Matthew 27:25 Meaning and Explanation
“Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.”
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Read Full Chapter →The crowd accepts responsibility for Jesus' death upon themselves and their children.
What Does Matthew 27:25 Mean?
In answer to Pilate, the assembled people take the blood of Jesus upon themselves and their descendants. It is a solemn and fearful self-imprecation, spoken in the heat of the moment.
The crowd invokes responsibility for the death of the innocent, words heavy with sorrow. Yet there is a mercy hidden even here, for the blood of Christ, far from being only a burden, is the very blood that cleanses from all sin. The blood they call down can, by grace, become the blood that redeems. What is spoken in rejection God can answer with forgiveness, for that blood was shed for many, including those who shed it.
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What does Matthew 27:25 mean?
The crowd accepts responsibility for Jesus' death upon themselves and their children.