“ And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! ”
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,...
Hail. See note on Matthew 26:49 .
And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
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 Trial Before Pilate. The Crucifixion 1-15. Trial before Pilate ( Matthew 27:1 ; Matthew 27:11 ; Luke 23:1 ; Luke 23:13 ; John 18:28 ). See on Mt and Jn. For the trial before Herod see on...
(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 evid...
Chapter 15 CHAPTER 15:1-20 ( Mark 15:1-20 ) 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...
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 for...
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...
(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, c...
CHRIST’S HUMILIATION ‘Pilate … delivered Jesus, when he had scourged Him, to be crucified. And the soldiers … did spit upon Him.’ Mark 15:15-19 The prophecy, ‘I gave my back to the smiters …...
And began to salute him, hail, king of the Jews !] In a mock way, wishing him long life and prosperity, as if he was a king just come to his throne, and this was his coronation day.
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 Insulted and Condemned. 15 And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus,...
See Poole on " Mark 15:2 "
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,...
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 O...
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. Ma...
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...
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,...
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 d...
Condemnation, Crucifixion, and Death of Jesus. The sentence and the mockery by the soldiers:
Genesis 37:10 ; Genesis 37:20 ; John 19:14 ; John 19:15 ; Luke 23:36 ; Luke 23:37 ; Mark 15:29-32 ; Matthew 27:42 ; Matthew 27:43