Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Mark 15:19
τιθέντες τὰ γόνατα. Possibly a Latinism; ponentes genua. Cf. Luke 22:41; Acts 7:60. Note the imperfects.
τιθέντες τὰ γόνατα. Possibly a Latinism; ponentes genua. Cf. Luke 22:41; Acts 7:60. Note the imperfects.
WORSHIPPED HIM - Mocked him with the “appearance” of homage. The word “worship” here denotes only the respect and honor shown to princes and kings. It does not refer to any “religious” homage. They re...
CHAPTER 15 _ 1. Before Pilate. (Mark 15:1 .Matthew 27:1; Luke 23:1; John 18:28 .)_ 2. Barabbas released and the Servant condemned. ...
THE SOLDIERS MOCK JESUS.This narrative in its brief intensity is very poignant. Some scholars suggest that Jesus is treated like the central figure in a scene from a mime (was there a popular play, _T...
THE SILENCE OF JESUS (Mark 15:1-5)...
The soldiers led Jesus away into the hall, which is the Praetorium, and they called together the whole company. They clad him in a purple robe, and they plaited a crown of thorns and put it on him, an...
SMOTE. kept smiting. DID SPIT. kept spitting. WORSHIPPED. did homage to. App-137....
_smote him_ Rather, BEGAN TO SMITE OR KEPT SMITING HIM. _with a reed_ The same which they had already put into His hands as a sceptre. _did spit upon him_ See note above, ch. Mark 14:65....
VER 16. AND THE SOLDIERS LED HIM AWAY INTO THE HALL, CALLED PRAETORIUM; AND THEY CALLED TOGETHER THE WHOLE BAND. 17. AND THEY CLOTHED HIM WITH PURPLE, AND PLATTED A CROWN OF THORNS, AND PUT IT ABOUT H...
_JESUS WAS TRIED AND CONDEMNED -- MARK 15:1-20:_ The Jews charged Jesus with blasphemy because He called Himself the Son of God. Jesus was tried before Pilate, a weak leader that would do anything to...
ΈΤΥΠΤΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΤΎΠΤΩ (G5180) ударять, бить. _Impf._ указывает на повторяющееся действие, ΚΑΛΆΜΩ _dat. sing. от_ ΚΆΛΑΜΟΣ (G2563) трость. _Instr. dat._ ΈΝΈΠΤΥΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΈΜΠΤΎ...
A REED,— Or, _A cane._...
_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...
5. JESUS BEFORE PILATE 15:1-20 _TEXT 15:1-20_ 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 hi...
And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. For the e...
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 MOCKERY (Matthew 27:27). See on Mt....
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...
(15-21) AND SO PILATE, WILLING TO CONTENT THE PEOPLE. — The word which St. Mark uses for “content” appears to be the Greek equivalent for the Latin _satisfacere,_ and so takes its place in the evidenc...
THEY SMOTE... DID SPIT... WORSHIPPED. — All three verbs are in the tense which implies frequent repetition....
CHAPTER 15 CHAPTER 15:1-20 (Mark 15:1) PILATE "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...
_Mocked by the soldiers_ (Matthew 27:27-31)....
THE CHOICE OF THE MULTITUDE Mark 15:1-21 The hurried consultation of the evening was followed by the more formal meeting of the early morning; and even the decision made then had no binding force ti...
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...
JESUS SCOURGED AND MOCKED Mark 15:19; John 19:1-3; Matthew 27:26-30. “ _And having scourged Jesus_, _he delivered Him up_, _that He may be crucified_.” As it was customary with the Romans to precede t...
(15) And _so_ Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged _him,_ to be crucified. (16) And the soldiers led him away into the hall, ca...
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...
_CHRIST’S HUMILIATION_ ‘Pilate … delivered Jesus, when he had scourged Him, to be crucified. And the soldiers … did spit upon Him.’ Mark 15:15 The prophecy, ‘I gave my back to the smiters … and I h...
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 THEY SMOTE HIM ON THE HEAD WITH A REED,.... Or cane, a walking stick which they had put into his hands for a sceptre: this they took out again, and struck him on the head with it, which drove the...
_And the soldiers led him away_ The soldiers, knowing that it was a Roman custom to scourge prisoners just before they were put to death, interpreted Pilate's order on this head as a declaration that...
Christ before Pilate. Matthew 27:1-31; LUKE 23:1-25; JOHN 18:28-40; John 19:1-16....
A REED; the reed, or staff, which, in derision, they had put into his hand as a sceptre. WORSHIPPED HIM; prostrated themselves in derision, or bowed before him, as subjects do before their king....
AND THEY SMOTE HIM ON THE HEAD WITH A REED, AND DID SPIT UPON HIM, AND, BOWING THEIR KNEES, WORSHIPED HIM. A most significant phrase: Willing, not to do justice, to insist upon the justice for which t...
CONDEMNATION, CRUCIFIXION, AND DEATH OF JESUS. The sentence and the mockery by the soldiers:...
TITLE: King is crowned TEXT: Mark 15:16-20 PROPOSITION: Jesus endured cruel mocking. QUESTION: Who? KEY WORD: Mockings READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. Many of the recent school shootings = teasing, m...
15-21 Christ met death in its greatest terror. It was the death of the vilest malefactors. Thus the cross and the shame are put together. God having been dishonoured by the sin of man, Christ made sa...
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Mark 15:19 Then G2532 struck G5180 (G5707) Him G846 head G2776 reed G2563 and G2532 spat G1716 ...
‘And the soldiers led him away within the court which is the Praetorium, and they call together the whole band, and they clothe him with purple, and plaiting a crown of thorns they put it on him, and...
ROMAN JUSTICE (15:1-20). Mark's concern in this narrative is to bring out that there was not really any serious political charge against Jesus, and that that was recognised by the Roman governor, with...
Mark 15:18-19. See on Matthew 27:29-30. See on Matthew 27:32-56....
THIS account is closely related to that of Matthew, but the remorse and suicide of Judas are omitted, and in the narrative of the trial before Pilate some independent details are introduced....
WORSHIPPED HIM (προσεκυνουν). In mockery. Imperfect tense as are ετυπτον (smote) and ενεπτυον (did spit upon). Repeated indignities....
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...
Mark 15:15. And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. And the soldiers led him away into the hall, call...
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 clothed Him with purple and platted a crown of thorns._ MOCK DIGNITY Among the Babylonians and Persians it was customary on a certain feast to bring forth a malefactor from the prison, to p...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 15:16 On the GOVERNOR’S HEADQUARTERS, see note on John 18:28. The presence of THE WHOLE BATTALION (about 600 men at full strength) means they are assuming that J
ROMAN SOLDIERS MOCK JESUS MATTHEW 27:27-31; MARK 15:16-20; JOHN 19:1-3; MATTHEW 27:27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesu
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 15:16. See R.V. Mark 15:17. Render: _And they invest Him with “a purple_”—the official robe of gs and rulers, no matter what its colour. MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE P...
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 Kings 19:18; Esther 3:2; Genesis 24:52; Genesis 43:28; Hebrews 12:2