Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 15:16-20
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 15:16. See R.V.Mark 15:17. Render: And they invest Him with “a purple”—the official robe of gs and rulers, no matter what its colour.MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Mark 15:16-20(PARALLEL: Matthew 27:27-31.)The Son of God mocked and wounded.—Solar eclipses are not miraculous appearances. Men acquainted with the situations and revolutions of the celestial orbs foretell these appearances. The humiliation of the Son of God is the eclipse of the Sun of... read more
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 15:21-37
To make this history complete, all the other evangelists must be consulted, and compared with Mark, who omits many considerable passages recorded by them; we have done it in our notes on Matthew 27:32-50, See Poole on "Matthew 27:32", and following verses to Matthew 27:50, to which I refer the reader, both for the understanding the several passages of this relation, and reconciling any small differences between the relations of the several evangelists. It is the observation of some, that when... read more