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Text -- Mark 15:1-47 (NET)
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Jesus Brought Before Pilate
15:1 Early in the morning , after forming a plan , the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up , led him away , and handed him over to Pilate .
15:2 So Pilate asked him , “Are you the king of the Jews ?” He replied , “You say so.”
15:3 Then the chief priests began to accuse him repeatedly .
15:4 So Pilate asked him again , “Have you nothing to say ? See how many charges they are bringing against you !”
15:5 But Jesus made no further reply , so that Pilate was amazed .
Jesus and Barabbas
15:6 During the feast it was customary to release one prisoner to the people , whomever they requested .
15:7 A man named Barabbas was imprisoned with rebels who had committed murder during an insurrection .
15:8 Then the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to release a prisoner for them , as was his custom.
15:9 So Pilate asked them , “Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you ?”
15:10 (For he knew that the chief priests had handed him over because of envy .)
15:11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas instead .
15:12 So Pilate spoke to them again , “Then what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews ?”
15:13 They shouted back , “Crucify him !”
15:14 Pilate asked them , “Why? What has he done wrong ?” But they shouted more insistently , “Crucify him !”
15:15 Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd , Pilate released Barabbas for them . Then , after he had Jesus flogged , he handed him over to be crucified .
Jesus is Mocked
15:16 So the soldiers led him into the palace (that is , the governor’s residence ) and called together the whole cohort .
15:17 They put a purple cloak on him and after braiding a crown of thorns , they put it on him .
15:18 They began to salute him : “Hail , king of the Jews !”
15:19 Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him . Then they knelt down and paid homage to him .
15:20 When they had finished mocking him , they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes back on him . Then they led him away to crucify him .
The Crucifixion
15:21 The soldiers forced a passerby to carry his cross , Simon of Cyrene , who was coming in from the country (he was the father of Alexander and Rufus ).
15:22 They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha (which is translated , “Place of the Skull ”).
15:23 They offered him wine mixed with myrrh , but he did not take it.
15:24 Then they crucified him and divided his clothes , throwing dice for them , to decide what each would take .
15:25 It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him .
15:26 The inscription of the charge against him read , “The king of the Jews .”
15:27 And they crucified two outlaws with him , one on his right and one on his left .
15:28 [[EMPTY]]Jesus’ Death
15:33 Now when it was noon , darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon .
15:34 Around three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice , “Eloi , Eloi , lema sabachthani ?” which means , “My God , my God , why have you forsaken me ?”
15:35 When some of the bystanders heard it they said , “Listen , he is calling for Elijah !”
15:36 Then someone ran , filled a sponge with sour wine , put it on a stick , and gave it to him to drink , saying , “Leave him alone ! Let’s see if Elijah will come to take him down !”
15:37 But Jesus cried out with a loud voice and breathed his last .
15:38 And the temple curtain was torn in two , from top to bottom .
15:39 Now when the centurion , who stood in front of him , saw how he died , he said , “Truly this man was God’s Son !”
15:40 There were also women , watching from a distance . Among them were Mary Magdalene , and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses , and Salome .
15:41 When he was in Galilee , they had followed him and given him support . Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were there too.
Jesus’ Burial
15:42 Now when evening had already come , since it was the day of preparation (that is , the day before the Sabbath ),
15:43 Joseph of Arimathea , a highly regarded member of the council , who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God , went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus .
15:44 Pilate was surprised that he was already dead . He called the centurion and asked him if he had been dead for some time .
15:45 When Pilate was informed by the centurion , he gave the body to Joseph .
15:46 After Joseph bought a linen cloth and took down the body , he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock . Then he rolled a stone across the entrance of the tomb .
15:47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Persecution |
Pilate, Pontius |
Prisoners |
Jesus, The Christ |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E2 |
PILATE; PONTIUS |
Death |
Barabbas |
Soldiers |
Centurion |
Mary |
Mocking |
Complicity |
Joseph |
Judge |
Golgotha |
JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA |
Court |
Salome |
GAMES |
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NET Notes -> Mar 15:1; Mar 15:1; Mar 15:2; Mar 15:2; Mar 15:2; Mar 15:2; Mar 15:3; Mar 15:4; Mar 15:6; Mar 15:6; Mar 15:8; Mar 15:9; Mar 15:10; Mar 15:11; Mar 15:12; Mar 15:12; Mar 15:13; Mar 15:15; Mar 15:15; Mar 15:15; Mar 15:15; Mar 15:16; Mar 15:16; Mar 15:16; Mar 15:16; Mar 15:17; Mar 15:17; Mar 15:17; Mar 15:18; Mar 15:18; Mar 15:19; Mar 15:19; Mar 15:20; Mar 15:20; Mar 15:20; Mar 15:21; Mar 15:21; Mar 15:21; Mar 15:21; Mar 15:22; Mar 15:22; Mar 15:22; Mar 15:23; Mar 15:24; Mar 15:24; Mar 15:24; Mar 15:24; Mar 15:25; Mar 15:26; Mar 15:28; Mar 15:30; Mar 15:31; Mar 15:31; Mar 15:32; Mar 15:32; Mar 15:32; Mar 15:33; Mar 15:33; Mar 15:33; Mar 15:33; Mar 15:34; Mar 15:34; Mar 15:35; Mar 15:36; Mar 15:36; Mar 15:38; Mar 15:39; Mar 15:39; Mar 15:40; Mar 15:41; Mar 15:41; Mar 15:41; Mar 15:42; Mar 15:42; Mar 15:43; Mar 15:43; Mar 15:43; Mar 15:43; Mar 15:44; Mar 15:45; Mar 15:45; Mar 15:46; Mar 15:46; Mar 15:46; Mar 15:46; Mar 15:46; Mar 15:47
NET Notes: Mar 15:1 The Jews most assuredly wanted to put Jesus to death, but they lacked the authority to do so. For this reason they handed him over to Pilate in hopes ...
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NET Notes: Mar 15:2 The reply “You say so” is somewhat enigmatic, like Jesus’ earlier reply to the Jewish leadership (mentioned in Matt 26:64 and Luke 2...
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NET Notes: Mar 15:3 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
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NET Notes: Mar 15:4 Grk “Pilate asked him again, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has not been translated.
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NET Notes: Mar 15:6 The custom of Pilate to release one prisoner to them is unknown outside the gospels in Jewish writings, but it was a Roman custom at the time and thus...
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NET Notes: Mar 15:9 Grk “Pilate answered them, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has not been translated.
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NET Notes: Mar 15:12 Instead of “what do you want me to do” several witnesses, including the most important ones (א B C W Δ Ψ Ë1,13 33 892...
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NET Notes: Mar 15:13 Crucifixion was the cruelest form of punishment practiced by the Romans. Roman citizens could not normally undergo it. It was reserved for the worst c...
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NET Notes: Mar 15:17 The crown may have been made from palm spines or some other thorny plant common in Israel. In placing the crown of thorns on his head, the soldiers we...
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NET Notes: Mar 15:18 The statement Hail, King of the Jews! is a mockery patterned after the Romans’ cry of Ave, Caesar (“Hail, Caesar!”).
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NET Notes: Mar 15:19 Or “a reed.” The Greek term can mean either “staff” or “reed.” See BDAG 502 s.v. κάλαμ ...
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NET Notes: Mar 15:21 Or perhaps, “was coming in from his field” outside the city (BDAG 15-16 s.v. ἀγρός 1).
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NET Notes: Mar 15:22 The place called Golgotha (which is translated “Place of the Skull”). This location is north and just outside of Jerusalem. The hill on wh...
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NET Notes: Mar 15:23 It is difficult to say for certain who gave Jesus this drink of wine mixed with myrrh (e.g., the executioner, or perhaps women from Jerusalem). In any...
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NET Notes: Mar 15:25 Grk “It was the third hour.” This time would have been approximate, and could refer to the beginning of the process, some time before Jesu...
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NET Notes: Mar 15:26 Mention of the inscription is an important detail, because the inscription would normally give the reason for the execution. It shows that Jesus was e...
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NET Notes: Mar 15:28 Most later mss add 15:28 “And the scripture was fulfilled that says, ‘He was counted with the lawless ones.’” Verse 28 is incl...
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NET Notes: Mar 15:30 There is rich irony in the statement of those who were passing by, “Save yourself and come down from the cross!” In summary, they wanted J...
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NET Notes: Mar 15:32 Mark’s wording suggests that both of the criminals spoke abusively to him. If so, one of them quickly changed his attitude toward Jesus (see Luk...
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NET Notes: Mar 15:35 Perhaps the crowd thought Jesus was calling for Elijah because the exclamation “my God, my God” (i.e., in Aramaic, Eloi, Eloi) sounds like...
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NET Notes: Mar 15:38 The referent of this term, καταπέτασμα (katapetasma), is not entirely clear. It could refer to ...
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NET Notes: Mar 15:39 Grk “the way he breathed his last”; or “the way he expired”; or “that he thus breathed no more.”
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NET Notes: Mar 15:41 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: Mar 15:42 The day of preparation was the day before the Sabbath when everything had to be prepared for it, as no work could be done on the Sabbath.
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NET Notes: Mar 15:43 Asking for the body of Jesus was indeed a bold move on the part of Joseph of Arimathea, for it clearly and openly identified him with a man who had ju...
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NET Notes: Mar 15:44 Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
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