Mark 15

Mark 15:1

All ye shall be offended. See notes on Matthew 26:31-35. Compare Lu 22:31-38.

Mark 15:6

They came to a place which was named Gethsemane. See notes on Matthew 26:36-46, where the fullest account of the agony is given. Compare Lu 22:40-46. Luke only speaks of the “sweat, as it were drops of blood” (Lu 22:44).

Mark 15:17

While he yet spake, cometh Judas. For the Betrayal and Arrest, see notes on Matthew 26:47-56. Compare Lu 22:47-53 John 18:1-12. See notes on John.

Mark 15:25

And there followed him, etc. Verses 51 and 52 are peculiar to Mark. A certain young man. Some have supposed him to be Mark. This is only conjecture. The incident may have been introduced to show the rudeness of the assailants and to emphasize the escape of all the disciples from so wanton an attack. A linen cloth. A night robe.

Mark 15:27

They led Jesus away to the high priest. For Trial of Christ, see notes on Matthew 26:57-68. Compare Lu 22:63-71 John 18:13-27. Mark’s account corresponds very closely with Matthew’s.

Mark 15:40

As Peter was beneath in the palace. See notes on Matthew 26:69-75. Compare Lu 22:54-62 John 18:15-17,25-27.

Mark 15:46

He wept. The form of the Greek verb (imperfect) implies that he continued weeping. Geike says: ``It is a touching and beautiful tradition, true to the sincerity of his repentance, if not as a historical reality, that, all his life long, the remembrance of this night never left him, and that, morning by morning, he rose at the hour when the look of his Master had entered his soul, to pray once more for pardon.''