ye call the king of A. D. 33. the Jews? 13 And they cried out again, Crucify him. g Ma.27.26. 16. h Ma. 27.27. Lu. 23. 33. Jno. 19.17. Crucify Ma. 27. 34. m Ps. 22. 18. 14 Then Pilate said i unto them, Why, what evil hath hek Ma. 27. 33. done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, him. 15 g And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. 16 h And the soldiers led him away. into the hall, called Prætorium ; * they call together the whole band. Ma. 27.35. to be crucified. on him, and led him 22 kAnd they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which Lu. 23. 34. is, being interpreted, Jno. 19.23. The place of a scull. 23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not. n Ma. 27, 45. Jno. 19.14. o Ma. 27.37. Jno. 19.18. Lu. 22. 37. He. 12. 2. ver. 16 17 And they cloth- king of the Jews! magistrate; where he court, and ment. nba 24 And when they 25 And it was the 26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 27 And P with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and .the other on his left גלגלת or 20 And when they had mocked him, a skull; in they took off the pur-varia, CalLatin, Calple from him, and put his own clothes vary. 28 And the Scripture was fulfilled, which saith, q And he was numbered 32 Let Christ the y King of Israel desceud now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him. 33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land* until the ninth hour. Jno. 19. 30. b Ma. 27.51. Lu. 23. 45. He. 4. 14. & 6. 19. & 9. 3. 12. & 10. 19, 20. 40d There were also Women looking on afar e off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James 34 And at the ninth Ma. 27. 54. the less and of Joses, hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 35 And some of them that stood by, Lu. 23. 47. d Ma. 27. 55. Lu. 23. 49. and Salome; 41 (Who also, when Jno. 19. 25. he was in Galilee, followed f him, and e Ps. 38. 11. ministered unto him;) f Lu. 8.2, 3. and many other woMa. 27. 57. men which came up Lu. 23. 50. with him unto JeruJno. 19.38. salem. g 42 g And now when 44 And Pilate marvelled if he were alc ready dead and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him d whether he had been Ma. 28. 1. Lu. 24. 1. Lu. 24. 3. Jno. 20. 8. Ma. 25.5,6. * A member nation. The any while dead. CHAP. XVI. 1 AND when the sabbath was past, was very Jews, and See Lu. 23. of the sun. said 3 And they among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? 4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. 5 d And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. 6. And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, he is risen; which was crucified: he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. 7 But go your way, tell his disciples and 51. Peter that he goeth before you into Gali St. Mark, the Author of this book, was the disciple and companion of St. Peter, whom he calls in his first Epistle, chap. v. 13. Marcus my son. It is generally believed that he is the same person that is mentioned in the Acts, and in St. Paul's Epistles, as John, whose surname is Mark, Acts xii. 2, and that he was the son of a pious woman called Mary, who dwelt at Jerusalem; we also read, Col. iv. 10, that he was sister's son to Barnabas. He is mentioned as accompanying Paul and Barnabas in their travels, Acts xii. 25, and xii. 5. He is the person on whose account Paul and Barnabas separated, Acts xv. 39; where it is said that Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus. It is evident that afterwards Paul became felly reconciled to him. See Col. iv. 10. 2 Tim. iv. 11. & Phil. 24. It is related that his ministry was very effectual in the conversion of numbers to the Christian faith, and that it exposed him to very painful sufferings, ending in his death. He died as a martyr at Alexandria in Egypt, in the eighth year of Nero. Some writers assert that his remains were removed from Alexandria to Venice, where he is accounted the tutelary patron of the republic, and an elegant church is dedicated to his memory. See Encyclopædia Britannica, and Dr. Lardner's works, vol. 6. p. 77. &c. Most learned men have agreed that this Gospel was written in Greek, though some have contended for a Latin original, as a number of Latin words are found interspersed; but this may be accounted for, by supposing that it was written for the use of the Roman people. It has been conjectured that Mark only wrote as he was dictated to by St. Peter; others have thought that this book is an abridgment of St. Matthew: both these opinions have but a slight foundation. The matter of St. Mark's Gospel was given by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The language appears to be his own-it is plain and unadorned. The Hebraisms which occur in it might be reasonably expected from a native of Palestine, writing in the Greek language. It is a valuable part of Divine Revelation. The following circumstances are omitted by St. Mark, which are noticed either by St. Matthew or St. Luke at the commencement of their Gospels-viz. Elizabeth's conception-the Salutation of Mary -Elizabeth visited by Mary-the birth of John Baptist--the appearance of the Angel to Joseph-Christ's genealogy-Christ's birth-the Angel appearing to the shepherds-Christ's circumcision-Christ's presentation in the temple-the visit of the Magi-Joseph's flight into Egypt-the infants murdered by Herod-the Holy Family's retura into Egypt-the journey of Christ when twelve years old to Jerusalem. 132 |