Matthew 27:36
And sitting down there they guarded Him.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
And sitting down they watched him there;
In Context
35Having crucified Him they divided up His clothes by casting lots.
37And they put the charge against Him over His head in writing: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Cross References
Matthew 27:54Now when the centurion and those with him guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that happened they were scared stiff and said, “This Man really was the Son of God!”
Mark 15:44Well Pilate was surprised that He was already dead; and summoning the centurion he asked him when He had died.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:34-50
The Crucifixion. 33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, 34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. 35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: 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. 36 And sitting down they watched him there; 37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS… Read the whole commentary →