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Mark 15:15-19
Condemnation, Crucifixion, and Death of Jesus.
The sentence and the mockery by the soldiers:
Condemnation, Crucifixion, and Death of Jesus.
The sentence and the mockery by the soldiers:
CHAPTER 15 _ 1. Before Pilate. (Mark 15:1 .Matthew 27:1; Luke 23:1; John 18:28 .)_ 2. Barabbas released and the Servant condemned. ...
JESUS BEFORE PILATE. A second meeting of the Sanhedrin held in the daylight regularizes the condemnation arrived at overnight. They now take Jesus to Pilate (governor of Judæ a, A.D. 26- 36, see p. 65...
THE SILENCE OF JESUS (Mark 15:1-5)...
At the time of the Feast, it was the custom for the governor to release to the people a prisoner, whom they were accustomed to choose. There was a man called Barabbas, confined with the revolutionarie...
WILLING. determining. Greek. _boulomai._ See App-102.2. TO CONTENT THE PEOPLE. to satisfy the crowd. This is the motto of the present day, but it always ends in judgment. See and compare Exodus 32:1 w...
_And so Pilate_ One hope, however, the procurator still seems to have retained. Irresolution indeed had gone too far, and he could not retrace his steps. He thought he must content the people, and the...
ΤῸ ἹΚΑΝῸΝ ΠΟΙΗ͂ΣΑΙ. _Satisfacere_, a Latinism found in Polybius and other late writers, but nowhere else in N.T., and perhaps nowhere in LXX. Pilate is cowed and becomes the henchman of the hierarchy....
1–15. THE TRIAL BEFORE THE PROCURATOR Matthew 27:1-26; Luke 23:1-3; Luke 23:18-25 John 18:28-40;...
Ver 6. Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. 7. And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had commit...
_JESUS WAS TRIED AND CONDEMNED -- MARK 15:1-20:_ The Jews charged Jesus with blasphemy because He called Himself the Son of God. Jesus was tried before Pilate, a weak leader that would do anything to...
ΒΟΥΛΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part._ (причины) ΒΟΎΛΟΜΑΙ (G1014) желать, хотеть, ΙΚΑΝΌΣ (G2425) достаточный. Используется в устойчивом выражении, которое означает "удовлетворять" (Taylor; RG, 1385)....
WILLING TO CONTENT THE PEOPLE,— Pilate had given them too much cause of disgust before, as appears from what Josephus says concerning him; and probably he was afraid of a general insurrection, therefo...
5. JESUS BEFORE PILATE 15:1-20 _TEXT 15:1-20_ And straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried hi...
And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. For the e...
7 Bar-Abbas, which means son of the father, _ had _ committed the political crime against the Roman government which they tried to fasten on our Lord. He was a murderer. The Lord was a life giver. Yet...
THE TRIAL BEFORE PILATE. THE CRUCIFIXION 1-15. Trial before Pilate (Matthew 27:1; Matthew 27:11; Luke 23:1; Luke 23:13;...
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 15 JESUS AND PILATE VERSES 1-15 The *Jews did not have power over their own countr...
(15-21) AND SO PILATE, WILLING TO CONTENT THE PEOPLE. — The word which St. Mark uses for “content” appears to be the Greek equivalent for the Latin _satisfacere,_ and so takes its place in the evidenc...
CHAPTER 15 CHAPTER 15:1-20 (Mark 15:1) PILATE "And straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried...
Pilate was now quite sure what the people wished, and so, as an opportunist, he let them have their way. τὸ ἱκανὸν ποιῆσαι : to satisfy (here only in N. T.) = _satisfacere_ in Vulg [153], perhaps a La...
_Jesus or Barabbas?_ (Matthew 27:15-26; Luke 23:16-25)....
THE CHOICE OF THE MULTITUDE Mark 15:1-21 The hurried consultation of the evening was followed by the more formal meeting of the early morning; and even the decision made then had no binding force ti...
This chapter is one of those that needs little explanation and must ever be read in awe and reverence. Pilate represented the Roman empire, which attempted to secure itself by its ordinary methods of...
PILATE SEEKS TO RELEASE HIM IN LIEU OF BARABBAS Matthew 27:15-26; Mark 15:6-15; John 18:39-40; Luke 23:13-25. “ An
(15) And _so_ Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged _him,_ to be crucified. (16) And the soldiers led him away into the hall, ca...
The transfiguration, as a matter of fact witnessed by the eyes of chosen witnesses, introduces naturally the great change that was about to be effected by the mighty power of God; for that wondrous sc...
_CHRIST’S HUMILIATION_ ‘Pilate … delivered Jesus, when he had scourged Him, to be crucified. And the soldiers … did spit upon Him.’ Mark 15:15 The prophecy, ‘I gave my back to the smiters … and I h...
_PILATE’S SIN_ ‘And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged Him, to be crucified.’ Mark 15:15 The story of Pilate and his yi...
Before Pilate (chapter 15), He only witnesses a good confession, a testimony to the truth where the glory of God required it, and where this testimony stood opposed to the power of the adversary. To a...
AND SO PILATE, WILLING TO CONTENT THE PEOPLE,.... To satisfy and make them easy, who were become very noisy and tumultuous, and fearing the consequences of their resentment, should he not comply, of w...
And there was _one_ named Barabbas, _which lay_ bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection. 8 And the multitude crying aloud began to desire _hi...
_But the chief priests_ Being very solicitous to carry the plan they had formed for his destruction into execution; _moved the people_ To desire the release of Barabbas, though he was a scandalous and...
Christ before Pilate. Matthew 27:1-31; LUKE 23:1-25; JOHN 18:28-40; John 19:1-16....
TITLE : Pilate's Mistakes TEXT : Mark 15:1-15 PROPOSITION : The local congregation must learn from the mistakes of Pilate. QUESTION : Which? KEY WORD : Mistakes READING : Mark 15:9-15 INTRODUCTION :...
15-21 Christ met death in its greatest terror. It was the death of the vilest malefactors. Thus the cross and the shame are put together. God having been dishonoured by the sin of man, Christ made sa...
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Mark 15:15 So G1161 Pilate G4091 wanting G1014 (G5740) gratify G2425 G4160 (G5658) crowd G3793 released...
‘And Pilate, wishing to make the crowd content, released to them Barabbas and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.' By now Pilate had given up on any idea of justice. His only d...
ROMAN JUSTICE (15:1-20). Mark's concern in this narrative is to bring out that there was not really any serious political charge against Jesus, and that that was recognised by the Roman governor, with...
Mark 15:15. WISHING TO CONTENT THE MULTITUDE. The word ‘wishing' points to a decision, a determination, neither a hearty desire, nor a mere permission. In Matthew 1:19 the same word is translated ‘was...
THIS account is closely related to that of Matthew, but the remorse and suicide of Judas are omitted, and in the narrative of the trial before Pilate some independent details are introduced....
TO CONTENT THE MULTITUDE (τω οχλω το ικανον ποιησα). A Latin idiom (_satisfacere alicui_), to do what is sufficient to remove one's ground of complaint. This same phrase occurs in Polybius, Appian,...
Let us read again what we have often read before, that saddest of all stories which, nevertheless, is the fountain of the highest gladness,-the story of our Saviour's death, as recorded by Mark. Mark...
Mark 15:15. And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. And the soldiers led him away into the hall, call...
We will read two short passages from the Gospels this evening. May the blessed Spirit, who taught the Evangelists to record the sad story of our Lord's sufferings and death, give us fully to enter int...
CONTENTS: Jesus before Pilate. Barabbas set free instead of Christ. The crucifixion. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Pilate, Simon, Barabbas, Centurion, Joseph, 2 thieves, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of...
Mark 15:1. _Straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council._ Συνεδριν, the whole sanhedrim, consisting of seventy, but which must ne...
SO HE SET BARABBAS FREE FOR THEM. It was ironic to set the guilty man free, and to hand Jesus over to be nailed to the cross. See 2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 9:28....
_And so Pilate, willing to content the people._ PILATE AND JESUS I. What sort of man was Pilate? Probably not worse than many Roman governors; not very unlike Festus, Felix, Gallio, and the rest. 1...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 15:15 Pilate condemned Jesus to crucifixion, which was the means of executing criminals convicted of high treason. HAVING SCOURGED JESUS. Scourging, by itself, could lead to death (s...
PILATE HANDS JESUS OVER TO BE CRUCIFIED MATTHEW 27:15-26; MARK 15:6-15; LUKE 23:13-25; JOHN 18:38-40...
CHAPTER XV. 1 _Jesus brought bound, and accused before Pilate_. 15 _Upon the clamour of the common people, the murderer Barabbas is loosed, and Jesus delivered up to be crucified_. 17 _He is crowned w...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 15:1. AND THE WHOLE COUNCIL.—_Even the whole Sanhedrin_, which consisted of the three classes just named—chief priests, elders, and scribes (1Ma. 14:28). Mark 15:...
EXPOSITION MARK 15:1 AND STRAIGHTWAY IN THE MORNING THE CHIEF PRIESTS WITH THE ELDERS AND SCRIBES, AND THE WHOLE COUNCIL, HELD A CONSULTATION, AND BOUND JESUS, AND CARRIED HIM AWAY, AND DELIVERED HIM...
Let's turn to Mark's gospel chapter 15. Jesus was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane in the evening or late night, and immediately brought before Caiaphas the high priest and some of the rulers wher...
1 Peter 2:24; Acts 24:27; Acts 25:9; Galatians 1:19; Isaiah 50:6;...
To content [τ ο ι κ α ν ο ν π ο ι η σ α ι]. Lit., to do the sufficient thing. Compare the popular phrase, Do the right thing. A Latinism, and used by Mark only. Wyc., to do enough to the people....