Mark 15

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:25

And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. The time of the daily sacrifice of the morning, at which the priests ought to have been; and the time when the sanhedrim usually began to sit F24 Maimon. Hilch. Sanhedrin, c. 3, sect. 1. ; for "the grand sanhedrim sat from the daily sacrifice of the morning, to the daily sacrifice of the evening:' but this being an extraordinary case, and they in a hurry to put Jesus to death, had been sitting up all night; and early in the morning... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:26

And the superscription of his accusation ,.... Or "the cause of his death", as the Syriac and Persic versions read; the crime for which he suffered: was written ; over his head, upon the cross, to which it was fastened; the sum of which was, the king of the Jews ; See Gill on Matthew 27:37 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:27

And with him they crucified two thieves ,.... For his greater reproach; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left ; as if he had been one of them, and a principal among them; See Gill on Matthew 27:38 . read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:27

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