Commentary of Charles Spurgeon, Adam Clarke & Matthew Henry
and with the rich in his death;
because he had done no violence,
neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Vs.9
He was stricken to death, to the grave which he made with
the wicked
---for he was crucified between two thieves, as if he had been the
worst of the three
---and yet with the rich, for he was buried in a
sepulchre that belonged to Joseph, an honorable counsellor.
Though he died with
the wicked, and according to the common course of dealing with criminals should
have been buried with them in the place where he was crucified, yet God here
foretold, and Providence so ordered it, that he should make his grave with the
innocent, with the rich, as a mark of distinction put between him and those that
really deserved to die, even in his sufferings.
And, whereas he was called that deceiver, he never deserved that
character; for there was no deceit in his mouth,....He did no sin, neither was guile found in his
mouth.
He never offended either in word or deed....The judge that condemned owned he found no fault in him, and the centurion that
executed him professed that certainly he was a righteous man.
How clearly you have before you here our blessed Redeemer.