CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DAILY DEVOTIONAL ON YOUTUBE Matthew 27:45-50 Matthew 27:45 (NKJV) states, “Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.”  To clarify, the day in biblical times began at 6:00 A.M.; so the sixth hour would be 12:00 P.M., and the ninth hour would […]

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DAILY DEVOTIONAL ON YOUTUBE Matthew 27:38-44 In Matthew 27:38-44 we learn of the continued mockery of Jesus.  But as previously the mocking was done by the Roman guards (Matthew 27:27-31), we now learn that others joined in as well.  These were the common man/passer by (Matthew 27:39) and then the

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DAILY DEVOTIONAL ON YOUTUBE Matthew 27:35-37 As Jesus was crucified, a prophecy was being fulfilled from Psalm 22:18 (ESV), “they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.”  And as the Roman guards prepared to keep watch over Jesus, Matthew 27:37 (NKJV) teaches us, “And they

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DAILY DEVOTIONAL ON YOUTUBE Matthew 27:32-34 As the Roman soldiers lead Jesus out of the city of Jerusalem and to the place in which He would be crucified, they for some unknown reason required a man, named Simon, to carry Jesus’ cross.  Some believe that it is because Jesus had

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DAILY DEVOTIONAL ON YOUTUBE Matthew 27:27-31 After sentence had pronounced on Jesus to be crucified by the Roman governor Pilate (Matthew 27:26), He was handed over to the Roman guards.  They stripped Him, put a kingly robe on Him, and placed a crown of thorns on His head and a