STRAIGHTWAY. See notes on Mark 1:10; Mark 1:12. IN. _Greek. epi._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Mark 15:7; Mark 15:29; Mark 15:38, Mar 7:41, Mar 7:46. IN THE MORNING. any time before sunrise, while _yet_ dark, Compare Mark 1:35; Mark 16:2; Mark 16:9;... [ Continue Reading ]
PILATE ASKED HIM. Matthew and Mark carefully distinguish between this interview with the Lord and the rulers alone, and. subsequent interview with the multitude (Luke 23:4). answering said. See note on Deuteronomy 1:41. _ct ea eayest_. Thou thyself sayest [it).... [ Continue Reading ]
ACCUSED. kept accusing. OF MANY THINGS. urgently. NOTHING. (Greek. _apo)_ which. CAME. Greek. _epibaino._ Only here, Acts 21:2; Acts 21:6. eek. _ouden ouketi)._... [ Continue Reading ]
BARABBAS. Aramaic. App-94. MADE &c.. been fellow insurgents. WHO. Denoting. class of criminals. IN. Greek. _en_ App-104. As in verses: Mark 15:29; Mark 15:41; Mark 15:46: not the same as in verses: Mark 15:1; Mark 15:38.... [ Continue Reading ]
MULTITUDE. crowd. CRYING ALOUD. All the texts read "having gone up". BEGAN. See note on Mark 1:1. him to do. Note the Ellipsis thus properly supplied. AS. according as. EVER. Om. by T. WH R.... [ Continue Reading ]
WILL YE. ? Are ye willing.. Greek _theIo,_ See App-102.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE KNEW. he was beginning to know. Greek _ginosko._ App-132. DELIVERED HIM. delivered Him up. FOR. on account of. Greek. _dia_. App-104.Mark 15:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
MOVED. vehemently stirred up (as by an earth quake). Greek. _anaseio,_ connected with _seismos_, an earth quake. PEOPLE. crowd. as in Mark 15:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
CRUCIFY HIM. Stoning was the proper Jewish death for blasphemy. Compare John 18:31; John 18:32. Crucifixion was the Roman punishment for _treason._ Note the addresses of Pilate: TO THE COUNCIL: Matthew 27:17; Matthew 27:21; Matthew 27:24; Matthew 27:25 TO THE PEOPLE: Mark 15:8;... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. Greek _kakos._ App-128. HATH HE DONE. did He do (at any time). Aorist.... [ Continue Reading ]
WILLING. determining. Greek. _boulomai._ See App-102.2. TO CONTENT THE PEOPLE. to satisfy the crowd. This is the motto of the present day, but it always ends in judgment. See and compare Exodus 32:1 with Exodus 26:27; Acts 12:3 with Acts 12:23; 2 Timothy 4:3 with 2 Timothy 4:1 and 2 Timothy 4:8. So... [ Continue Reading ]
INTO. within. THE HALL. the court. See Matthew 26:3. BAND. Greek. _speira. a_ company bound or assembled round. standard: Latin. _manipulus. a_ handful of hay or straw twisted about. pole as. standard: and, by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, put for the men-at -arms gathered round... [ Continue Reading ]
PURPLE. See Matthew 27:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAIL. See note on Matthew 26:49.... [ Continue Reading ]
SMOTE. kept smiting. DID SPIT. kept spitting. WORSHIPPED. did homage to. App-137.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO. to the end that they might.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMPEL. See note on Matthew 27:32. PASSED BY. was passing by. OUT OF. away from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. Not the same word as in Mark 15:46. THE COUNTRY. a field. RUFUS. This may be the Rufus of Romans 16:1 Romans 16:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO. Greek. _epi._ App-104. As in Mark 15:46. Not the same word as in verses: Mark 15:41; Mark 15:43. GOLGOTHA. See note on Matthew 27:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY GAVE, &c.. they were offering. See notes on Matthew 27:34; Matthew 27:48. NOT. Greek. _ou_. App-105.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN THEY HAD, &c. The two robbers of Mark 15:27, and Matthew 27:38, not yet brought. See App-164. PARTED. divided. UPON. Greek. _epi_. App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE THIRD HOUR. Of the day (John 11:9), i.e. 9am. No discrepancy; for the sixth hour of John 19:14 was the sixth hour of the night (from about sunset), viz. "about" midnight (in the midst of the trial), when Pilate said "Behold your King". The context there and here explains and settles the matter.... [ Continue Reading ]
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; Hebrews 8:10, Heb 8:16). Greek _epigrapho._ Occ, else-where only in Revelation 21:12. See App-163. THE KING... [ Continue Reading ]
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. THIEVES. robbers, not malefactors as in Luke 23:32, who were "led with Him". See App-164. ONE ON HI... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SCRIPTURE. Isaiah 53:12. See App-107. TRANSGRESSORS. lawless ones. App-128. RAILED ON. were blaspheming.... [ Continue Reading ]
AH, or Aha. DESTROYEST. As in Mark 13:2. TEMPLE. _Naos._ See notes on Matthew 4:5; Matthew 23:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
COME DOWN. See note on "descend", Mark 15:32. FROM. off. Greek. _apo_. App-104. As in Mark 15:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 not (Mark 15:23) able to.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHRIST = the Messiah. App-98. THE KING OF ISRAEL. Referring to the confession in Mark 15:2. DESCEND. Same as "come down "in Mark 15:30. see (App-133.) BELIEVE (App-150.) Vain promise. For they did not believe, though He _came up_ from the grave. THEY THAT WERE... REVILED HIM. Both the "robbers",... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SIXTH HOUR OF THE DAY. (John 11:9.) From sunrise: i.e. noon. See note on Mark 15:25, and App-165. WAS. became. OVER. Greek. _epi._ App-104. THE NINTH HOUR. The hour of offering the evening sacrifice: i.e. 3pm. So that the darkness was from noon till 3pm. See App-165.... [ Continue Reading ]
ELOI, &c. Quoted from Psalms 22:1. See note on Matthew 27:46.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. ELIAS. Elijah.... [ Continue Reading ]
GAVE HIM. - was giving. See note on Matthew 27:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
CRIED WITH. LOUD VOICE, AND. having uttered. loud cry, HE GAVE UP THE GHOST. expired. Greek. _ekpneo. to_ breathe out, or expire. Occurs only here, Mark 15:39, and Luke 23:46.... [ Continue Reading ]
VEIL. See note on Matthew 27:51 IN. into. Greek. _eis._ App-104. TWAIN. two. THE TOP. above. Greek. _anothen,_ as in Luke 1:3. See note there.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH. who. THE SON OF GOD. a Son of God: i.e.. supernatural or Divine being. App-98. Found frequently in the Fayyum Papyri as. title of the Emperor Augustus, in Latin as well as Greek inscriptions.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO WOMEN. women also. AFAR OFF. from (Greek. _apo._ App-104.) afar. AMONG. Greek. _en_ App-104. MAGDALENE. See Matthew 27:56. THE LESS. junior. Divinely supplied only in Mark to distinguish him from James the Apostle (compare Matthew 13:55, and Matthew 27:56). See also Acts 12:17; Acts 15:13; A... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO, WHEN HE WAS IN GALILEE. whenHe was in Galilee also. FOLLOWED... MINISTERED = used to follow and minister. UNTO. Greek _eis_ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Mar 22:43, Mar 22:46.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN THE EVEN WAS COME evening already having come. Compare Matthew 27:57. THE PREPARATION: i.e. the 14th of Nisan, the day before the Passover (on the 15th), _which_ took place on the 14th at even, and ushered in the High Sabbath, which commenced after sunset on the 14th. THE DAY BEFORE THE SABBA... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. he from. Greek. _ho apo._ App-104. HONOURABLE. honourable (in rank), as in Acts 13:50; Acts 17:12. COUNSELLOR. A member of the Sanhedrin. See Luke 23:51. WHICH ALSO WAITED. who himself also was waiting. the kingdom of God. See App-114. WENT IN BOLDLY. = took courage and went in; i.e. braving... [ Continue Reading ]
MARVELLED. wondered. This verse and the next are. Divine supplement, peculiar to Mark. IF HE WERE, &c. Implying. _hypothesis_ which he did not yet expect. App-118. ANY WHILE. long.... [ Continue Reading ]
KNEW. = having got to know. Greek. _ginsoko._ See App-132. GAVE. made. gift of (Greek. _doreo)._ Occurs only here and 2 Peter 1:3, I. BODY. Greek. _some_. body. But all the texts read _ptoma =_ corpse.... [ Continue Reading ]
FINE LINEN. Greek. _sindon._ See note on Mark 14:61; Mark 14:62. SEPULCHRE memorial tomb. OUT OF. Greek. _ek._ App-104. Not the same word as in Mark 15:21. ROCK. Greek. _petra_, as in Matthew 16:18. A STONE. See note on Matthew 27:60.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHELD. were (attentively) looking on so as to see exactly. Greek. _thereo,_ App-133.... [ Continue Reading ]