Matthew 27:36
And they sat down, and watched him there
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
And sitting down they watched him there;
In Context
35And when they had crucified him, they distributed his garments by lot.
Cross References
Matthew 27:54And the centurion, and they that were with him guarding Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that occurred, feared greatly, and said: Verily, this was the Son of God.
Mark 15:44And Pilate wondered that he should be already dead. And he called the centurion, and inquired if he had been any time dead.
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 →