Mark 16

Mark 16:1

Matthew 27:1,2; Lu 22:66; Lu 23:1; John 18:28.

Mark 16:3

Matthew 27:12.

Mark 16:7

Insurrection - A crime which the Roman governors, and Pilate in particular, were more especially concerned and careful to punish.

Mark 16:9

Will ye that I release to you the king of the Jews - Which does this wretched man discover most? Want of justice, or courage, or common sense? The poor coward sacrifices justice to popular clamour, and enrages those whom he seeks to appease, by so unseasonably repeating that title, The king of the Jews, which he could not but know was so highly offensive to them.

Mark 16:16

Praetorium - The inner hall, where the praetor, a Roman magistrate, used to give judgment. But St. John calls the whole palace by this name. Matthew 27:27; John 19:2.

Mark 16:17

Purple - As royal robes were usually purple and scarlet, St. Mark and John term this a purple robe, St. Matthew a scarlet one. The Tyrian purple is said not to have been very different from scarlet.

Mark 16:20

Matthew 27:31; John 19:16.