The superscription
(η επιγραφη). The writing upon the top of the cross (our word epigraph). Luke 23:38 has this same word, but Matthew 27:37 has "accusation" (αιτιαν). See Matthew for discussion. John 19:19 has "title" (τιτλον).
THE SUPERSCRIPTION - The writing over his head upon the cross. THE KING OF THE JEWS - See the notes at Matthew 27:37....
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...
SUPERSCRIPTION, &c.. inscription of His indictment. Not the writing put "over His head "(Matthew 27:37). See App-163. WRITTEN OVER. written down (or inscribed, as in Acts 17:23.Hebrews 8:10;...
_And the superscription_ "and the title of his cause was written," Wyclif. The cause of execution was generally, as we have seen, inscribed on a white tablet, _titulus_, smeared with _gypsum_. It had...
Ἦ Ἡ ἘΠΙΓΡΑΦῊ ΤΗ͂Σ ΑἸΤΊΑΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ ἘΠΙΓΕΓΡΑΜΜΈΝΗ. A _titulus_, stating the crime for which he was to suffer, was commonly fastened to the criminal’s neck before he was taken to execution, but we lack ev...
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...
ΕΠΙΓΡΑΦΉ (G1923) надпись, ΑΙΤΊΑ (G156) причина, мотив; здесь юридич. термин: вина, преступление, обвинение (EDNT; ВВС), ΈΠΙΓΕΓΡΑΜΜΈΝΗ _perf. pass. part. от_ ΈΠΙΓΡΆΦΩ (G1924) писать, надписывать (Mat...
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....
_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...
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....
THE KING OF THE JEWS. — St. Mark gives the shortest form of the inscription....
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...
ἐπιγραφὴ ἐπιγεγραμμένη : awkwardly expressed; Mt. and Lk. have phrases which look like corrections of style. ὁ βασ. τῶν Ἰουδ.: the simplest form of the inscription....
_The crucifixion_ (Matthew 27:32-37; Luke 23:26; Luke 23:33-38)....
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...
It was written on a board, or rather on parchment fixed to a board, (as Leipsius informs us) expressing the cause why he was crucified, viz. because he was the King of the Jews. And, indeed, Pilate hi...
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 THE SUPERSCRIPTION OF HIS ACCUSATION,.... Or "the cause of his death", as the Syriac and Persic versions read; the crime for which he suffered: WAS WRITTEN; over his head, upon the cross, to whic...
And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS. Ver. 26. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 27:37 _"_...
_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....
THE KING OF THE JEWS; the crime for which the chief priests accused him before Pilate was, that he claimed to be king of the Jews, and thus was guilty of treason against the Roman government; though i...
The sufferings of the cross:...
AND THE SUPERSCRIPTION OF HIS ACCUSATION WAS WRITTEN OVER, THE KING OF THE JEWS....
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...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 15:21...
Mark 15:26 And G2532 inscription G1923 His G846 accusation G156 was G2258 (G5713) written G1924 (G5772) KING...
‘And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.' This superscription, written in black letters on a board smeared with white gypsum, named the criminal and what he w...
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 15:26. THE KING OF THE JEWS. These words are common to all four accounts. Matthew and Mark make prominent the fact that this was the one charge against our Lord....
Mark's account resembles that of Matthew, but has independent details....
SUPERSCRIPTION See note, (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 27:37). _...
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...
_The King of the Jews._ JESUS MOCKED AND CRUCIFIED Jesus suffered and died under the forms of law. His execution was the result of a six-fold trial-three trials at the hands of the Jews, and three at...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 15:26 THE INSCRIPTION OF THE CHARGE AGAINST HIM was posted above Jesus’ head, so that all could see why he was so shamefully executed. The inscription, KING OF THE JEWS, portrayed Je...
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...
Deuteronomy 23:5; Isaiah 10:7; Isaiah 46:10; John 19:18; Luke 23:37;
The superscription of his accusation. Matthew, simply accusation; Luke, superscription; John, title. See on Matthew 27:37....
(CF. MARK 15:26; LUKE 23:38; JOHN 19:19)— Why are all the Gospel accounts of the inscription on the cross different? PROBLEM: The wording of the accusation above Christ’s head on the cross is rendered...