Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Mark 15:44
marvelled. wondered. This verse and the next are. Divine supplement, peculiar to Mark.
if He were, &c. Implying. hypothesis which he did not yet expect. App-118.
any while. long.
marvelled. wondered. This verse and the next are. Divine supplement, peculiar to Mark.
if He were, &c. Implying. hypothesis which he did not yet expect. App-118.
any while. long.
MARK 15:44 eiv pa,lai {B} Although the reading pa,lai may perhaps have arisen through a desire to avoid the repetition of h;dh in the sentence, it is more probable that copyists, feeling that pa,lai...
AND PILATE MARVELED IF - Wondered if he was dead, or wondered that he was so soon dead. It was not common for persons crucified to expire under two or three days, sometimes not until the sixth or seve...
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 BURIAL OF JESUS. Deuteronomy 21:23 enjoined the burial of dead criminals before nightfall (_cf._ Josephus, _Wars,_ IV, v.2). The day of the Crucifixion being the preparation for the Sabbath, _i.e....
THE SILENCE OF JESUS (Mark 15:1-5)...
When it was now evening, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, Joseph of Arimathaea, a respected member of the council, and a man who was himself waiting for the Ki...
_And Pilate marvelled_ Death by crucifixion did not generally supervene even for three days, and thirty-six hours is said to be the earliest period when it would be thus brought about. Pilate, therefo...
ἬΔΗ� ([3477][3478] rather than πάλαι�. ([3479][3480][3481][3482] etc.). Change to avoid repetition. [3477] Codex Vaticanus. 4th cent., but perhaps a little later than א. In the Vatican Library almost...
42–47. THE BURIAL Matthew 27:57-61; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42...
Ver 42. And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, 43. Joseph of Arimathaea, an honorable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God...
_THE BURIAL OF JESUS BY JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA -- MARK 15:42-47:_ The burial of Jesus was also a significant event. When Paul described the gospel he said that "Christ died for our sins according to the...
ΈΘΑΎΜΑΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Mark 15:5. ΤΈΘΝΗΚΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΘΝΉΣΚΩ (G2348) умирать; perf. быть мертвым. Прист. ΆΠ отсутствует, потому что здесь нет смысла перфективировать действие (М,...
MARVELLED IF HE WERE— Or, _That he was,_ &c....
7. WOMEN WATCHING. DESCENT FROM THE CROSS. THE BURIAL. 15:40-47 _TEXT 15:40-47_ And there were also women beholding from afar: among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the le...
_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...
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 TRIAL BEFORE PILATE. THE CRUCIFIXION 1-15. Trial before Pilate (Matthew 27:1; Matthew 27:11; Luke 23:1; Luke 23:13;...
BURIAL OF JESUS (Matthew 27:57; Luke 23:50; John 19:38). See on Mt and Jn....
Whether, etc.] RM 'Whether he were already dead.'...
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....
AND PILATE MARVELLED. — The wonder of Pilate, and his calling the centurion (the article points to his being the same that had been mentioned in Mark 15:39), are peculiar to St. Mark....
Omitted by Mt., whose narrative throughout is colourless compared with Mk.'s. εἰ τέθνηκε : εἰ = ὅτι, after a verb of wonder (_vide_ Burton, M. and T., § 277, and Winer, § lx., 6). εἰ ἀπέθανε : τέθνηκε...
_Burial_ (Matthew 27:57-66; Luke 23:50-56)....
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 INTERMENT Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:31-42. “Then the Jews, in order that the
(42) And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation; that is, the day before the sabbath, (43) Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God,...
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 PILATE MARVELLED IF HE WERE ALREADY DEAD,.... For death, by crucifixion, was a slow lingering death; persons that were in their full strength hung a great while before they expired; and the two th...
And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling _unto him_ the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. Ver. 44. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 27:58 _"_...
_And now_, &c. Και ηδη οψιας γενομενης, _And the evening being now come._ The word οψιας, answering to _evening_, is used with some latitude in Scripture. The Jews spoke of two evenings, (see notes on...
Christ's burial. Matthew 27:55-61; LUKE 23:50-56; JOHN 10:31-42....
THE CENTURION; the officer who had charge of the crucifixion. Thus it was rendered certain that Jesus was truly dead....
The burial of Jesus:...
AND PILATE MARVELED IF HE WERE ALREADY DEAD; AND CALLING UNTO HIM THE CENTURION, HE ASKED HIM WHETHER HE HAD BEEN ANY WHILE DEAD....
TITLE: Buried TEXT: Mark 15:42-47 PROPOSITION: Burial seem so final, as if it is all over. QUESTION: Which? KEY WORD: Questions SCRIPTURE READING: INTRODUCTION: 1. Jesus died. That is a fact. 2. Je...
42-47 We are here attending the burial of our Lord Jesus. Oh that we may by grace be planted in the likeness of it! Joseph of Arimathea was one who waited for the kingdom of God. Those who hope for a...
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Mark 15:44 G1161 Pilate G4091 marveled G2296 (G5656) that G1487 was G2348 already G2235 dead G2348 ...
‘There came Joseph of Arimathea, a councillor of honourable standing, who also himself was looking for the Kingly Rule of God, and he boldly went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pila...
LAYING JESUS TO REST (15:40-47). The women who had ministered to Jesus and His disciples were gathered at the cross. It is impossible to imagine the feelings in their hearts as they saw the figure of...
Mark 15:44. AND PILATE MARVELLED. Not at the request, but: IF HE WERE ALREADY DEAD. This shows there was something unusual in this case of crucifixion. Pilate had already given orders to have the legs...
THIS section contains some minor incidents omitted in all the parallel accounts....
IF HE WERE ALREADY DEAD (ε ηδη τεθνηκεν). Perfect active indicative with ε after a verb of wondering, a classical idiom, a kind of indirect question just as we say "I wonder if." Usually death by c...
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...
IT WAS GETTING ON TOWARD EVENING. See notes on Matthew 27:57-61. John tells us that Nicodemus was with Joseph of Arimathea when he asked for the body of Jesus and placed it in the new grave. Both of t...
_Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor._ THE CRISIS IN JOSEPH’S LIFE The record of spiritual progress through many years is given here. Long looking for the promised Saviour, almost convince...
Jesus is laid in the tomb Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42;...
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 15:43. WENT IN BOLDLY.—_Took courage and went in_. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 15:42_ (PARALLELS: Matthew 27:57;...
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...
John 19:31...
Wondered. This query and the asking the centurion are peculiar to Mark....