Mark 15:31 NIV

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 15:31

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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:21-32

The crucifixion. The bigots and the mob have gained their end, and now have their own way with "the Holy One and the Just." The power of Rome is brought into the service of Jewish fanaticism and malice. All evil influences have conspired together. Now is their hour and the power of darkness. The world's sin has culminated in the rejection of the world's Savior. All happens as has been foreseen in the counsels of God, and foretold by inspired prophets and by the Son of man himself. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:21-32

The Crucifixion. I. THERE MAY BE A BLESSING IN ENFORCED SERVICE . Simon the Cyrenian is raised into the light of history; perhaps to teach us this. No nobler honor for the Christian than to reflect, "I have been called to bear the cross." And for some to reflect, "I was forced into carrying the cross I would have refused, or left on the ground." So with that other Simon, surnamed Peter. II. PAIN IS RATHER TO BE STRUGGLED WITH THAN ARTIFICIALLY ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:31

The chief priests and the scribes are more bitter than the people. In fact they had all along endeavored to rouse the bad passions of the people against our Lord. And now they take advantage of this his present degraded condition to renew the old charge that his miracles of healing had been wrought by Beelzebub, because, if they had been wrought by God, God would have interposed in this his sore extremity and have set him free. He saved others . They cannot deny this fact. But they now try... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:31-32

The Savior's helplessness. A paradox. The situation as regarded by those who surrounded the cross was manifestly in contradiction with the pretensions of Jesus. This prima facie impression was not accidentally produced, but belonged, so to speak, to the very essence of the gospel as a " mystery; " and it had its ends to serve in the inscrutable wisdom of God. That it tended at first to conceal the true character of the Savior's sufferings there can be no doubt; but as certainly it... read more

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

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:16-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:16-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:16-41

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:21-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:21-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:31-32

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