Mark 15:15-47

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:15

And so Pilate, willing to content the people ,.... To satisfy and make them easy, who were become very noisy and tumultuous, and fearing the consequences of their resentment, should he not comply, of which he had formerly had experience; therefore to humour them, and keep in their favour, after he had washed his hands, to testify his innocence in the matter, he released Barabbas unto them ; the seditious person, robber, and murderer, as they desired: and delivered Jesus when he had... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:16

And the soldiers led him away into the hall ,.... From the place called the pavement, where was the judge's bench, from which he passed sentence on Christ, to a large room, called the praetorium , or judgment hall; being the hall, or room, where the praetor, or Roman magistrate, kept his court of judicature; and is the same place the Jews would not go into, lest they should be defiled, and become unmeet to eat the Chagigah that day; and into which Pilate had Jesus more than once alone, ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:17

And they clothed him with purple ,.... Matthew calls it a "scarlet" robe; and the Persic version here renders it a "red garment": it was of a colour resembling purple; it was pretty near it, and therefore so called; which is what kings were used to wear; and so in derision of him, as a king, clothed him with this mock purple robe; and which was very likely one of the soldiers' old coats: and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head ; for a crown, and also a reed in his hand,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:18

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. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:19

And they smote him on the head with a reed ,.... Or cane, a walking stick which they had put into his hands for a sceptre: this they took out again, and struck him on the head with it, which drove the sharp pointed thorns into his temples: and did spit upon him ; "upon his face", as the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions read: and bowing their knees , as to a sovereign prince, worshipped him ; saying the above words, hail, king of the Jews? See Gill on Matthew 27:29 , Matthew... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:20

And when they had mocked him ,.... To their satisfaction, and had had enough of this sort of diversion: they took off the purple from him ; and so, in their way, unkinged him; and put his own clothes on him : both that he might be known to be the same person; and that the four soldiers, who had the charge of him, might have the perquisites of his clothes at his execution: and led him out to crucify him : they led him out of the "praetorium", or judgment hall, and through the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:21

And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian ,.... See Gill on Matthew 27:32 ; who passed by ; as they were leading Jesus to be crucified: coming out of the country ; from some country village hard by, according to the Syriac, and Vulgate Latin versions; or out of the field, as the Persic and Ethiopic: he might have been in the field, about some rural business; or, as Dr. Lightfoot conjectures, to fetch wood from thence, which was lawful to be done on a feast day, with some provisos,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:22

And they bring him unto the place, Golgotha ,.... A famous, or rather an infamous one, well known, and much noted for the many executions there: which is, being interpreted, the place of a skull ; because the skulls of men that had been executed and buried there, being dug up again, lay scattered about; See Gill on Matthew 27:33 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:23

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 F23 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 43. 1. Bemidbar Rabba, sect. 10. fol. 193. 4. Maimon. Hilch. Sanhedrin, c. 13. sect. 2, 3. Moses Kotsensis Mitzvot Tora, pr. affirm. 98. : "he that goes to be executed they mix for him, בכוס של יין קורט של לבונה , "a grain of frankincense in a cup of wine", that his mind may be disturbed, or not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:24

And when they had crucified him ,.... Had fastened him to the cross, and reared it up, and he was hanging upon it: they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take . This last clause, "what every man should take", is left out in the Arabic version. His garments they divided into four parts; and each soldier, as there were four of them, took a part; and upon his vesture, or seamless coat, because they would not rend it, they cast lots who should have it, and so... read more

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