Matthew 27:31

“And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon His head, and a reed in His right hand: and they bowed the knee before Him, and mocked Him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 27–31.

“Then He hung on the cross itself at the sixth hour, and yielded up His spirit at the ninth hour.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 23–50

“For after “they had mocked Him, they led Him to crucify Him,”it is said, and when they had stripped Him, they took His garments, and sat down and watched Him, when He should die.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 31. [ἤγαγον for ἀπγαγον.]

After the Evangelist had narrated what concerned the mocking of Christ, he proceeds to His crucifixion.

This is to be understood to have been done at the end of all when He was led off to crucifixion after Pilate had delivered Him up to the Jews.

It is to be noted, that when Jesus is scourged and spit upon, He has not on His own garments, but those which He took for our sins; but when He is crucified, and the show of His mockery is completed, then He takes…

Of the cloak it is mentioned that they took it off Him, but of the crown of thorns the Evangelists have not spoken, so that there are now no longer those ancient thorns of ours, since Jesus has taken them from us…

The Lord would not suffer under a roof, or in the Jewish Temple, that you should not suppose that He was offered for that people alone; but without the city, without the walls, that you might know that the sacrifice…

Let none think that John’s narrative contradicts this place of the Evangelist. John says that the Lord went forth from the praetorium bearing His cross; Matthew tells, that they found a man of Cyrene upon whom they…

Or, as they went out, they laid hold of Simon, but when they drew near to the place in which they would crucify Him, they laid the cross upon Him that He might bear it. Simon obtained not this office by chance, but…

Figuratively, the nations take up the cross, and the foreigner by obedience bears the ignominy of the Saviour.

For a Jew was not worthy to bear Christ’s cross, but it was reserved for the faith of the Gentiles both to take the cross, and to suffer with Him.

For this Simon was not a man of Jerusalem, but a foreigner, and denizen, being a Cyrenean; Cyrene is a town of Lybia. Simon is interpreted ‘obedient,’ and a Cyrenean ‘an heir;’ whence he well denotes the people of…

Or otherwise; By Simon who bears the burden of the Lord’s cross are denoted those who are abstinent and proud; these by their abstinence afflict their flesh, but seek not within the fruit of abstinence. Thus Simon…

“Golgotha” is a Syriac word, and is interpreted Calvary.

[ed. note, b: He probably refers to an anonymous disputant, of whom he speaks more at length in his Commentary on Ephesians 5, 14; but a tradition to the same effect is mentioned by Origen, whose words, as preserved…

Such is the place of the cross, set up in the centre of the earth, that it might be equally free to all nations to attain the knowledge of God.

“And they gave him to drink wine mingled with gall.” Mark says, “mingled with myrrh.” [Mark 16:23] Matthew put “gall” to express bitterness, but wine mingled with myrrh is very bitter; though indeed it might be, that…

The bitter vine makes bitter wine; this they gave the Lord Jesus to drink, that that might be fulfilled which was written, “They gave me also gall for my meat.” [Ps 69:12] And God addresses Jerusalem, “I had planted…

“And when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.” That Mark says, “But he received it not,” we understand to mean that He would not receive it to drink thereof. For that He tasted it Matthew bears witness; so…

Or, He therefore refused the “wine mingled with gall, because the bitterness of sin is not mingled with the incorruption of eternal glory.

Matthew 27:31 and Mark 15:20 share the same wording (13 words).

Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83 and 1 other place.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.10.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.10.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.10.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.10.

Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.10.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.10.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.10.

Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83.

Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83.

Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 27:31–34 (5) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83.

Cited together in Homilies on Matthew Homily 83.