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MATTHEW 27:36 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 27:35Matt 27:37
“And sitting down they watched him there;”
Then they sat down and kept watch over him there. The soldiers' watch: sitting at the cross to prevent rescue attempts. The keeping watch will continue until the earthquake and the centurion's confession at the moment of death.

Church Fathers on Matthew 27:36

Having described how Christ was led to the scene of His Passion, the Evangelist proceeds to the Passion itself, describing the kind of death; 'And they crucified him.'

Gloss (Glossa Ordinaria) · medieval compilation · non occ.

The Wisdom of God took upon Him man, to give us an example how we might live rightly. It pertains to right life not to fear things that are not to be feared. But some men who do not fear death in itself, yet dread some kinds of death. That no sort of death is to be feared by the man who lives aright, was to be shewn by this Man’s cross. For of all the modes of death none was more horrible and fearful than this.

Augustine · 4th century · Lib. 83, Quaest q25

He suffered on a lofty cross, and not under a roof, to the end that the nature of the air might be purified; the earth also partook a like benefit, being cleansed by the blood that dropped from His side.

Chrysostom · 4th century · Hom. de Cruc. et Lat. ii
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