01.11. New Testament -- Matthew - John

Matthew

Christ the King.—The Branch of Jeremiah 23:5.—The Face of a Lion—Ezekiel 1:1-28 and Revelation 4:1-11.—Christ as the Trespass Offering.—The Gospel for the Jew—proving that Jesus is Messiah.

Matthew 1:1-17 The genealogy of the King.
The genealogy of Joseph—giving throne rights to Mary’s Son—See Luke 3:1-38.

Matthew 1:1-5 Note the story of grace told in the names of the women in the genealogy.

Matthew 1:11 Jechonias—Coniah. A curse rests on Coniah—Christ must come of another line. See Luke 3:1-38.

Matthew 1:18-25 The birth of the King.

Matthew 1:25 The Virgin Birth—fulfilment of Isaiah 7:14.

Matthew 2:1-23 The recognition of the King.

Matthew 2:2 The first question of the New Testament—See Genesis 3:9.

Matthew 2:4 The people of the covenant in the right position but the wrong condition.

Matthew 2:8 Hypocrisy.

Matthew 2:11 Worship God!—Revelation 22:1-21. He is God over all, blessed forever.
Gold—divinity.
Frankincense—perfection of humanity.
Myrrh—death.

Matthew 3:1-17 The consecration and anointing of the King.

Matthew 3:2 “Kingdom of Heaven” is a dispensational aspect of the Kingdom of God—“the reign of the heavens” upon earth. It is a term used only in Matthew and ana1hema connects with Daniel 4:1-37, “the heavens do rule.”

Matthew 3:10 Not merely to the “fruit” of the tree.

Matthew 3:15 Pledging Himself to meet every righteous demand of the throne of God on behalf of sinners.

Matthew 4:1-11 The testing of the King.

Matthew 4:3 Appeal to the lust of the flesh.

Matthew 4:5-6 Appeal to the pride of life.

Matthew 4:8-9 Appeal to the lust of the eye.

Matthew 4:12-25 The works of the King. His credentials.

Matthew 5:1-48; Matthew 6:1-34; Matthew 7:1-29 The laws of the King. The royal proclamation. The principles of the Kingdom.

Matthew 6:9-13 The disciple’s prayer.

Matthew 6:14-15 Mark 11:25-26—Governmental forgiveness.

Matthew 7:12 The golden rule—given by Confucius negatively.

Matthew 8:1-34; Matthew 9:1-38 Credentials—the works of the King. Ten signs.

Matthew 8:11 The Kingdom is Heaven’s rule on earth.

Matthew 8:17 Not vicarious atonement—but sympathy.

Matthew 8:20 The Son of Man—first instance—used by Jesus of Himself 72 times. For last time see Revelation 14:14.

Matthew 8:34 Contrast Matthew 14:35.

Matthew 9:37-38 The waiting harvest—Compare John 4:35-38.

Matthew 10:1-42 The heralds of the King.

Matthew 10:23 An interrupted mission to be resumed after the rapture of the Church.

Matthew 10:28 The soul lives after the body dies. Both may be lost in Hell. Luke 12:5.

Matthew 11:1-30; Matthew 12:1-50 The rejection of the King.

Matthew 11:3 The finality of Jesus.

Matthew 11:22 Differences in judgment according to privileges here.

Matthew 11:28 I will give you rest—only God can do this. It is the same promise Jehovah gave to Moses in Exodus 33:14.

Matthew 11:29 My yoke—He was never under a yoke. He never needed to be restrained, but we do.

Matthew 12:1-50 The authority of the King.

Matthew 13:1-58 The new Aspect of the Kingdom. The mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Matthew 13:35 Secret things now revealed. Deuteronomy 29:29.

Matthew 14:1-36; Matthew 15:1-39 The authority and resources of the King. Opposition to the Kingdom.

Matthew 14:2 The reasoning of a troubled conscience.

Matthew 14:9 More anxious to keep up appearances than to be right with God.

Matthew 14:35-36 Note their changed attitude since Matthew 8:34.

Matthew 15:22 As a Gentile she had no claim on “the Son of David.”

Matthew 16:1-28 The keys of the Kingdom—the first mention of the Church.
Jesus foretells His death for the first time—Matthew 16:21. He foretells His Second Coming for the first time—Matthew 16:27.
He tells of His Church for the first time—Matthew 16:18.

Matthew 16:6-12 Leaven—always evil. Leaven of the Pharisees, hypocrisy—self-righteousness.
Leaven of the Sadducees, doctrinal error—materialism—rationalism.

Matthew 6:18 The Living Stone—1 Peter 2:4.

Matthew 17:1-27 The glory of the King—a picture of the coming Kingdom.

Matthew 17:2 The glory of God in the face of Christ Jesus—2 Corinthians 4:1-18.

Matthew 18:1-35 Instruction as to discipline in the Church.

Matthew 18:19 agree—symphonize—to be in complete harmony with God and with each other.

Matthew 18:23-35 Governmental forgiveness which may be revoked if there be inconsistency.

Matthew 19:1-30; Matthew 20:1-34 The last journey of the King—Going up to Jerusalem to die.

Matthew 19:8 Christ sets His O.K. upon the Genesis account of the beginning of the human race.

Matthew 19:17 The test: He is God or he is not good!

Matthew 19:21 A call to recognize the lordship of Christ.

Matthew 19:28 Regeneration—only twice used in the Bible—See Titus 3:5.

Matthew 20:1-16 Reward is according to opportunities embraced —not merely the amount of work performed.

Matthew 21:1-46 The triumphal entry of the King.

Matthew 21:22 The prayer of faith.

Matthew 22:1-46; Matthew 23:1-39; Matthew 24:1-51; Matthew 25:1-46 The teaching of the King.

Matthew 22:16 What vile hypocrisy!

Matthew 24:1-51; Matthew 25:1-46 The second Sermon on the Mount. The King’s prophetic discourse.

Matthew 26:1-75 The agony of the King.

Matthew 26:7-9 The flesh cannot understand heart-appreciation of Jesus.

Matthew 26:14 The depravity of the flesh seen in Judas.

Matthew 2:15 thirty pieces of silver—the price of a slave or a common ox.

Matthew 26:3 The confidence of the flesh.

Matthew 26:51 The forwardness of the flesh.

Matthew 26:61 Utter perversion of His words.

Matthew 26:70 The breakdown of the flesh.

Matthew 27:1-66 The crucifixion of the King.

Matthew 27:3 The remorse of the flesh.

Matthew 27:9 Zechariah was probably in the roll that began with Jeremiah.

Matthew 27:24 washed his hands—“Crucified under Pontius Pilate.”

Matthew 27:50 yielded up the ghost—dismissed His Spirit. “When He willed to die, He died as He willed.” F. E. Marsh.

Matthew 28:1-20 The Resurrection of the King.

Matthew 28:19 [last part] The Holy Trinity—Isaiah 48:16.

Matthew 28:19-20 Going…
teach—Disciple…
Baptizing…
Teaching…
Disciple is the emphatic word.

Mark

Behold My Servant!
The Branch of Zechariah 3:8.
The Face of an Ox. Ezekiel 1:1-28.
Christ as the Sin Offering. Leviticus 5:1-19.

Mark 1:1-13 The Servant introduced. No geneology.

Mark 1:14-45; Mark 2:1-28; Mark 3:1-35 His early ministry.

Mark 1:23-26 His power over demons.

Mark 1:30-31 His power over disease.
Fever—the power of sin.

Mark 1:40-41 Leprosy—the uncleanness of sin.

Mark 2:3-12 Palsy—the helplessness of the sinner.

Mark 2:22 The new wine of the gospel is not to be put into the old legal forms.

Mark 2:28 His authority, though in servant guise.

Mark 3:22 Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.

Mark 3:28-29 Sin against Him as Man pardonable—but to reject Him as God is fatal.

Mark 3:31-34 The new relationship.

Mark 4:1-41; Mark 5:1-43; Mark 6:1-56; Mark 7:1-37; Mark 8:1-38; Mark 9:1-50 Teaching and working.

Mark 4:13 This is the foundation parable.

Mark 5:4 Society restrains—Jesus liberates.

Mark 5:1-43 Three pictures:
The man—desperate sinners controlled by furious passions—dominated by satanic power.
The women—timid and anxious souls groping after light and help.
The child—people dead spiritually to be awakened to life by the gospel.

Mark 5:24-27 Many who thronged Him; few who touched Him in faith.

Mark 6:5 Limited by unbelief.

Mark 6:16 The voice of an accusing conscience.

Mark 7:1-37 A new doctrine of defilement.

Mark 7:6-7 Voiding the Word of God by human tradition.

Mark 7:21-23 The weeds that grow in the natural heart.

Mark 8:15 Matthew 16:6—leaven: symbol of evil.—leaven of the Pharisees —hypocrisy.—leaven of Herod—worldliness. See 1 Corinthians 5:1-13.

Mark 8:35 “God harden me against myself
This coward with pathetic voice;
Who craves for ease, and rest, and joys.” Christina Rosetti.

Mark 9:1-50 The Kingdom in embryo.

Mark 9:15 Was the glory still shining in His face?

Mark 10:45 The Servant of God and Man.

Mark 11:25 Conditions of answered prayer.

Mark 14:4 The flesh cannot appreciate what is done only for love of Jesus.

Mark 15:28 “He who knew no sin.”

Mark 15:33 “Made sin.”

Mark 16:1-20 The Servant exalted—His Resurrection.

Mark 16:2 The first Lord’s Day.

Luke

Christ as Son of Man.—
The Branch of Zechariah 6:12.—
The Face of a Man, Ezekiel 1:1-28.—
Christ as the Peace Offering, Leviticus 3:1-17.

Outline:
(1) Luke 1:1-80, Luke 2:1-52, Luke 3:1-38—The introduction.
(2) Luke 4:1-44, Luke 5:1-39, Luke 6:1-49, Luke 7:1-50, Luke 8:1-56, Luke 9:1-50—From the temptation to the Transfiguration.
(3) Luke 9:51-62, Luke 10:1-42, Luke 11:1-54, Luke 12:1-59, Luke 13:1-35, Luke 14:1-35, Luke 15:1-32, Luke 16:1-31, Luke 17:1-37, Luke 18:1-43, Luke 19:1-48, Luke 20:1-47, Luke 21:1-38—The last six months of Ministry.
(4) Luke 22:1-71, Luke 23:1-56, Luke 24:1-53—Closing scenes and the Resurrection.

Luke 1:10 The fellowship of prayer.

Luke 1:20-22 Unbelief sealed his lips. See Luke 1:64.
Dumb lips tell of an unbelieving heart. Romans 10:9-10.

Luke 1:27 A Virgin in polluted Nazareth!

Luke 1:35 He who was ever God the Son becomes in grace the Son of God as Man born of a Virgin.

Luke 1:64 Faith opened his mouth.

Luke 2:24 The offering of the poor.

Luke 2:38 [last part] The godly remnant.

Luke 2:46 Jesus in the midst—See John 19:18.

Luke 3:1 Note the definiteness of the dates.

Luke 3:21 Note the place given to prayer in the life of the Son of Man, as related by Luke. See Luke 5:16.

Luke 3:27 Zorobabel—Salathiel—Note that the lines intertwine here.

Luke 4:1-13 Moral order of the temptations—”The lust of the flesh” Luke 4:3; “The lust of the eye” Luke 4:5; “The pride of life” Luke 4:9.

Luke 4:10-11 Omitting what was vitally important.

Luke 4:20 He closed the book,—He puts the entire dispensation of grace into a comma!

Luke 5:16 Prayer—See Luke 6:12.

Luke 5:21 And here was God in their midst, and they knew Him not!

Luke 5:29 “The table talk of the Son of Man.”
The feast in the house of Levi. See Luke 7:36.

Luke 6:1 In Greek—“the second first”—i.e., the second after the feast of firstfruits.

Luke 6:11 filled with madness—angered by His grace!

Luke 6:12 Prayer. See Luke 9:18.

Luke 6:31 The “golden rule.”

Luke 6:42 beam—i.e., a large splinter—as in the everyday language of the common people. Confirmed by the papyri.

Luke 7:29 God justified as they received His sentence against themselves.

Luke 7:36-50 The table talk of the Son of Man in the Pharisee’s house. See Luke 10:38.

Luke 8:10 The Kingdom of God is moral. In Matthew 13:1-58 it is “the Kingdom of Heaven” which is dispensational—the form the Kingdom takes during a given age.

Luke 8:11 [last part] “The devil knows that men will be saved if they believe!” A.H.S.

Luke 8:44 The blue border.

Luke 9:18 Prayer—See Luke 9:28.

Luke 9:28 Prayer—See Luke 11:1.

Luke 10:2 The waiting harvest—See John 4:35.

Luke 10:38-42 The table talk of the Son of Man—with Mary and Martha. See Luke 11:37.

Luke 10:42 [first part] “Of one thing there is need.”

Luke 11:1 Prayer—See Luke 22:41.

Luke 11:20 Exodus 8:19 The finger of God is the Spirit of God. Matthew 12:28.

Luke 11:31-32 Solomon typical of Christ as the wisdom of God, Jonah as the one who went into death and rose again.

Luke 11:37-54 The table talk of the Son of Man—in another Pharisee’s house. See Luke 14:1.

Luke 11:44 Defiling when men do not realize it. See Numbers 19:1-22.

Luke 12:1-59 Prophetic testimony—The Great Preacher, leaven— always symbolic of evil. See 1 Corinthians 5:1-13.

Luke 12:5 Matthew 10:28—The soul immortal.

Luke 12:50 The baptism of wrath upon the Cross.

Luke 13:6 The fig tree: Israel nationally.

Luke 14:1 The table talk of the Son of Man in the house of a chief Pharisee. See Luke 19:5.

Luke 14:14 [last phrase] The first Resurrection.

Luke 15:4-7 The seeking Saviour—The lost sheep.

Luke 15:7 Saints in heaven rejoice when souls are saved!

Luke 15:8-10 The Holy Spirit’s work—The lost coin.

Luke 15:11-24 The Father’s love—The lost son.

Luke 15:25-3 The elder son—“Not lost or not saved.” The self-righteous.

Luke 16:7 i.e., He made himself responsible for the difference.

Luke 16:23 hell—Hades—the abode of unclothed spirits.

Luke 16:27-31 Six brothers: one in hell and five on the way!

Luke 17:11-19 The ten lepers—See Leviticus 13:1-59.

Luke 18:9-14 The only two religions.

Luke 18:19 He is either God or He is not good.

Luke 19:3 [last clause] A man who had “come short.”

Luke 19:5 The table talk of the Son of Man in the house of Zacchaeus. Conversation on the way to his home. See Luke 22:13.

Luke 20:4 It was at John’s baptism He was anointed as the Prophet, Priest, and King. There the Father’s voice and the descending sign accredited Him.

Luke 20:35 The first resurrection.

Luke 21:24 [last clause] See Ezekiel 30:3—“The time of the heathen.”

Luke 21:25 distress of nations, with perplexity—”crowding pressure of nations with no way out.”

Luke 21:29 Judah—fig tree. The Gentile nations of the prophetic earth. The Fig Tree: Patriarchs firstripe of the fig tree—Hosea 9:10. See Joel 1:7; Jeremiah 24:1-10; Jeremiah 29:17; Luke 13:6-9; Matthew 21:18-20; Hosea 14:8; Isaiah 27:6; Micah 4:4; John 1:47-51.

Luke 21:35 Them that dwell on the earth—see this class in Revelation.

Luke 22:2 Religious bigotry allied with treachery and covet-ousness.

Luke 22:10-11 The ministry of the Word—the water of life— leads to the place of communion.

Luke 22:13 The table talk of the Son of Man. The last Passover and the Lord’s Supper.

Luke 22:24 At such a time!

Luke 22:31 In Satan’s sieve. See Amos 9:9.

Luke 22:32 Advocacy even before the open failure.

Luke 22:33 The confidence of the flesh.

Luke 22:45 Peter was sleeping when he should have been praying. The slothfulness of the flesh.

Luke 22:50 Peter acts in the energy of the flesh.

Luke 22:54 The backwardness of the flesh.

Luke 22:55 Seeking comfort among the enemies of Christ.

Luke 22:57-60 The denial.

Luke 22:61 The beginning of Peter’s restoration was that look of love.

Luke 23:8 It was not because he desired to know Christ as Saviour—but to satisfy the craving for wonders.

Luke 23:25 The end of man’s free will.

Luke 24:19-21 They believed in and loved Him still but hope had fled.

Luke 24:25-36 Three lines of ministry: by the way—in the home—in the upper room.

Luke 24:25 Note the rebuke for not believing all that the prophets had spoken.

Luke 24:30 He became the Host!

Luke 24:31 Their eyes opened. See Luke 24:32.

Luke 24:32 Opened the Scriptures. See Luke 24:45.

Luke 24:45 Psalms 119:73—Opened their understanding.

Luke 24:51 See Acts 1:1-26—“He was taken up.”

John Christ as the Eternal Son—
The Branch of Isaiah 4:2-5.—
The Face of an Eagle, Ezekiel 1:1-28.

John 1:1 [first part] When everything that had beginning began, the Word was.
In the beginning was the Word—eternity of being.
the Word was with God—distinct personality.
the Word was God—full deity.

John 1:2 Eternal Son.

John 1:3 Creator.

John 1:4 [first part] Source of life.
[last part] Source of light.

John 1:12 sons—children, born ones.

John 1:30 before—Christ’s preexistence before John the Baptist. See John 8:58.

John 2:6-10 Empty Jewish ceremonies filled with the water of the Word produce rich wine of truth.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world—the lake. that He gave His only begotten Son—the river. that whosoever believeth in Him—the pitcher. should not perish but have everlasting life—the draught.

John 4:7 Note His method of approach to a sinner’s heart.

John 4:10 living water—The gospel message in the power of the Holy Spirit—John 3:5.

John 4:14 “Whatever water means here it must mean the same in John 3:1-36.”

John 4:16 Grappling with conscience.

John 4:34 Oh, to be more like Him!

John 4:35 The waiting harvest. Compare Matthew 9:37-38; Luke 10:2.

John 5:1-9 In John, the feasts are “of the Jews” not “of Jehovah” for the Christ of God who is the antitype of all is seen as rejected from the very start. At Bethesda there was help for the strongest and best. In the gospel there is salvation for the weakest and the worst.

John 5:17 Jesus asserts His perfect equality with the Father.

John 5:19 So intimate are the relations of the Persons in the Godhead that neither can do anything without the other.

John 5:32-39 Fourfold witness:
John 5:33—John—See John 10:3.
John 5:36—The works He did—See John 10:25.
John 5:37—The Father—See John 8:13-18.
John 5:39—The Scriptures—See John 5:46.

John 5:43 Antichrist—the wilful king of Daniel 11:1-45.
The man of sin of 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17.

John 5:47 The Lord authenticates the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch.

John 6:3 A scene of communion. We do not read that a word was said. It was hallowed fellowship. He loves thus to “sit” with His own.

John 6:27 The “sealed” Bread of God for hungry men!

John 6:40 God the Father’s will and the believer’s salvation bound up together.

John 7:23 Referring to the man healed at Bethesda, on His previous visit—John 5:1-47.

John 7:52 Overlooking Nahum and Jonah.

John 8:9 The Light of the world—exposing the hypocrisy of the accusers of the woman.

John 8:16 Who but God the Son could rightfully say, “I and the Father.”

John 8:41 A slur at the Virgin birth. 8:44 Slanders God to man and man to God.
Satan—adversary.
Devil—diabolous—slanderer.
An apostate—“Abode not in the truth.”
Lucifer’s fall—Isaiah 14:12; Ezekiel 28:11.
His activity—Genesis 3:1-24 to Revelation 20:1-15.
His doom—Revelation 20:1-15.
A deceiver—liar—no truth in him.
A manslayer—ruining men to spite God.

John 8:59 The stones that were for the adultress before, now are for Him!

John 9:1-41 From blindness and beggary to worship.

John 9:2 The Pharisees taught that a man could sin in the womb, basing it on the words, “He took his brother by the heel in the womb.”

John 9:34 Men are born in sin—not in sins.

John 10:1-3 Judaism was the sheepfold, Christ the Good Shepherd entered in by the door. John the Baptist, the porter.

John 10:11 Why Christ died. The Person who laid down His life. What He was gave the value to what He did.

John 10:15-18 Five P’s:
Person who died—John 10:15.
Persons for whom He died—John 10:15.
Price He paid—John 10:17.
Principle on which He acted—John 10:18 a.
Power behind the action—John 10:18 b.

John 10:27 Marks of the sheep of Christ:
1—hear His voice.
2—follow Him.

John 11:1-57; John 12:1-50 The witness of the Father to Jesus.

John 11:25-26 i.e., In the hour when He is to be so manifested!

John 11:44 Life but not liberty.

John 12:1 New life.

John 12:2 Service, communion.

John 12:3 Worship.

John 12:28 i.e., glorified in the resurrection of Lazarus. He would glorify it in Christ’s resurrection also.

John 13:23, John 13:25 leaning and lying—Note the two different words.
lying—“falling back on.”

John 13:36 The proper beginning of chapter 14. whither goest thou?—The answer is found in John 14:2.

John 14:2 mansions—abiding places. “If it were not so would I have told you I go to prepare a place for you?”

John 14:16 I will pray the Father—to ask as a demand, in one’s own right.

John 14:16, John 14:26 Comforter—“He dwelleth with you.” The Holy Spirit before Pentecost. Striving with the Antediluvians: Genesis 6:3; 1 Peter 3:18-20. Angelic ministry prominent in patriarchal days—Genesis 10:1-32, Genesis 11:1-32, Genesis 12:1-20, Genesis 13:1-18, Genesis 14:1-24, Genesis 15:1-21, Genesis 16:1-16, Genesis 17:1-27, Genesis 18:1-33, Genesis 19:1-38, Genesis 20:1-18, Genesis 21:1-34, Genesis 22:1-24, Genesis 23:1-20, Genesis 24:1-67, Genesis 25:1-34, Genesis 26:1-35, Genesis 27:1-46, Genesis 28:1-22, Genesis 29:1-35, Genesis 30:1-43, Genesis 31:1-55, Genesis 32:1-32, Genesis 33:1-20, Genesis 34:1-31, Genesis 35:1-29, Genesis 36:1-43, Genesis 37:1-36, Genesis 38:1-30, Genesis 39:1-23, Genesis 40:1-23, Genesis 41:1-57, Genesis 42:1-38, Genesis 43:1-34, Genesis 44:1-34, Genesis 45:1-28, Genesis 46:1-34, Genesis 47:1-31, Genesis 48:1-22, Genesis 49:1-33, Genesis 50:1-26. The Holy Spirit the author of the Scriptures—1 Peter 1:11; 2 Peter 1:20; 2 Samuel 23:2; Nehemiah 9:30. In the wilderness—Nehemiah 9:20. Men empowered for testimony and service—Bezaleel and Aholiab—Exodus 31:3; Exodus 35:30-35. Balaam—Samson— Gideon—Saul—David—etc., etc.—John the Baptist. The promise to give to those who ask— Luke 11:13.

John 14:27 Peace I leave—Peace with God. He left this when He died. He gives peace—as the living One.

John 14:31 The burnt offering.

John 15:1 The true Vine—in contrast to Israel, the empty vine—Hosea 10:1; Isaiah 5:1-30, etc.; Psalms 80:8; Revelation 14:17.

John 15:3 Cleansing by the Word. See John 13:1-38.

John 15:4-7 “Abiding in Christ and abounding for Christ.” The soul’s need:
Pure air—prayer.
Good food—the Word of God.
Constant exercise—obedience to God.
Connect John 15:4; John 15:10; Colossians 4:2; 1 Corinthians 15:58; Psalms 84:7.

John 15:7 The secret of prevailing prayer.

John 16:1-16 The personality of the Holy Spirit.
One with the Father and the Son: the Holy Trinity. Matthew 28:19; Genesis 1:1; Isaiah 48:16; Luke 3:22; 2 Corinthians 13:1.
Personality attributed to Him. He may be grieved— Ephesians 4:30; insulted—Hebrews 10:29; He guides, speaks, convinces (see John 16:8-13); knows—1 Corinthians 2:11; searches out and reveals—John 8:10; teaches—John 8:12; controls and distributes the gifts—1 Corinthians 12:16 His name on a check is good for any amount. To the Bank of Heaven Pay to whosoever abides in Me whatsoever he shall ask. —Jesus Christ John 17:1-26 The High Priest in intercession.

John 18:4 The Eternal Son!

John 18:8 The gospel illustrated.

John 18:10 The energy of the flesh.

John 18:18 Warming himself at the world’s fire.

John 18:28 So careful of the ritual, so careless of the life of the Saviour!

John 18:36 His Kingdom heavenly in origin—but eventually to be set up on earth.

John 19:2 thorns—the fruit of the curse. See Genesis 3:18.

John 19:18 Luke 2:46. Jesus in the midst. See Matthew 18:20.

John 19:20 Hebrew, Greek, Latin—law, culture, and religion.

John 19:34-35 Witnesses of the death: the finished work of Christ. See 1 John 1:6, etc.

John 19:39 The burial of a King. They laid Him on a bed of spices.

John 20:17 My brethren: new creation relationship—the fruit of His death.

John 20:22 The last Adam: a quickening Spirit.