Mark 15:16-47

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:37-38

THE RENT VEIL‘And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.’ Mark 15:37-Zechariah : As the rent rocks and open graves proclaimed Christ victorious in death, so may the rent veil have declared that He had won for Himself an access into heavenly places, there to perpetuate the work which had been wrought out on Calvary. It is possible also that the abolition of the Mosaic economy was hereby figuratively taught.... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:39

A CONFESSION OF FAITH‘Truly this man was the Son of God.’ Mark 15:39 These also are words of unconscious prophecy, spoken by an officer of the Roman army, as the words, ‘Never man spake like this Man’ were spoken by officers of the Temple guard. I. They were a first confession of faith, made by the centurion, or captain of a company numbering a hundred soldiers, into whose custody our Lord had been given, and who superintended the Crucifixion. Later in the afternoon it became his duty to... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 15:1-20

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 the result that when he allowed Him to be crucified it was only at the behest of the Jewish leaders and an enraged crowd in order to keep the peace. In essence, says Mark, His conviction was really on a charge of blasphemy, of claiming to be a unique heavenly figure Who would sit at God’s right... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 15:16-19

‘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 they began to salute him, “Hail, king of the Jews”. And they smote his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees paid him homage.’ After the scourging, the humiliation. In Isaiah 50:6 the smiting is followed by the shame and spitting, as here. As far as these soldiers, rough,... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 15:20

‘And when they had mocked him, they took off from him the purple, and put on him his own clothes. And they lead him out to crucify him.’ Such was the justice and the treatment He received on earth. As had been prophesied long before, ‘By oppression and judgment He was taken away’ (Isaiah 53:8). They mocked Him. That was all He was to them. And once they had finished with Him they reclothed Him and led Him off to crucify Him. Men were crucified naked, but His being reclothed was a sop to Jewish... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 15:20-39

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 should now be in a position of being led off to be crucified. We know the story so well that we take it for granted. But we also still recognise the staggering nature of it. Here was God’s beloved Son, Whose one interest had been in the needs of His fellowmen, (even if that had meant that He sometimes... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 15:21

‘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.’ It was normal that the condemned man, in the middle of a square of four soldiers, should carry the crosspiece on which he was to be crucified to the place of execution. The accusation against him was written on a board carried ahead by a soldier, and the longest route to the execution site was taken so as to act as a warning to as many... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 15:22

‘And they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is being interpreted ‘the place of a skull’.’ There is no mention in the Gospels of a hill, but the site would be outside the city walls (Hebrews 13:12) and on a road leading in so that passers by might see and take warning. There may have been a skull shaped hill there or it may simply have been a place seen as ‘unclean’ because skulls had been found there. This might explain why it was a regular place for executions, because it was an unclean... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 15:23

‘And they offered him wine mingled with myrrh and he did not receive it.’ Theophrastus and Pliny both mention the custom of mixing wine with myrrh, but here the purpose was probably to dull the senses so that the extreme pain might be somewhat relieved. The Talmud later mentions this custom (based on Proverbs 31:6-7), a ministry carried out by pious women of Jerusalem. If so the offer was sympathetic and friendly. But Jesus did not receive it. He knew that He needed to be fully aware for He had... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 15:24

‘And they crucify him and part his clothes among them, casting lots on them what each should take.’ ‘They crucify Him.’ When they had reached the site they took the crosspiece and nailed Jesus hands to it. The crosspiece was then attached to the upright post and the feet loosely bound, and sometimes nailed. A young crucified man whose body was discovered near Jerusalem at Ras el-Masaref was found to have been nailed by his arms and had a nail driven through his feet. A ledge of wood called the... read more

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