Matthew 27:57–66
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We come now to the quietest moment in the history of the world. The Lord of glory, the one through whom all things were made, is dead. The sky, once supernaturally dark, has returned to its normal hue. And the Son of God lies in a borrowed tomb. The religious authorities have gotten their man, the Romans have executed their sentence, and the disciples have scattered like frightened sheep. But in this passage, we see the absolute sovereignty of God on glorious display, working not just in spite of the actions of men, but through them. We see the tender courage of secret disciples, and we see the frantic, paranoid scheming of God’s enemies. And in their very attempts to secure their victory, to make sure this Jesus movement is stamped out once and for all, they become unwitting participants in God’s grand design.