John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible
Mark 15:38
And the vail of the temple was rent in twain, from the top to the bottom. At which time also there was an earthquake, and the rocks were rent, and graves were opened, as Matthew relates,
And the vail of the temple was rent in twain, from the top to the bottom. At which time also there was an earthquake, and the rocks were rent, and graves were opened, as Matthew relates,
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...
VEIL. See note on Matthew 27:51 IN. into. Greek. _eis._ App-104. TWAIN. two. THE TOP. above. Greek. _anothen,_ as in Luke 1:3. See note there....
_And the veil of the temple_ the beautiful thick, costly veil of purple and gold, inwrought with figures of Cherubim, 20 feet long and 30 broad, which separated the Holy Place from the Most Holy, _was...
33–41. THE LAST THREE HOURS AND THE DEATH Matthew 27:45-56; Luke 23:44-49; John 19:29-30...
ΤῸ ΚΑΤΑΠΈΤΑΣΜΑ Κ.Τ.Λ. All three mention the portent of the rending of the Temple-veil, about which we have no further information. Possibly the Evangelist regards it as the Temple rending its clothes...
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...
ΚΑΤΑΠΈΤΑΣΜΑ (G2665) завеса, покров (Matthew 27:51). ΈΣΧΊΣΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΣΧΊΖΩ (G4977) разрывать; _pass._ разрываться....
_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...
15:38 temple (b-6) _ Naos_ , as ver. 29....
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...
(21-38) See Notes on Matthew 27:32....
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...
_Death and its accompaniments_ (Matthew 27:50-56; Luke 23:46-49)....
The fact of the rending of the veil stated as in Mt., with omission of Mt.'s favourite ἰδοὺ, and the introduction of another of Mk.'s characteristic pleonasms, ἀπʼ ἄνωθεν....
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...
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...
_THE RENT VEIL_ ‘And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.’ Mark 15:37 As the rent rocks and open graves pro...
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 the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. Ver. 38. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 27:51 _"_...
_When the sixth hour was come_ For an explanation of this paragraph, see notes on Matthew 27:45. _My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?_ In these words, Jesus claims God as his God; and yet lamen...
The crucifixion. Matthew 27:32-64....
THE BURIAL OF JESUS. Immediate effects of Christ's death:...
AND THE VEIL OF THE TEMPLE WAS RENT IN TWAIN FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM....
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...
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...
Ver. 38-41. The prodigies happening upon the death of our Saviour, and the passages happening between the time of his expiration and his burial, are more largely reported by the other evangelists than...
Mark 15:38 Then G2532 veil G2665 temple G3485 torn G4977 (G5681) in G1519 two G1417 from G575 top...
‘And the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom.' Matthew links this event with an earthquake, ‘the earth quaked and the rocks were torn' (Matthew 27:51). There were two veils i...
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's account resembles that of Matthew, but has independent details....
TOP TO God rent it down; it was rent from the top. Christ having made atonement and glorified God, the way into the holiest was now made manifest. Compare (Hebrews 9:8); (Hebrews 9:24); (Hebrews 10:...
Mark 15:37 Truths taught by the Rending of the Veil. I. If you look into the account of the arrangements and furniture of the Jewish Temple, you will find that there were two veils: the one at the en...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 the veil of the temple was rent._ THE RENT VEIL If you look into the account of the arrangements and furniture of the Jewish temple, you will find that there were two veils-the one at the entran...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 15:38 The inner CURTAIN OF THE TEMPLE WAS TORN IN TWO, FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, removing the separation between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place (see Hebrews 1
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...
2 Chronicles 3:8; Exodus 26:31; Exodus 40:20; Exodus 40:21;...
The veil. See on Matthew 27:51....
Three circumstances are here observable; 1. stupendous prodigy happening upon the death of our Saviour, THE VEIL OF THE TEMPLE WAS RENT IN TWAIN FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM: The veil was. hanging which...