Matthew 27:50-53 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.… I. Miracle evinced itself in the great victim of Calvary. In the voluntary surrender of His life. Christ had power over His own life; and, not depending on the operation of nature's laws, He could dismiss the spirit, or retain it at His pleasure. II. Miracle as it evinced itself in the circumstances attending the crucifixion. (1) The miraculous facts, darkness, earthquake, rent veil, graves burst open. (2) The design of this miraculous interposition. (a) These miracles constituted a Divine attestation to the Messiah, even in the hour of forsaking and death. (b) The prodigies of Calvary served to betoken the more dread conflict and terrifying darkness of the Saviour's soul in the hour of atonement. (c) In the rending of the veil we are taught that the Mosaic institutions were henceforth to be superseded, the objects which they symbolized being now accomplished. (d) We see in these miracles the trophies and the earnest of the Redeemer's triumphs. (John Ely.) Parallel Verses KJV: Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.WEB: Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit. |
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