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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...
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CHAPTER 15
_ 1. Before Pilate. (Mark 15:1 .Matthew 27:1; Luke 23:1; John 18:28
.)_
2. Barabbas released and the Servant condemned. ...
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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...
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THE SILENCE OF JESUS (Mark 15:1-5)...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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_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...
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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....
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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....
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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...
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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...
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THE TRIAL BEFORE PILATE. THE CRUCIFIXION
1-15. Trial before Pilate (Matthew 27:1; Matthew 27:11; Luke 23:1;
Luke 23:13;...
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THE CRUCIFIXION (Matthew 27:31; Luke 23:26; John 19:16). See on Mt,
Lk, Jn....
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CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL
_KEITH SIMONS_
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CHAPTER 15
JESUS AND PILATE
VERSES 1-15
The *Jews did not have power over their own countr...
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(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...
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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...
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(21-38) See Notes on Matthew 27:32....
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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...
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_The crucifixion_ (Matthew 27:32-37; Luke 23:26; Luke 23:33-38)....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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)...
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CHAPTER 27.
JESUS LED TO CALVARY
Matthew 27:31-34; Mark 15:20-23; Luke 23:26-33; John 19:16-17. “ And
the
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(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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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_...
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_And when they had mocked him_, &c. These verses are explained in the
note on Matthew 27:31....
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The crucifixion. Matthew 27:32-64....
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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....
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Christ led to His crucifixion:...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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Mark 15:21 Then G2532 compelled G29 (G5719) man G5100 Simon G4613
Cyrenian G2956 father G3962 Alexander G223 and...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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Mark's account resembles that of Matthew, but has independent details....
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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'...
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RUFUS
It is possible that this may be the same Rufus mentioned in (Romans
16:13)....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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,
“...
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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...
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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...
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Jesus is led away to be crucified Matthew 27:32-44; Mark 15:21-32;
Luke 23:26-43; John 19:17-22;...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Acts 11:20; Acts 13:1; Acts 2:10; Acts 6:9; John 15:18;...
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Compel. Better impress, as Rev. in margin. See on Matthew 5:41. Note
the accuracy in designating Simon....
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The father of Alexander and Rufus — These were afterward two eminent
Christians, and must have been well known when St. Mark wrote....
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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...