mark-15:31-32

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 15:32

Christ might have come down from the cross; but he would not, because it was his Father's will that he should die upon the cross to redeem us from death. So he despised the taunts of the wicked, that he might teach us by his example to do the same. If he had chosen to descend from the cross, he would not have ascended. He knew that the death upon the cross was necessary for the salvation of men; and therefore he would go through the whole. He withheld the exercise of his power. His omnipotence... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 15:22-32

158. The crucifixion (Matthew 27:33-44; Mark 15:22-32; Luke 23:32-43; John 19:18-24)Golgotha, the place of Jesus’ crucifixion, was a hill beside a main road just outside Jerusalem. The procession arrived there about 9 a.m. (Matthew 27:33; Mark 15:25). (It is difficult to calculate the exact times of all the incidents that took place on the day of Jesus’ crucifixion. People in those days did not carry clocks, and the times given in the Gospels are only approximate. In some cases the writers may... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 15:31

also the chief priests the chief priests also (as well as the passers by). said = kept saying. among themselves to (Greek. pros. App-101 .) each other. others. Greek allos. App-124 . cannot = is not (Mark 15:23 ) able to. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 15:32

Christ = the Messiah. App-98 . the King of Israel . Referring to the confession in Mark 15:2 . descend. Same as "come down "in Mark 15:30 . see ( App-133 .) believe ( App-150 .) Vain promise. For they did not believe, though He came up from the grave. they that were . . . reviled Him . Both the "robbers", but only one of the "malefactors", reviled (Luke 23:39 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 15:31

In like manner also the chief priests mocking him among themselves with the scribes said, He saved others; himself he cannot save.As Cranfield said:In the sense in which they meant it, these words were untrue - he who raised the dead could also have come down from the cross. On the other hand, he could not save himself if he was to remain true to his mission, if he was to save the world.[12] read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 15:32

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reproached him.That we may see and believe ... Well, why did not Christ do it? Simply because it was impossible; not for Christ, of course, for he could have descended from the cross at the expense of his message of salvation; but it was impossible that such a thing, even if Jesus had done it, would have had the slightest effect on the priests. There was no... read more

Thomas Coke