Mark 15:40

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....

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 the human soul of Christ was under, when he was making it an offering for sin. He did not complain that his disciples forsook him, but that his Father forsook him. In this especially he was made sin for us. When Paul was to be offered as a sacrifice for the service saints, he could joy and rejoice, Philippians 2:17; but it is another thing to be offered as a sacrifice for the sin of sinners. At the same instant that Jesus died, the veil of the temple was rent from the top to the bottom. This spake terror to the unbelieving Jews, and was a sign of the destruction of their church and nation. It speaks comfort to all believing Christians, for it signified the laying open a new and living way i...

Verse Mark 15:40. _JOSES_] Some MSS. and versions read _Joset_, others _Joseph_. Matthew 27:56....

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 UP TO PILATE. _Straightway in the morning _(εὐθέως πρωΐ́)_. _The proceedings recorded in the last chapter terminated probably between five and six; the cock-crowing helps to fix the time. Now came the more formal trial. The whole Sanhedrim united in consultation. All the proceedings hitherto had been irregular and illegal. Now, for form's sake, they tried him afresh. But there was another law which was also violated. It was now Friday. In capital cases, sentence of condemnation might not legally be pronounced on the day of the trial. Yet our Lord was tried, condemned, and crucified on the same day. They "hound him," that he mi

THERE WERE ALSO WOMEN LOOKING ON AFAR OFF,.... At some distance from the cross, observing what was said and done; AMONG WHOM WAS MARY MAGDALENE; who had received great favours from Christ: AND MARY THE MOTHER OF JAMES THE LESS; or "little", so called to distinguish him from James the son of Zebedee, and because he might be little of stature: nor was it unusual with the Jews to distinguish persons after this manner: so we read z of R. Jesa, זעירא, "the little", and of Samuel, הקטון, "the little" a, which some have thought to be the Apostle Paul, so called from the littleness of his stature: AND OF JOSES; or "Joseph", as the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions read; AND SALOME; the mother of Zebedee's children, James and John; Matthew 27:56. This was a common name among the Jews; Herod h

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 15:1. _And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate._ «The whole council» could be there, so early in the morning, for such an evil purpose. Wicked men are very diligent in carrying out their sinful schemes; so, when Christ was to be murdered, his enemies were there, as Luke tells us, «as soon as it was day.» How much more diligent ought the followers of Christ to be to give him their devoted service! It is a good thing to begin the day with united prayer and holy converse with his people. Let these wicked men, who were so early in the mor

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 15:6 .Matthew 27:15; Luke 23:16; John 18:39) 3. Crowned with thorns and mocked. ...

THE SILENCE OF JESUS (Mark 15:1-5)...

ALSO WOMEN. women also. AFAR OFF. from (Greek. _apo._ App-104.) afar. AMONG. Greek. _en_ App-104. MAGDALENE. See Matthew 27:56. THE LESS. junior. Divinely supplied only in Mark to distinguish him from James the Apostle (compare Matthew 13:55, and Matthew 27:56). See also Acts 12:17; Acts 15:13; Acts 21:18; Galatians 1:2;...

_There were also women_ forerunners of the noble army of Holy Women, who were, in the ages to come, throughout the length and breadth of Christendom, to minister at many a death-bed out of love for Him Who died "_the Death_." _Mary Magdalene_ Mary of Magdala, out of whom had gone forth seven demons (Luke 8:2). This is the first time she is mentioned by St Mark. _Mary the mother of James the less_ The "Mary of Clopas" (John 19:25) who stood by the cross, and "Mary of James the Less" (comp. Matthew 27:56), are the same person; she was the sister of the Blessed Virgin, and had married Clopas or Alphæus. _James the less_ JAMES THE LITTLE, so called to distinguish him from the Apostle St James, th