Matthew 26.64 - Matthew’s Paradoxes

Matthew 26.64 - Matthew’s Paradoxes

“An unnamed woman recognizes Jesus and anoints him with costly oil; chosen disciples condemn her and fail to see. Jesus announces he’ll die the ignominious death of a criminal; but “good news will be preached throughout the world.” He’s Son of Man; yet delivered up and condemned by men. As Jesus is being condemned, He is fully taking up his authority (26.64). He is mocked by Romans and Jews; yet their mocking words are more true than they know. Jesus is welcomed as King, wields authority over the temple as a prophet and priest; yet He dies cursed and degraded. Everything looks like the end; but then the dead walk, the curtain is torn, the earth shakes, and rocks split: it is a beginning, not an end. Declared guilty by men and executed; but God triumphantly reverses the verdict by resurrection.”  

from ZGC Study Notes by Miriam Fisher