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20 And when they had amocked Him, they took the purple off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.  

The King on a Cross

21 aThen they compelled a certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, as he was coming out of the country and passing by, to bear His cross.  
22 aAnd they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull.  
23 aThen they gave Him wine mingled with myrrh to drink, but He did not take it.  
24 And when they crucified Him, athey divided His garments, casting lots for them to determine what every man should take.  
25 Now ait was the third hour, and they crucified Him.  
26 And athe inscription of His accusation was written above: THE KING OF THE JEWS.  
27 aWith Him they also crucified two robbers, one on His right and the other on His left.  
28 1So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, a“And He was numbered with the transgressors.”  
29 And athose who passed by blasphemed Him, bwagging their heads and saying, “Aha! cYou who destroy the temple and build it in three days,  
30 save Yourself, and come down from the cross!”
31 Likewise the chief priests also, amocking among themselves with the scribes, said, “He saved bothers; Himself He cannot save.  
32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and1 believe.” Even athose who were crucified with Him reviled Him.  

Jesus Dies on the Cross

33 Now awhen the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.  
34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, a“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”  
35 Some of those who stood by, when they heard that, said, “Look, He is calling for Elijah!”
36 Then asomeone ran and filled a sponge full of sour wine, put it on a reed, and boffered it to Him to drink, saying, “Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to take Him down.”  
37 aAnd Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last.  
38 Then athe veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.  
39 So awhen the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that1 He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said, “Truly this Man was the Son of God!”  
40 aThere were also women looking on bfrom afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome,  
41 who also afollowed Him and ministered to Him when He was in Galilee, and many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.  

Jesus Buried in Joseph’s Tomb

42 aNow when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,  
43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who awas himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.  
44 Pilate marveled that He was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him if He had been dead for some time.
45 So when he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
46 aThen he bought fine linen, took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen. And he laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.  
47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses observed where He was laid.
Book Notes:
Barnes' Book Notes



Preface to Mark

Of Mark, the writer of this Gospel, little is certainly known. He is commonly supposed to be the same that is several times mentioned in the New Testament. He was not an apostle, or companion of the Lord Jesus, during his ministry, though some of the fathers affirm that he was one of the seventy disciples. This is improbable, as he is mentioned by Peter I Peter 5:13 as "his son;" from which it is supposed that he was converted by the instrumentality of Peter.

From the New Testament we learn that he was sister' s son to Barnabas Colossians 4:10; and that his mother' s name was Mary, a pious woman in Jerusalem, at whose house the apostles and primitive Christians often assembled, Acts 12:12.

His Hebrew name was John Acts 12:12, and it is probable that he adopted a name better known or more familiar when he visited the Gentiles, a practice not uncommon in that age. He was at first the companion of Paul and Barnabas in their journeys to propagate Christianity, Acts 12:25; Acts 13:5; Acts 15:37. He chose not to attend them through their whole journey, but left them in Pamphylia, and probably returned to Jerusalem, Acts 15:38. Probably at this time he was the companion of Peter, and traveled with him to Babylon, I Peter 5:13. Afterward he went with Barnabas to Cyprus, Acts 15:39. Subsequently he went to Rome, at the express desire of Paul, in company with Timothy, II Timothy 4:11. He remained at Rome while Paul was a captive there, but how long is uncertain, Colossians 4:10; Philemon 1:24. From Eusebius, Epiphanius, and Jerome we hear that Mark went from Rome to Alexandria, in Egypt, where he planted a church, and died in the eighth year of the reign of Nero, 64 ad

The time when this Gospel was written is not certainly known. It is supposed to have been between the years 56 and 63 a.d. It is allowed by all that it was written at Rome; of course it was during the latter years of his life, after the apostles had left Judea, Mark 16:20. Mark was for a considerable time the companion of Peter. Though he had not himself been with the Saviour in his ministry, yet, from his long acquaintance with "Peter," he was familiar with the events of his life, and with his instructions. The uniform testimony of the fathers is that he was the "interpreter" of Peter, and that he wrote this Gospel under the eye of Peter and with his approbation. It has come down to us, therefore, with the sanction of Peter' s authority. Its right to a place among the inspired books has never been questioned. That it was written by Mark, that it was with Peter' s approbation, that it was a record of the "facts" which Peter stated in his ministry, and that it was therefore an inspired book, has never been questioned.

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