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Mark 15:27
And with Him they crucify two thieves, the one on His right hand and the other on His left.
And with Him they crucify two thieves, the one on His right hand and the other on His left.
Verse 27. _TWO THIEVES_] A copy of the Itala tells their names: _One on the right hand _- named _Zoathon; and one on the left_ _hand _- named _Chammatha_....
CHAPTER 15 _ 1. Before Pilate. (Mark 15:1 .Matthew 27:1; Luke 23:1; John 18:28 .)_ 2. Barabbas released and the Servant condemned. ...
MARK 15:21 * THE CRUCIFIXION. Usually the criminal himself carried his cross (_i.e._ the cross-bar, probably not the upright). Jesus seems to have been exhausted by the scourging and by His own sorrow...
THE SILENCE OF JESUS (Mark 15:1-5)...
And they impressed into service a man called Simon of Cyrene, who was passing by, on his way in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, and they made him carry his Cross. So they brought...
WITH. together with. Greek. _sun._ App-104. THEY CRUCIFY. Present Tense, describing what was done _then (after_ the dividing of the garments), not when they put the Lord on the cross in Mark 15:24. T...
_two thieves_ Rather, TWO ROBBERS, or MALEFACTORS as St Luke calls them (Luke 23:33). See note above, Mark 11:17. It is more than probable that they belonged to the band of Barabbas and "had been enga...
ΔΎΟ ΛΗΙΣΤΆΣ. _Two robbers_ (R.V.); see on Mark 11:17; Mark 14:48. They may have taken part in the insurrection in which Barabbas had shed blood; but no hint is given of any such connexion. More probab...
23–32. THE CRUCIFIXION AND THE FIRST THREE HOURS Matthew 27:34-44; Luke 23:33; John 19:18-26...
Ver 20. ---- And led Him out to crucify Him. 21. And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear His cross. 22. And they brin...
_THE CRUCIFIXION OF THE LORD JESUS -- MARK 15:21-32:_ Are you prepared to die? Death is the inevitable as far as this world is concerned. Jesus was prepared to die. However, His death was much differe...
ΣΤΑΥΡΟΎΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΣΤΑΥΡΌΩ (G4717) распинать, ΛΗΣΤΆΣ _асс. pl. от_ ΛΗΣΤΉΣ (G3027) разбойник, мятежник (BAGD). ΔΕΞΙΏΝ (G1188) _gen. pl._ правая сторона, правая рука, ΕΎΩΝΎΜΩΝ (G2176) _...
_SUMMARY 15:16_16:20 This closing section of Mark, like the corresponding section in Matthew, contains two proofs of the divinity of Jesus. The first is found in the darkness that covered the earth du...
6. JESUS CRUCIFIED 15:21-39 _TEXT 5:21-39_ And they compel one passing by, Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross....
And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. For the exposition, see the notes at John 19:17....
7 Bar-Abbas, which means son of the father, _ had _ committed the political crime against the Roman government which they tried to fasten on our Lord. He was a murderer. The Lord was a life giver. Yet...
THE TRIAL BEFORE PILATE. THE CRUCIFIXION 1-15. Trial before Pilate (Matthew 27:1; Matthew 27:11; Luke 23:1; Luke 23:13;...
THE CRUCIFIXION (Matthew 27:31; Luke 23:26; John 19:16). See on Mt, Lk, Jn....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 15 JESUS AND PILATE VERSES 1-15 The *Jews did not have power over their own countr...
(21-38) See Notes on Matthew 27:32....
TWO THIEVES. — Better, as in Matthew 27:38, _two robbers. _...
CHAPTER 15:21-32 (MARK 15:21) CHRIST CRUCIFIED "And they compel one passing by, Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear His cr...
A KING UPON HIS CROSS Mark 15:22-47 Our Lord refused to drink the potion prepared by the women of Jerusalem, in order to stupefy those who were crucified and so deaden the sense of pain, because He w...
This chapter is one of those that needs little explanation and must ever be read in awe and reverence. Pilate represented the Roman empire, which attempted to secure itself by its ordinary methods of...
THE CRUCIFIXION Matthew 27:35-38; Luke 23:33-38; John 19:18-24; Mark 15:24-28. “ _And it was the third hour_,
(21) And, they compel one Simon, a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. (22) And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is,...
The transfiguration, as a matter of fact witnessed by the eyes of chosen witnesses, introduces naturally the great change that was about to be effected by the mighty power of God; for that wondrous sc...
Before Pilate (chapter 15), He only witnesses a good confession, a testimony to the truth where the glory of God required it, and where this testimony stood opposed to the power of the adversary. To a...
AND WITH HIM THEY CRUCIFIED TWO THIEVES,.... For his greater reproach; THE ONE ON HIS RIGHT HAND, AND THE OTHER ON HIS LEFT; as if he had been one of them, and a principal among them; Matthew 27:38....
_They bring him, unto the place Golgotha_ See these verses elucidated in the notes on Matthew 27:33. _When they had crucified him, they parted his garments_ Mark seems to intimate, that they first nai...
The crucifixion. Matthew 27:32-64....
TITLE: Crucified TEXT: Mark 15:21-38 PROPOSITION: To appreciate the cross we must understand what was involved. QUESTION: What? KEY WORD: Sufferings READING: Mark 15:21-25 INTRODUCTION: 1. We often...
22-32 The place where our Lord Jesus was crucified, was called the place of a scull; it was the common place of execution; for he was in all respects numbered with the transgressors. Whenever we look...
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Mark 15:27 G2532 With G4862 Him G846 crucified G4717 (G5719) two G1417 robbers G3027 one G1520 on...
THE CRUCIFIXION (15:20-39). It must have come as a huge anti-climax to those who heard this story for the first time when they learned that this One Who had done such good and had taught so well shoul...
‘And with him they crucify two brigands, one on his right hand and one on his left.' All the Gospels, including John, stress that Jesus was in the middle between two brigands. It identified Him as one...
Mark's account resembles that of Matthew, but has independent details....
Mark 15:24 What took place around the Cross of Christ. I. Notice what _men_did during the crucifixion of Christ. (1) The soldiers. They are careless and confident. They cast lots for the clothes of t...
Let us read again what we have often read before, that saddest of all stories which, nevertheless, is the fountain of the highest gladness,-the story of our Saviour's death, as recorded by Mark. Mark...
We will read two short passages from the Gospels this evening. May the blessed Spirit, who taught the Evangelists to record the sad story of our Lord's sufferings and death, give us fully to enter int...
CONTENTS: Jesus before Pilate. Barabbas set free instead of Christ. The crucifixion. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Pilate, Simon, Barabbas, Centurion, Joseph, 2 thieves, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of...
Mark 15:1. _Straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council._ Συνεδριν, the whole sanhedrim, consisting of seventy, but which must ne...
AND THEY FORCED HIM TO CARRY JESUS' CROSS. See notes on Matthew 27:32-56. Only Mark tells us that Simon was the father of Alexander and Rufus. Compare Romans 16:13; Acts 19:33. Evidently both were wel...
_And with him they crucify two thieves._ THE MALEFACTORS We propose to advert to the fact that Jesus endured his last agonies between two malefactors; and then to notice the respective characters of...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 15:27 The TWO ROBBERS crucified with Jesus fulfill the prophecy of Isaiah 53:12. Luke alone records that, sometime later, one of the two robbers repented and
Jesus is led away to be crucified Matthew 27:32-44; Mark 15:21-32; Luke 23:26-43; John 19:17-22;...
CHAPTER XV. 1 _Jesus brought bound, and accused before Pilate_. 15 _Upon the clamour of the common people, the murderer Barabbas is loosed, and Jesus delivered up to be crucified_. 17 _He is crowned w...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 15:21. COMPEL.—_Press into service_: original word is of Persian origin, and denotes the impressment into service which officials were authorised to make to exped...
EXPOSITION MARK 15:1 AND STRAIGHTWAY IN THE MORNING THE CHIEF PRIESTS WITH THE ELDERS AND SCRIBES, AND THE WHOLE COUNCIL, HELD A CONSULTATION, AND BOUND JESUS, AND CARRIED HIM AWAY, AND DELIVERED HIM...
Let's turn to Mark's gospel chapter 15. Jesus was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane in the evening or late night, and immediately brought before Caiaphas the high priest and some of the rulers wher...
John 19:18; Luke 23:32; Luke 23:33; Matthew 27:38...
Thieves. Rev., robbers. See on Matthew 27:38....