Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 58, Feb 27)

Passage Matthew Chapter Twenty-seven

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

• Matthew 27
  • Mt 27:1-2 to Pontius Pilate
  • Mt 27:3-8 Judas’ guilt, Priest’s guilt
    • Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
    • cast the silver on the temple floor
    • Priests used it to by a field
      • Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: They took the 30 pieces of silver, the price of Him whose price was set by the Israelites, ¹⁰ and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.[d]
  • Mt 27:9- 26 Jesus before Pilate
    • Are you the King of the Jews?
      • Jesus answered, “You have said it.”
    • Jesus or Barabbas
      • chose Barabbas
      • cried Crucify Him about Christ
      • claimed the responsibility of His blood
        • ²⁵ All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
      • Jesus was flogged then handed over to the soldiers
  • Mt 27:27-31 Jesus and the Soldiers
    • ²⁸ They stripped Him and dressed Him in a scarlet military robe.
    • ²⁹ They twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and placed a reed in His right hand.
    • Then they spit on Him, took the reed, and kept hitting Him on the head.
    • When they had mocked Him, they stripped Him of the robe, put His clothes on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.
  • Mt 27:32-44 Jesus’s Crucifixion
    • carried the cross – but when too weak
      • Simon of Cyrene
        • Cyrenian man named Simon. They forced this man to carry His cross.
    • wine and gall
    • cast lots for clothing
    • THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
    • ³⁸ Then two criminals^[n] were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left.
    • Mocked
  • Mt 27:45-56  Jesus’ Death
    • ⁴⁵ From noon until three in the afternoon^[s] darkness came over the whole land.^[
    • Elí, Elí, lemá^[u] sabachtháni?”
    • ⁵⁰ Jesus shouted again with a loud voice and gave up His spirit
    • ⁵¹ Suddenly, the curtain of the sanctuary^[x] was split in two from top to bottom; the earth quaked and the rocks were split.
    • Temples were opened when Christ resurrected
    • ⁵⁴ When the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they were terrified and said, “This man really was God’s Son!”^[y]
    • Women followed – Mary Magdalene, Mary mother of Jesus, and Peter’s Mom
  • Mt 27:57-61 Jesus’ Burial
    • Joseph of Arimathea got the body, wrapped Him, and laid Him in His tomb.
  • Mt 27:62-66 Jesus’ tomb sealed and guarded

Mindful Meditating

1. choose a verse,
2.  set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
3.  example: Matt 25:23
4. repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

Today, choose your own scripture verse that helps you meditate on the crucifixion of Christ.

and so on.  This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Coloring

Matthew the Book coloring page by Ministry to Children

Crucifixion of  Christ by SuperColoring

Songs for Meditation

Broken and Spilled Out – Steve Green

Watch the Lamb – Ray Boltz

Watch the Lamb with official video

Quick Questions – if  you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

1. What was the significance of the thirty pieces of silver?
   1. GotQuestions explains how it relates to the prophet Zechariah.
   2. Crosswalk explains that and gets into personal application.
2. Do you know how may prophecies Christ’s death fulfilled?
   1. Got Questions has a great chart with all of these.
3. What were the words that Christ called out from the cross?
   1. when you pull all the gospels together, you get Seven Last words, and Crosswalk goes into the meanings.

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Hi!
My hope in the midst of despair and my joy in the face of depression is because of my relationship with Jesus Christ. If you do not have one, or are not sure you will join him in heaven, please check out these links:

• Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
• Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

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