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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 15:22-32

We have here the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus. I. The place where he was crucified; it was called Golgotha?the place of a scull: some think, because of the heads of malefactors that were there cut off: it was the common place of execution, as Tyburn, for he was in all respects numbered with the transgressors. I know not how to give any credit to it, but divers of the ancients mention it as a current tradition, that in this place our first father Adam was buried, and they think it highly... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 15:29-32

15:29-32 Those who were passing by hurled their insults at him, wagging their heads at him. "Aha!" they said, "you who are going to pull down the Temple and build it in three days, come down from the Cross and save yourself!" Even so the chief priests jested with each other, with the experts in the law. "He saved others," they said, "He cannot save himself. Let this Anointed One of God, this King of Israel, come down from the Cross, so that we may see it and believe." And those who were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:29

And they that passed by ,.... In the road, and went by the cross. The Arabic version adds, "before him", Christ, as he hung on the cross: railed on him, wagging their heads ; gave him opprobrious language, and used indecent gestures; and saying, ah! thou that destroyest the temple ; the Vulgate Latin version adds, "of God": and buildest it in three days ; thou poor vain miserable creature, that boasted of thy power, where art thou now? and what dost thou think of thyself? read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:30

Save thyself, and come down from the cross. Suggesting that if he was what he had pretended to be, and could do what he gave out he could, he might easily free himself from the cross, and make his escape; See Gill on Matthew 27:39 , Matthew 27:40 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:31

Likewise also the chief priests mocking ,.... Or "laughed at one another", as the Syriac version renders it, having gained their point, and satiated their revenge on him: said among themselves with the Scribes ; who were likewise his implacable enemies; he saved others, himself he cannot save ; See Gill on Matthew 27:41 , Matthew 27:42 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 15:32

Let Christ the king of Israel ,.... Who sets up for the Messiah, and whose followers call him the king of Israel, whom the nation expected: and if he is so, let him descend now from the cross, that we may see ; see him come down, and be eyewitnesses of his power: and believe ; that he is the Messiah that was prophesied of, and has been waiting for: and they that were crucified with him reviled him ; that is, the thieves, at least one of them; See Gill on Matthew 27:44 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 15:32

And believe - In him is added by DFGHPBHV, and upwards of sixty others; as also the Armenian, Slavonic, and four Itala. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:16-32

The mockery of Jesus. The scene, the courtyard of the governor's residence; the actors, the Roman soldiery and the Son of God; and the awful fate that awaited the Sufferer, render this mockery one of the most impressive incidents in human history. It was deliberate, brutal, and inhuman. I. WHAT IT WAS IN HIM THAT WAS MOCKED . The crown and the purple and the sham homage are interpreted by the cry, "Hail, King of the Jews!" 1 . It was his kingly pretensions they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:16-32

The crucifixion: the human deed. To the contemplation of that supreme fact in history, around which the thoughts, the hearts, of men gather more and more, we are directed by the few sad, solemn words, "Pilate … delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified." The preliminary incidents are minutely related. They describe the most solemn mockery ever perpetrated. The scourging first. He is stripped to the waist, his hands tied behind him; his bent back is beaten with leathern... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:16-41

Parallel passages: Matthew 27:27-56 ; Luke 23:26-49 ; John 19:17-37 .— The closing scene. I. THE CRUCIFIXION AND ACCOMPANYING EVENTS , 1 . The words of the Creed. The words of the Creed, "crucified under Pontius Pilate," are familiar to almost every young person who has been trained in the Christian religion. All down the centuries the name of this Roman knight, who was Procurator of Judaea under the Propraetor of Syria, has been associated with the greatest crime... read more

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