Which was crucified with him (του συνσταυρωθεντος αυτω). First aorist passive articular participle of συνσταυροω with associative …

Then came the soldiers,... — The words do not mean, as they have sometimes been understood, that other soldiers came, but…

Then came the soldier, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw tha…

St. John Chrysostom: The Jews, who strained at a gnat and swallowed a camel, after their audacious wickedness, reasoned scrupu…

Jesus died on the day preceding the Sabbath, hence, on Friday, “the day of Preparation” (cf. Mark 15:42). The day began at sunset on Thu…

Then came the soldiers
Pilate having granted the Jews what they desired; either the soldiers that crucified Christ, …

A test was made to see if Jesus was dead. He died in le time than people crucified commonly did. This showed that He had laid down His life of His …

1. After dealing with the crucifixion and the events that accompanied it, the Evangelist now describes the venerable death of Christ.