Whether Elijah cometh to save him (ε ερχετα Ελειας σωσων αυτον). The excuse had a pious sound as they misunderstood the words of J…

The rest said, etc. Still deriding his sufferings, and refusing to allow even the poor consolation of a drink, to assuage the thirst of th…

Let us see whether Elijah will come—Here again we have eager expectation rather than derision. Was the great and dreadful day<…

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, sayin…

Pseudo-Chrysostom: Creation could not bear the outrage offered to the Creator, which is why the sun withdrew its beams,…

See comment on v.34; the allusion is again Ps 69:21. What is not clear is whether the offer of a drink here is meant as a gesture of mercy or as mo…

The rest said, let be
The others, to whom he belonged, that fetched the sponge, said to him, let him alone, keep at …

During the three hours that the darkness continued, Jesus was in agony, wrestling with the powers of darkness and suffering His Father's displeasur…

After relating His condemnation, His Pa ion and death are treated here; and secondly, His burial is treated, where it is said, And when…