Matthew 9:27

Healing the Blind and Mute

9:27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting, ¹  “Have mercy ²  on us, Son of David!” ³ 

Matthew 26:59

26:59 The ⁴  chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

Matthew 27:57-58

Jesus’ Burial

27:57 Now ⁵  when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. ⁶  27:58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁷  Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

[9:27]  ¹ tn Grk “shouting, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[9:27]  ² sn Have mercy on us is a request for healing. It is not owed to the men. They simply ask for God’s kind grace.

[9:27]  ³ sn There was a tradition in Judaism that the Son of David (Solomon) had great powers of healing (Josephus, Ant. 8.2.5 [8.42-49]).

[26:59]  ⁴ tn Grk “Now the.” Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[27:57]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[27:57]  ⁸ sn Though some dispute that Joseph of Arimathea was a disciple of Jesus, his actions regarding Jesus’ burial suggest otherwise.

[27:58]  ¹⁰ sn Asking for the body of Jesus was indeed a bold move on the part of Joseph of Arimathea, for it clearly and openly identified him with a man who had just been condemned and executed, namely, Jesus. His faith is exemplary, especially for someone who was a member of the council that handed Jesus over for crucifixion (cf. Mark 15:43, Luke 23:51). He did this because he sought to give Jesus an honorable burial.