From the tree (απο του ξυλου). Not here strictly a tree, but wood as already in 5:30; 10:29 and later in Ga 3:13. Strictly speakin…

They took him down, and so on. This means it was done by the Jews; not by those who put him to death, but by Joseph of Arimathea, a Jew, a…

When they had fulfilled all that was written of him.—The words are suggestive of much that lies below the surface. St. Pa…

And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. And when they had fulfilled all that was writt…

As Paul comes to the heart of his sermon, he appeals respectfully and urgently to both the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles for a hearing. Then he…

When they had fulfilled all things; that is, all that God was pleased for them to do.

And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him ,
&c.] When they had vilified and reproached him in the most…

When we come together to worship God, we must do so not only through prayer and praise, but also by reading and hearing the word of God. Merely rea…