Matthew 27:63 — Community Reflections

MATTHEW 27:63 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.”

Saying: sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive: after three days I will rise. The impostor charge: the chief priests call Jesus an impostor (planos — the one who leads others astray) and cite his resurrection prediction. The prediction that the disciples have not yet understood (Matthew 16:21, 17:23, 20:19) is remembered by his opponents more clearly than by his followers.

Church Fathers on Matthew 27:63

It was not enough for the Chief Priests to have crucified the Lord the Saviour, if they did not guard the sepulchre, and do their utmost to lay hands on Him as He rose from the dead.
Jerome · 4th century

By the Parasceve is meant 'preparation;' and they gave this name to the sixth day of the week, on which they made ready the things needed for the Sabbath, as was commanded respecting the manna, 'On the sixth day they gathered twice as much.' [Ex 16:22] Because on the sixth day man was made, and on the seventh God rested; therefore on the sixth day Jesus died for man, and rested the Sabbath day in the tomb. The Chief Priests although in putting the Lord to death they had…
Rabanus Maurus · 9th century

They say that He had declared, 'After three days I will rise again,' in consequence of that He said above, 'As Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly,' &c. [Matt 12:40] But let us see in what way He can be said to have risen again after three days. Some would have the three hours of darkness understood as one night, and the light succeeding the darkness as a day, but these do not know the force of figurative language.
Remigius · 9th century

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