop being the top missionary sending country in the world. In the Gospel times, Satan tried to also use lies to entangle Jesus and keep Him from devoting His life to the service of God the Father. Today, Satan is again using his devil motivated ministers to entangle Pilipino believers in false arguments so that they stop sending out missionaries to take the Gospel to the world.
C27-S45 : Insult given to God.
1. The phrase He trusted in God means: 'This statement is true'.
2. The phrase let him deliver him now, if he will have him means: 'Let God the Father take Jesus off the cross if God will have Him'. Here, they are trying to dictate to God the Father what to do. God the Father let Jesus be put on the cross to die and pay for our sins. However, that is a spiritual reason which these devil motivated ministers of Satan did not understand. The only thing which they considered was the physical perspective. The fact is that God the Father will deliver him after Jesus gets into Hell by restoring His power and authority as God. God is always righteous and, therefore, could not force Himself into Satan's domain. But Jesus was there righteously after He died and the devils dragged Him to Hell. Once there, Jesus bound Satan and all devils and robbed Satan. So, God the Father did deliver him, but only when it was the right time and the right place.
3. The phrase for he said, I am the Son of God means: 'Here's why they said that God the Father should deliver him, And, as explained for the prior note, God the Father did do so'.
C27-S46 : Insult from the criminals.
1. The phrase The thieves also, which were crucified with him means: 'They were also crucified and, therefore, dying'.
2. The phrase cast the same in his teeth means: 'They said the same thing. However, Luke 23:39-42 tells us that the one repented and changed what he said. And, even on the cross, Jesus promised him salvation'.
C27-S47 : A sign from God. Our sentence says: Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. This is also reported in Mark 15:33 and Luke 23:44. In addition, It was prophesied in: Psalms 105:28; Isaiah 50:3-4; Joel 2:31; Amos 5:18; Amos 8:9-10 and Habakkuk 3:11. In addition, it is related to one of the plagues on Egypt found in Exodus 10:21-23. Further, it foreshadows Revelation 6:12 and Revelation 8:12.
C27-S48 : One of the eight sayings from the cross in the original language. Our next sentence gives us the interpretation.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds a saying of Jesus just before He died.
2. The phrase And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying means: 'This was very close to when He chose to die'.
3. The phrase Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? means: 'This is what He said'.
C27-S49 : the interpreted saying. Our sentence says: that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? means: 'It is generally accepted that God the Father turned His back on Jesus after He made Jesus to be sin so that He could pay for all of the sins of the world'.
C27-S50 : the misunderstanding.
1. The phrase Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said means: 'They thought that Jesus said something different from what He actually said'.
2. The phrase This man calleth for Elias means: 'This is what they thought he said'.
C27-S51 : A non-polluted drink.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds what someone did to try and make Jesus live longer so that they could hear what more He might say. This is what passed for entertainment at that time and place.
2. The phrase And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed means: 'This is what they did. This is different from what the soldiers did as reported in Matthew 27:33-34. They included gall, which Jesus rejected. This did not include gall'.
C27-S52 : Some people watched for a wrong thing.
1. The phrase The rest said, Let be means: 'Don't interfere'.
2. The phrase let us see whether Elias will come to save him means: 'They waited but Jesus had not said what they thought he said'.
C27-S53 : Jesus chose when to die.
1. The phrase Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice means: 'Matthew does not report this saying'. There is a famous preaching which is doctrinal error called: 'Seven Sayings from the Cross'. If the reader checks, they will see that there are actually eight sayings. However, the preacher believed that seven was 'the number of completion' and believed that the symbolic meaning of numbers is absolute. (The truth is that symbolic meanings are found within the context and can vary from one context to another.) therefore, he claimed to correct the inerrant word of God. This is why we need to verify all claims about the word of God before we accept them as God's truth.
2. The phrase yielded up the ghost means: 'Jesus chose when His soul and spirit abandoned His body. Others in the Bible are reported to do the same even though most people can not choose their instant of death'.
C27-S54 : Other signs from God.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds many signs from God which confirm the Gospel.
2. The phrase And, behold means: 'Pay close attention to these signs which God gave when Jesus died'.
3. The phrase the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom means: 'Supposedly, that veil was so thick that men would have trouble cutting it with a sharp sword. In addition, only God could rent in twain from the top to the bottom. It is generally accepted that this was a sign, from God, that, through Jesus, we could now enter the holy-of-holies'.
4. The phrase and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent means: 'Reportedly, a true large earthquake, which also splits rocks, requires more power than most atomic bombs can produce. Again, this is a sign from God. There is disagreement as to what this sign means exactly'.
5. The phrase And the graves were opened means: 'This is another sign from God which means that the preparation for the next sign had been completed'.
6. The phrase and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection means: 'Be sure that you pay attention to the phrase after his resurrection. That means that the graves were open for three days while Jesus was in Hell defeating all of the devils. This is obviously a sign to the Jews that resurrection was possible and the way for resurrection had been opened'.
7. The phrase and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many means: 'Imagine one of them showing up at a meeting of the Sadducees, who deny resurrection. Imagine someone whose funeral you attended more than a year ago showing up at your house. Imagine being one of the mob who cried crucify him! and then having a resurrected saint showing up at your door and explaining exactly whom you insisted had to be crucified'.
C27-S55 : Some believed because of the signs from God.
1. The phrase Now when the centurion, and they that were with him. means: 'This is who'.
2. The phrase watching Jesus means: 'This is what they were doing'.
3. The phrase saw the earthquake, and those things that were done means: 'This is what they saw'.
4. The phrase they feared greatly, saying means: 'This is how they reacted'.
5. The phrase Truly this was the Son of God means: 'This was their conclusion'.
C27-S56 : the women followers who were at the foot of the cross.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the witnesses among saved women.
2. The phrase And many women were there beholding afar off means: 'They were there as witnesses but stayed out of the way so that violent men would not attack them for some imagined slight'.
3. The phrase which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him means: 'These were the women who provides physical and financial support to the ministry of Jesus'.
4. The phrase Among which was Mary Magdalene means: 'She was sister to Lazarus and Martha'.
5. The phrase and Mary the mother of James and Joses means: 'This Mary was the mother of the man who became pastor of the church at Antioch'. Please see the Detailed Note for the Bible references which tell us this truth.
6. The phrase and the mother of Zebedee's children means: 'The mother of the apostles: James and John'.
C27-S57 : the men who buried Jesus.
1. The phrase When the even was come means: 'Sunset, about 6PM'.
2. The phrase there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph means: 'Who he was'.
3. The phrase who also himself was Jesus' disciple means: 'His relationship to Jesus'.
4. The phrase He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus means: 'What he did'.
C27-S58 : Pilate commanded the release. Our sentence says: Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered means: 'Other Gospel accounts give more details. They first verified that Jesus was actually dead. Then they removed His body from the cross and gave it to the men with Joseph'.
C27-S59 : Joseph put the body of Jesus in his own new tomb.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds how Joseph took care of the body of Jesus.
2. The phrase And when Joseph had taken the body means: 'This was when he could act. Because of the late hour and because it was almost time for the sabbath to start, there was a time limit on what could be done'.
3. The phrase he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth means: 'This was the basic covering of a body'.
4. The phrase And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock means: 'This is where he put the body of Jesus'.
5. The phrase and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre means: 'He protected the body from any vandal'.
6. The phrase and departed means: 'He went home as required by Jewish law for the sabbath'.
C27-S60 : the women watched.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the women who watched so that they could return, after the sabbath, to finish preparing the body for burial.
2. The phrase And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary means: 'They were identified earlier in this chapter'.
3. The phrase sitting over against the sepulchre means: 'They watched from a position which was not in the way of the men working'.
C27-S61 : the religious leaders remembered the prophecy.
1. The phrase Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation means: 'This was as soon as they could go without violating sabbath laws'.
2. The phrase the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, Saying means: 'This is who went and to whom they went'.
3. The phrase Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive means: 'This is how they identified Jesus'.
4. The phrase After three days I will rise again means: 'Notice that now they understand what Jesus truly said. However, before the crucifixion and at their trial, everyone insisted the He spoke of the stone building'.
C27-S62 : they tried to thwart God from fulfilling prophecy. The religious leaders claim that the disciples will do what they would do to propagate a lie. Satan had them make this claim and then when the truth came out, they claimed that their lie was truth and that the truth was a lie.
1. The phrase Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day means: 'This was the demand that they made on the Roman government'.
2. The phrase lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away means: 'This is how they would set up the lie'.
3. The phrase and say unto the people means: 'They would broadcast their lie far and wide and loudly'.
4. The phrase He is risen from the dead means: 'This was the proclaimed truth which the religious leaders called a lie'.
5. The phrase so the last error shall be worse than the first means: 'This is what they wanted to happen. They would rather that all of the Jewish people go to hell with them than that they be proven wrong and the Jewish people get truly saved'.
C27-S63 : Pilate agreed to their request.
1. The phrase Pilate said unto them means: 'Pilate gave them what they asked for'.
2. The phrase Ye have a watch means: 'He ordered the soldiers to do the job'.
3. The phrase go your way means: 'Pilate told them to leave'.
4. The phrase make it as sure as ye can means: 'Pilate doubted that it would produce the results that they wanted'.
C27-S64 : the watch made the sepulchre sure.
1. The phrase So they went, and made the sepulchre sure means: 'This is what the Jewish religious leaders did'.
2. The phrase sealing the stone, and setting a watch means: 'This is what the Roman soldiers did'.

Chapter 28 Summary: the Resurrection.

Please see the Sections called Sequence of the Resurrection of Jesus;, and Appearances of Jesus Christ After the Resurrection, in Doctrinal Study called Gospel Time Sequences about these events. There are also references to where other Gospel accounts report the same incidents. The main place that this Gospel reports this event is found in Matthew 28:1-10. Please also see the Prophecy Fulfilled Section of the Significant Gospel Events Study for Bible references to this chapter where prophecy was fulfilled. Please also see the note for John 20:2-LJC for Bible references and evidences which show us that the risen Jesus is Lord (God).

Matthew 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20 and John 21 all tell about the resurrection of Jesus and the time following, but each bring out different significant details.

Matthew 28:1-10; Mark 16:9 and John 20:11-17 all report that Jesus appeared after His resurrection to Mary Magdalene and other women.

Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:1-2; Luke 24:1 and John 20:1 all tell us that Several women came to the sepulchre on the first day of the week.

Matthew 28:2-4 tells us that there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it...And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. These keepers were the Roman soldiers assigned as a watch because the Jewish religious leaders requested a watch on the sepulchre (Matthew 27:62-66). Jesus had said that He would rise from the dead and the Jewish religious leaders wanted to assure that there was no fraudulent claim of resurrection. Pilate granted their request. What is important for this sentence is that the watch were pretending to be dead when these women arrived. Therefore, the watch did not answer any questions. At some point the watch left but at no point does it appear that they interacted with any believer.

Matthew 28:2-4 tells us that an angel rolled the stone away from the door to the sepulchre. Mark 16:3-4; Luke 24:2 and John 20:1 tell us that the women found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. It would appear that they did not witness the angel rolling away the stone.

Matthew 28:2 tells us that Mary Magdalene runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter and (John) and saith unto them, they have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. The entire account of Jesus dealing with Mary Magdalene is mainly found in the Gospel of John.

After this we have the report in Matthew 28:3-10 which tells us that Peter and John inspected the sepulchre and then went away again unto their own home. They, apparently, later returned to the upper room later the same day because they were there when Jesus appeared there later that same day.

Matthew 28:5; Mark 16:5-7 and Luke 24:3-7 tell us that the women had to enter the sepulchre and saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment. This was when the angel gave the message to the women who had come and were left after Mary Magdalene left.

Matthew 28:6-7 tells us the message from the angel to the women.

In Matthew 28:7; Mark 16:6 and Luke 24:6-7 we read that Jesus rose from the dead. John 20:1-18 does not say it literally but delivers the same message in a less direct manner. Please see the section called: Sequence of the Resurrection of Jesus for many Bible references to this fact. That section also has links to where the other Gospel accounts tell of incidents which Luke does not report.

Matthew 28:8 and Mark 16:8 tells us that the women took the message to the disciples in the upper room. Luke 24:8-11 says: It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles. And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

Matthew 28:9-10 tells us that Jesus met the other women and gave them a similar message as the angel gave to them at the sepulchre. This appearance was after He dealt with Mary Magdalene. Please see the note for John 20:17 for the explanation of this truth.

Matthew 28:11-15 tells us that the watch had left and went to the Jewish leaders with the true account of the resurrection. They paid the watch, and assured their safety, so long as the watch supported the fraudulent claim that they spread. This appears to happen during the day while the disciples were busy with other things.

Matthew 28:16 tells us: Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. After that Matthew doesn't tell us any more events which fit into the sequence but ends his Gospel with his portion of the 'Great Commission'. Their going to Galilee, appears to be several days after the first day of the resurrection of Jesus. This is, apparently, when John 21 occurs. It also appears that the disciples returned to the upper room and were there when Jesus returned to Heaven (Acts 1) and when the Holy Ghost was given to them (Acts 2).

Matthew 28:18-19; Mark 16:15-18; Luke 24:45-49 and Acts 1:8 report that Jesus commissioned the apostles, and us, to do the 'Great Commission'. Please see the message called The Great Commission for more details. Please also see the Message called Basic doctrine of Baptism. In spite of doctrinal error which is taught, baptism is not required for salvation but does get us protection in this world.

Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-18; Luke 24:45-49 and Acts 1:8 tell us that Jesus commissioned the apostles, and us, to do the 'Great Commission'. Please see the message called The Great Commission for more details.

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1-8. Christ's resurrection is declared by an angel to the women.
9-10. He himself appears unto them.
11-15. the chief priests give the soldiers money to say that he was stolen out of his sepulchre.
16-17. Christ appears to his disciples,
18-20. and sends them to baptize and teach all nations.
the end. the Hebrew word Schabbath, from which our English word is derived, signifies rest, and is applied to all solemn festivals, equally with that one day of every week devoted to the worship of God; Eze 20:21, "they polluted my sabbaths." three evangelists say, the transaction recorded in this verse, occurred upon the first day of the week, early in the morning, about sunrising, and John says, while it was yet dark. Opse G3796 sabbaton G4521, does not signify "in the evening of sabbath," but "sabbaths." Hence, the great feast having been concluded, the term "end of the sabbaths" denotes the time very clearly. Again, it may be observed that the Jews, speaking of their passover, sometimes speak according to their civil computation, wherein they measured their days from sun-rising to sun-rising. Sometimes according to their sacred computation, which was from sun-set to sun-set. this reconciles Nu 28:18, which seems to make the fourteenth day of the first month, the first day of unleavened bread. Mr 16:1-2; Lu 23:56; 24:1,22; Joh 20:1-10'.

C28-S1 : the women went to the sepulchre.
1. The phrase In the end of the sabbath means: 'This was as soon as the sabbath laws allowed them to go to the sepulchre'.
2. The phrase as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week means: 'This was the time of day on Sunday'.
3. The phrase came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre means: 'These are the women reported by Matthew. Mark tells us that the other Mary was the mother of James, and Salome'.
C28-S2 : The angel of the Lord...rolled back the stone from the door.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the action of the angel of the Lord.
2. The word: behold means: 'Pay close attention to the next phrase, which is prophecy'.
3. The phrase there was a great earthquake means: 'God sent a sign for the resurrection of Lord Jesus Christ'.
4. The phrase for the descended from heaven means: 'Here's why. God wanted men to see His angel descend from heaven and know that God was causing these things'.
5. The phrase and came and rolled back the stone from the door means: 'The angel of the Lord did this where the Roman soldiers who kept the watch could see. Our next sentence tells us their reaction to seeing this'.
6. The phrase and sat upon it means: 'The angel of the Lord sat there and dared anyone to protest his actions'.
C28-S3 : What the angel looked like.
1. The phrase His countenance was like lightning means: 'The look on his face dared anyone to challenge him'.
2. The phrase and his raiment white as snow means: 'His clothing showed that he came from Heaven'.
3. The phrase And for fear of him the keepers did shake means: 'All of the big bad Roman soldiers were so scared that they were literally shaking with fear'.
4. The phrase and became as dead men means: 'They laid down and pretended to be dead and hoped the angel did not go to them to challenge them to a fight'.
C28-S4 : the angel told the women that he knew why they were there.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the message from the angel to the women.
2. The phrase And the angel answered and said unto the women means: 'The women asked a question, by look or by word, because our sentence says that the angel answered. And, he gave a different answer to these women than he gave to the lost Roman soldiers. His answer to them was totally different because they were saved and serving God's kingdom. God makes this distinction between people and God's true messengers also make this distinction between people'.
3. The phrase Fear not ye means: 'This was the first message from Jesus when He suddenly appeared to His disciples and they were afraid. This is also the first message from any true messenger from God who approaches a true child of God who is afraid of the messenger'.
4. The phrase for I know that ye seek Jesus means: 'Next, the angel assured the women that he knew why they were there. He knew that they were there with good intentions and not something wrong'.
5. The phrase which was crucified means: 'The angel also knew why they came to the sepulchre'.
C28-S5 : the angel told the women that Jesus was risen.
1. The phrase He is not here means: 'They were looking for the body of Jesus but He was using His resurrected body and had left the sepulchre'.
2. The phrase for he is risen means: 'Please also see the Prophecy Fulfilled Section of the Significant Gospel Events Study for Bible references to this chapter where prophecy was fulfilled'.
3. The phrase as he said means: 'Please see the Prophecies Section of the Significant Gospel Events Study for references to where this prophecy was given'.
C28-S6 : the angel provided evidence that the women could see. Our sentence says: Come, see the place where the Lord lay..
C28-S7 : the angel told the women to report the truth to the other believers.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds what the anger told the women to do.
2. The phrase And go quickly means: 'Don't waste any time'.
3. The phrase and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead means: 'Deliver the message that resurrection from the dead is real and that you have seen the proof of it'.
4. The phrase and, behold means: 'Pay close attention to these signs which God gave when Jesus died'.
5. The phrase he goeth before you into Galilee means: 'This is where the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ went. That is where His physical family lived and, aside from Mary, none were saved until after His resurrection'.
6. The phrase there shall ye see him means: 'This is where you will meet the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ'.
7. The word lo means: 'This word is used to excite particular attention in a hearer to some object of sight, or subject of discourse. Lo, here is Christ. Matt 24. Lo, we turn to the Gentiles. Acts 13'. Therefore, our phrase lo, I have told you means: 'Get excited about the truth of resurrection and go proclaim the message'.
C28-S8 : the women obeyed.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the report of their obedience. . .
2. The phrase And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy means: 'They had fear at meeting the angel. They had great joy at receiving the message of resurrection.'.
3. The phrase and did run to bring his disciples word means: 'They ran because of both emotions. They ran to bring his disciples word'. This is the way that God wants us to treat the Gospel.
C28-S9 : Jesus met them as they went to report.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the message that Jesus met them on their way and did not wait until they got to Galilee.
2. The phrase And as they went to tell his disciples means: 'This is when Jesus met them'. Often, God will refuse to meet with His people until after they start to obey Him.
3. The word: behold means: 'Pay close attention to the next phrase, which is the fulfillment of prophecy'.
4. The phrase Jesus met them, saying means: 'Jesus provided additional proof of the resurrection'.
5. The phrase All hail means: 'This is a greeting meaning be in good health and rejoice'.
C28-S10 : the women touched Jesus and worshipped Him. Our sentence says: And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
C28-S11 : Jesus gave them an additional task.
1. The phrase Then said Jesus unto them means: 'Jesus gave them instructions'.
2. The phrase Be not afraid means: 'Once more we see that this is the first message'.
3. The phrase go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee means: 'What the disciples are to do'.
4. The phrase and there shall they see me means: 'Why'.
C28-S12 : the Roman soldiers reported the Jewish religious leaders.
1. The phrase Now when they were going means: ''. . . .
2. The word: behold means: 'Pay close attention to the next phrase, and the next few sentences, which explain the lie told by the Jewish religious leaders'.
3. The phrase some of the watch came into the city means: 'These were the Roman soldiers who were to watch the sepulchre and make sure that the disciples did not steal the body of Jesus'.
4. The phrase and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done means: 'They told the truth to the Jewish religious leaders'.
C28-S13 : the religious leaders bribed the soldiers to lie.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the religious lie that the Jewish religious leaders told the soldiers to say. Remember that the theme of Matthew is: 'Jesus Fulfilled God's Law and Proved that He was / is God's Christ'. The devil motivated religious leaders had to produce a somewhat credible lie in order to deny the truth.
2. The phrase And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel means: 'This sentence tells us the lie that they cam up with as a group'.
3. The phrase they gave large money unto the soldiers, Saying means: 'They gave the soldiers enough money that they could desert and live on the money that they were given'.
4. The phrase Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept means: 'Roman soldiers would not have slept while on watch because to do so was a death penalty. However, as our next sentence says, the Jewish religious leaders convinced the Roman soldiers that they would protect the soldiers from the death penalty'.
C28-S14 : the religious leaders assured the soldiers of protection.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the promise of protection from prosecution.
2. The phrase And If this come to the governor's ears means: 'The governor is who would order them punished for falling asleep while on watch'.
3. The phrase we will persuade him, and secure you means: 'The Jewish religious leaders assured them protection from prosecution. And, since they had forced Pilate to participate in the murder of Jesus, the soldiers believer they could keep their promise'.
C28-S15 : the conclusion of the report on the religious lie. Many Jews continued to believe the lie.
1. The phrase So they took the money, and did as they were taught means: 'The Roman soldiers went along with the lie'.
2. The phrase and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day means: 'Many Jews continue to believe the lie'.
C28-S16 : the eleven met Jesus in Galilee.
1. The phrase Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee means: 'The disciples went where Jesus told them to go'.
2. The phrase into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them means: 'They were given a specific place to meet Jesus'.
C28-S17 : the eleven worshipped Jesus, but some doubted.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds how the disciples reacted when they met Jesus.
2. The phrase And when they saw him means: 'This was when they reacted'.
3. The phrase they worshipped him means: 'This was their primary reaction'.
4. The phrase but some doubted means: 'This was a secondary reaction of some'. We are not told what they doubted about. I imagine it was primarily their own lack of ability to do the job given to them.
C28-S18 : Jesus has all power...in heaven and in earth.
1. Our sentence starts with the word And, which means it is adding another thought to what was said in the prior sentence. This sentence adds the message from Jesus. The first sentence of His message is designed to answer doubts on ability.
2. The phrase And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying means: 'This was His final message before returning to Heaven'.
3. The phrase All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth means: 'Notice that he has the power. Unless we do our part to maintain our ongoing personal relationship with Him, we can not do the job given to us. And, when we do maintain that relationship, He works through us but it is Him, and not us, Who is truly doing the spiritual work'.
C28-S19 : We are to do the 'Great Commission' as a result of Jesus having all power. Our sentence says: Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Please see the Message called: The Great Commission for the details of this sentence.
C28-S20 : the prior two sentences have the force of God's law and will be used to judge us. The Amen 'Doubles what was just said and makes it part of God's law which will be used when we are judged by God'.

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Interpretive Study of Matthew's Gospel - Summary.

Jesus Fulfilled God's Law and Proved that He was / is God's Christ.

Chapter 22 Summary : Continuation of the Final Religious Conflict.

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Chapter 23 Summary: Wrong Religious Judgment Versus Righteous Judgment.

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Chapter 24 Summary: Prophecy of Future Events.

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Chapter 25 Summary: Continued Prophecy of Future Events.

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Chapter 26 Summary: the Last Supper.

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Chapter 27 Summary: the Trial and Crucifixion.

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Chapter 28 Summary: the Resurrection.

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