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Mark 15:39
And when the centurion, which stood over against Him, saw that He so cried out and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly, this Man was the Son of God.
And when the centurion, which stood over against Him, saw that He so cried out and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly, this Man was the Son of God.
MARK 15:39 o[ti ou[twj evxe,pneusen {C} Although the witnesses that include kra,xaj or its equivalent are diversified and widespread, while those that lack it are chiefly of one textual type (Alexand...
CHAPTER 15 _ 1. Before Pilate. (Mark 15:1 .Matthew 27:1; Luke 23:1; John 18:28 .)_ 2. Barabbas released and the Servant condemned. ...
THE SILENCE OF JESUS (Mark 15:1-5)...
When it was twelve o'clock midday, there came a darkness over the whole earth, and it lasted until three o'clock in the afternoon. And at three o'clock Jesus cried with a great voice, "Eloi, Eloi lama...
WHICH. who. THE SON OF GOD. a Son of God: i.e.. supernatural or Divine being. App-98. Found frequently in the Fayyum Papyri as. title of the Emperor Augustus, in Latin as well as Greek inscriptions....
The Confession of the Centurion 39. _when the centurion_ in charge of the quaternion of soldiers. See above, Mark 15:24. _that he so cried out_ The whole demeanour of the Divine Sufferer, the loudnes...
39. [3463][3464][3465][3466] omit κράξας after οὕτως. [3463] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The w...
33–41. THE LAST THREE HOURS AND THE DEATH Matthew 27:45-56; Luke 23:44-49; John 19:29-30...
Ver 38. And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. 39. And when the centurion, which stood over against Him, saw that He so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, "Tr...
_THE DEATH OF THE LAMB OF GOD -- MARK 15:33-41:_ Darkness was over the entire land from the sixth hour until the ninth hour. This darkness was another of the great miracles of the Bible. This was one...
ΊΔΏΝ _aor. act. part., см._ Mark 15:4. ΚΕΝΤΥΡΊΩΝ (G2760) центурион (Acts 10:1; EDNT; TJ, 101). ΕΝΑΝΤΊΑΣ (G1727) _gen. sing._ напротив. ΥΙΌΣ ΘΕΟΎ Сын Божий. Безартиклевый предикат и его положение по...
_SUMMARY 15:16_16:20 This closing section of Mark, like the corresponding section in Matthew, contains two proofs of the divinity of Jesus. The first is found in the darkness that covered the earth du...
6. JESUS CRUCIFIED 15:21-39 _TEXT 5:21-39_ And they compel one passing by, Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross....
And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. For the exposition, see the notes at ; and at John 19:31....
36 See Psa_69:21. 37-39 Compare Mat_27:50-54; Luk_23:45-47; Joh_19:30-37. 37 No man could take His life from Him. All the weariness and wounds did not exhaust His vitality. At the very last He cries...
THE CRUCIFIXION (Matthew 27:31; Luke 23:26; John 19:16). See on Mt, Lk, Jn....
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...
(39-47) See Notes on Matthew 27:54....
WHEN THE CENTURION. — St. Mark, after his manner, uses the actual Latin word, St. Matthew the Greek equivalent....
CHAPTER 15:33-41 (MARK 15:33) THE DEATH OF JESUS "And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, E...
κεντυρίων, a Latinism = _centurio_, for which Mt. and Lk. give the Greek ἑκατόνταρχος. ἐξ ἐναντίας (χώρας), right opposite Jesus, so that he could hear and see all distinctly. The thing that chiefly i...
_Death and its accompaniments_ (Matthew 27:50-56; Luke 23:46-49)....
A KING UPON HIS CROSS Mark 15:22-47 Our Lord refused to drink the potion prepared by the women of Jerusalem, in order to stupefy those who were crucified and so deaden the sense of pain, because He w...
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...
The centurion considered the crying out of our Saviour as an effect not of human, but divine power, since it generally happens that people at the moment the soul quits the body are reduced to so debil...
CHAPTER 28 CONCURRENT MIRACLES Luke 23:45-49; Mark 15:38-41; Matthew 27:51-56. Our Lord has already expired on the cross, and now we proceed to consider the concurrent miracles so overwhelmingly atte
(38) And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. (39) And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly...
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...
_A CONFESSION OF FAITH_ ‘Truly this man was the Son of God.’ Mark 15:39 These also are words of unconscious prophecy, spoken by an officer of the Roman army, as the words, ‘Never man spake like thi...
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 WHEN THE CENTURION, WHICH STOOD OVER AGAINST HIM,.... To watch him, that nobody released him, and that he did not come down from the cross himself; SAW THAT HE SO CRIED OUT, AND GAVE UP THE GHOST...
And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God. Ver. 39. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 27:54 _"_ _See Trapp o...
_When the centurion saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost_ Cried out with such strength of voice, and such firm confidence in God, even at the moment when he expired, _he said, Truly this ma...
The crucifixion. Matthew 27:32-64....
33-41 There was a thick darkness over the land, from noon until three in the afternoon. The Jews were doing their utmost to extinguish the Sun of Righteousness. The darkness signified the cloud which...
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Mark 15:39 So G1161 centurion G2760 who G3588 stood G3936 (G5761) opposite G1537 G1727 Him G846 saw...
‘And when the centurion who stood opposite him saw that he so (cried out and) breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God”.' The awesome events on that day had produced their own e...
THE CRUCIFIXION (15:20-39). It must have come as a huge anti-climax to those who heard this story for the first time when they learned that this One Who had done such good and had taught so well shoul...
Mark 15:39. THE CENTURION. Mark here and in Mark 15:44-45 gives the Latin term, Matthew and Luke the Greek. WHO STOOD BY OVER AGAINST HIM, _i.e.,_ in front of Him, ‘watching' (Matthew) Him. SAW THA...
Mark's account resembles that of Matthew, but has independent details....
THE CENTURION (ο κεντυριων). A Latin word (_centurio_) used also in verse Mark 15:44 and here only in the N.T.WHICH STOOD BY OVER AGAINST HIM (ο παρεστηκως εξ εναντιας αυτου). This description al...
Mark 15:24 What took place around the Cross of Christ. I. Notice what _men_did during the crucifixion of Christ. (1) The soldiers. They are careless and confident. They cast lots for the clothes of t...
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...
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...
Concerning the death of our Lord Jesus Christ, we shall read in three portions of the New Testament. First, in the Gospel according to Mark, the fifteenth chapter, beginning at the thirty-fourth verse...
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...
AND THEY FORCED HIM TO CARRY JESUS' CROSS. See notes on Matthew 27:32-56. Only Mark tells us that Simon was the father of Alexander and Rufus. Compare Romans 16:13; Acts 19:33. Evidently both were wel...
_Truly this Man was the Son of God._ THE CENTURION’S CONFESSION Never did reason obtain a more complete victory over prejudice. Death is the touchstone of the soul. Even in the most favourable circu...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 15:39 The CENTURION has observed the death of many crucified criminals. He recognizes correctly that Jesus is THE SON OF GOD....
Jesus dies on the cross Matthew 27:45-56; Mark 15:33-41; Luke 23:44-49; John 19:28-37;...
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 15:21. COMPEL.—_Press into service_: original word is of Persian origin, and denotes the impressment into service which officials were authorised to make to exped...
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...
Acts 10:1; Acts 27:1; Acts 27:43; Luke 23:47; Luke 23:48;...
Son of God. Not the Son of God, which Rev. has retained, but a son of God. To the centurion Christ was a hero or demigod. See on Matthew 27:54....
(CF. MARK 15:39; LUKE 23:47)— What did the centurion really say about Christ on the cross? PROBLEM: Matthew records the centurion saying, “Truly this was the Son of God,” while Mark says substantially...