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Mark 15:31
Likewise also the chief priests, mocking, said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; Himself He cannot save.
Likewise also the chief priests, mocking, said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; Himself He cannot save.
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)...
Those who were passing by hurled their insults at him, wagging their heads at him. "Aha!" they said, "you who are going to pull down the Temple and build it in three days, come down from the Cross and...
ALSO THE CHIEF PRIESTS the chief priests also (as well as the passers by). SAID. kept saying. AMONG THEMSELVES to (Greek. _pros._ App-101.) each other. OTHERS. Greek _allos._ App-124. CANNOT. is n...
_the chief priests_ whose high dignity and sacred office should have taught them better than to descend to the low passions of the mob. _mocking said_ "scornynge him, ech to other, with; scribis, sei...
ΟἹ� … ΜΕΤᾺ ΤΩ͂Ν ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΈΩΝ. On such a day, the eve of the Passover and of the Sabbath, these priests and scribes must have come on purpose to mock. Judges capable of striking and spitting at their Pri...
23–32. THE CRUCIFIXION AND THE FIRST THREE HOURS Matthew 27:34-44; Luke 23:33; John 19:18-26...
VER 29. AND THEY THAT PASSED BY RAILED ON HIM, WAGGING THEIR HEADS, AND SAYING, "AH, THOU THAT DESTROYEST THE TEMPLE, AND BUILDEST IT IN THREE DAYS, 30. SAVE THYSELF, AND COME DOWN FROM THE CROSS." 31...
_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...
ΈΜΠΑΊΖΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. (сопутств.)_ От ΕΜΠΑΊΖΩ, _см._ Mark 15:20. ΈΣΩΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Mark 15:30. ΣΏΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf., см._ Mark 15:30....
HIMSELF HE CANNOT SAVE.— _Cannot he save himself?_ Beza, Bengelius....
_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....
HIMSELF HE CANNOT SAVE] RM 'Can he not save himself?'...
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....
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...
οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς : both in Mt. and in Mk. the priests lead in the unhallowed chuckling, scribes and elders (Mt.) being mentioned only subordinately (μετὰ, etc.). πρὸς ἀλλήλους : a common fear gives place...
_Taunts of spectators_ (Matthew 27:39-44; Luke 23:35; Luke 23:37; Luke 23:39)....
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...
THEY REVILE HIM ON THE CROSS Mark 15:29-32; Luke 23:35-43; Matthew 27:39-44. “ _And passing by_, _they continued to blaspheme Him_, _wagging their heads_, _and saying_, Thou that des
(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...
_THE LESSONS OF FAILURE_ ‘He saved others; Himself He cannot save.’ Mark 15:31 I. THIS IS THE GREAT LESSON OF FAILURE.—It is God’s will. What a world of meaning there is in those few words! If you...
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...
LIKEWISE ALSO THE CHIEF PRIESTS MOCKING,.... Or "laughed at one another", as the Syriac version renders it, having gained their point, and satiated their revenge on him: SAID AMONG THEMSELVES WITH TH...
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 15:31 Likewise G1161 G3668 priests G749 also G2532 mocking G1702 (G5723) among G4314 themselves G240 with...
‘In the same way also the chief priests, mocking him among themselves with the scribes, said, “He saved others, himself he cannot save. Let the Messiah the king of Israel now come down from the cross...
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...
Mark's account resembles that of Matthew, but has independent details....
Mark 15:31 In this text a truth is spoken, but it is a truth which the speakers do not know. By this word the railers meant to mock the pretensions of Jesus; by it the Spirit in the Scriptures declar...
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...
_Let Christ, the King of Israel, now descend from the cross._ A GLORIOUS REPROACH In the Divinest sense He could not save Himself. Physically, of course, He could have delivered Himself, “come down f...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 15:29 Because it was Passover, many PASSED BY the place of Christ’s crucifixion. WAGGING THEIR HEADS. See Psalms 22:7
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...
1 Peter 3:17; 1 Peter 3:18; John 11:47; John 12:23; John 12:24;...