“ And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not. ”
Wine mingled ... - Matthew says “vinegar.” It was probably “wine soured,” so that it might be called either. This was the common drink of the Roman soldiers. Myrrh - See the notes at Matthew...
Mark 15:21-32 * 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 ow...
they gave, &c.. they were offering. See notes on Matthew 27:34 ; Matthew 27:48 . not. Greek. ou . App-105.
And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.
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 19:17-30 .
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...
(21-38) See Notes on Matthew 27:32-51 .
CHAPTER 15:21-32 ( Mark 15:21-32 ) 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 be...
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, becaus...
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...
(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 MORTIFICATION OF BODILY DESIRES ‘And they bring Him unto the place Golgotha.… And they gave Him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but He received it not.’ Mark 15:22-23 The first great l...
And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh ,.... Wine mingled with frankincense was what was usually given by the Jews to persons going to die w: "he that goes to be executed they mix for h...
And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not. Ver. 23. Wine mingled with myrrh ] This was not the same potion with that in Mark 15:36 ; Matthew 27:48 , but anoth...
They bring him, unto the place Golgotha See these verses elucidated in the notes on Matthew 27:33-44 . When they had crucified him, they parted his garments Mark seems to intimate, that they fir...
The Crucifixion. 22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull. 23 And they ga...
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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 s...
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...
drink The stupefying drink usually given to those crucified.
Mark 15:23 Christ refusing any Alleviation of His Sufferings. Standing before the scene these words picture, I would ask, devoutly and earnestly: What does it mean? What light does it shed upon C...
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...
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...
Christ led to His crucifixion:
John 19:28-30 ; Luke 22:18 ; Luke 23:36 ; Mark 14:25 ; Matthew 26:19 ; Matthew 27:34