Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Mark 15:21
The father of Alexander and Rufus — These were afterward two eminent Christians, and must have been well known when St. Mark wrote.
The father of Alexander and Rufus — These were afterward two eminent Christians, and must have been well known when St. Mark wrote.
Verse 21. _A CYRENIAN_] One of _Cyrene_, a celebrated city in the _Pentapolis_ of _Libya_. _THE FATHER OF ALEXANDER AND RUFUS_] It appears that these two persons were well known among the first disc...
CHAPTER 15 _ 1. Before Pilate. (Mark 15:1 .Matthew 27:1; Luke 23:1; John 18:28 .)_ 2. Barabbas released and the Servant condemned. ...
MARK 15:21 * THE CRUCIFIXION. Usually the criminal himself carried his cross (_i.e._ the cross-bar, probably not the upright). Jesus seems to have been exhausted by the scourging and by His own sorrow...
THE SILENCE OF JESUS (Mark 15:1-5)...
And they impressed into service a man called Simon of Cyrene, who was passing by, on his way in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, and they made him carry his Cross. So they brought...
COMPEL. See note on Matthew 27:32. PASSED BY. was passing by. OUT OF. away from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. Not the same word as in Mark 15:46. THE COUNTRY. a field. RUFUS. This may be the Rufus of...
_they compel_ The condemned were usually obliged to carry either the entire cross, or the cross-beams fastened together like the letter V, with their arms bound to the projecting ends. Hence the term...
ἈΓΓΑΡΕΎΟΥΣΙΝ. Originally a Persian expression of impressing people into serving the couriers of the Great King (Hdt. viii. 98), similar to the _cursus publicus_ in the Roman Empire. Cf. _operae public...
Ver 20. ---- And led Him out to crucify Him. 21. And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear His cross. 22. And they brin...
_THE CRUCIFIXION OF THE LORD JESUS -- MARK 15:21-32:_ Are you prepared to die? Death is the inevitable as far as this world is concerned. Jesus was prepared to die. However, His death was much differe...
ΆΓΓΑΡΕΎΟΥΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΆΓΓΑΡΕΎΩ (G29) заставить, силой принудить кого-л. сделать что-л., заставить подчиниться независимо от желания (NTW, 16; NDIEC, 1:42; 2:77; BS, 86-87; MM). Hist, _pra...
THE FATHER OF ALEXANDER AND RUFUS— In the note on Matthew 27:32 we have observed, that these two persons were two noted men among the first Christians, who resided at Rome, and who being well known th...
_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 they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. For the exposition, see the notes at John 19:17....
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 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;...
ALEXANDER AND RUFUS] These names occur only in Mk. They were clearly Christians of eminence, well known in the Roman Church for which this Gospel was composed. Rufus is probably the Rufus of Romans 16...
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...
THE FATHER OF ALEXANDER AND RUFUS. — The fact recorded here, and not elsewhere, is one of the most striking instances of the independent character of St. Mark’s Gospel. It is clear that it had a speci...
(21-38) See Notes on Matthew 27:32....
(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 15:21-32 (MARK 15:21) CHRIST CRUCIFIED "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 cr...
_The crucifixion_ (Matthew 27:32-37; Luke 23:26; Luke 23:33-38)....
ἀγγαρεύουσιν : on this word _vide_ on Matthew 5:41. ἀπʼ ἀγροῦ : this detail in Mk. and Lk. has been taken as an unintentional hint that the crucifixion took place a day earlier than the synoptical sta...
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...
And they (3) compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. (3) The rage of the wicked has no measure; meanwhile, even th...
St. Jerome thinks Alexander and Rufus were disciples of Christ, and on this account the name of their father is here expressed (St. Jerome in Dionysius)...
CHAPTER 27. JESUS LED TO CALVARY Matthew 27:31-34; Mark 15:20-23; Luke 23:26-33; John 19:16-17. “ And the
(21) And, they compel one Simon, a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. (22) And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is,...
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...
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 THEY COMPEL ONE SIMON A CYRENIAN,.... Matthew 27:32; WHO PASSED BY; as they were leading Jesus to be crucified: COMING OUT OF THE COUNTRY; from some country village hard by, according to the Sy...
And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band. 17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his _head_...
_And when they had mocked him_, &c. These verses are explained in the note on Matthew 27:31....
The crucifixion. Matthew 27:32-64....
AND THEY COMPEL ONE SIMON, A CYRENIAN, WHO PASSED BY, COMING OUT OF THE COUNTRY, THE FATHER OF ALEXANDER AND RUFUS, TO BEAR HIS CROSS....
Christ led to His crucifixion:...
TITLE: Crucified TEXT: Mark 15:21-38 PROPOSITION: To appreciate the cross we must understand what was involved. QUESTION: What? KEY WORD: Sufferings READING: Mark 15:21-25 INTRODUCTION: 1. We often...
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...
Ver. 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 M...
Pseudo-Tertullian Against All Heresies but by the above-named Abraxas; and to have come in a phantasm, and been destitute of the substance of flesh: that it was not He who suffered among the Jews, bu...
Mark 15:21 Then G2532 compelled G29 (G5719) man G5100 Simon G4613 Cyrenian G2956 father G3962 Alexander G223 and...
‘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.' It was normal that the condemned man, in th...
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 15:21. COMING FROM THE COUNTRY. Lit, ‘from the field.' This statement throws no light on the reason why they impressed him for this service, nor upon the question whether it was the regular feast...
Mark's account resembles that of Matthew, but has independent details....
THEY COMPEL (αγγαρευουσιν). Dramatic present indicative again where Matthew 27:32 has the aorist. For this Persian word see on Matthew 5:41; Matthew 27:32.COMING OUT OF THE COUNTRY (ερχομενον απ'...
RUFUS It is possible that this may be the same Rufus mentioned in (Romans 16:13)....
Mark 15:21 How little these people knew that they were making this man immortal. What a strange fate that is which has befallen those persons in the Gospel narratives, who, for an instant, come into c...
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...
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...
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...
_And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian._ BEARING THE CROSS I. In going through the history of the fact, our thoughts must glance along the links of the connection between the last appeal of Pilate, “...
BEARING CHRIST'S CROSS 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. Mark 15:21. Away in...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 15:21 According to both Jewish and Roman custom, Jesus had to be taken outside the city walls to be crucified. As allowed by Roman law, SIMON OF CYRENE was forced to CARRY Jesus’ cro...
Jesus is led away to be crucified Matthew 27:32-44; Mark 15:21-32; Luke 23:26-43; John 19:17-22;...
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 11:20; Acts 13:1; Acts 2:10; Acts 6:9; John 15:18;...
Compel. Better impress, as Rev. in margin. See on Matthew 5:41. Note the accuracy in designating Simon....
The sentence of death being passed by Pilate, who can, with dry eyes, behold the sad pomp of our Saviour's bloody execution? Forth comes the blessed Jesus out of Pilate's gate, bearing that cross whic...