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By Andrew Williams And those who passed by kept reviling Him and reproaching Him abusively in harsh and insolent language, wagging their heads and saying, Aha! You Who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, Now rescue Yourself [from death], coming down from the cross! Mark 15:29‭-‬30 AMPC Good morning fellow disciples. […]

By Andrew Williams And with Him they crucified two robbers, one on [His] right hand and one on His left. And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, He was counted among the transgressors. [Isa. 53:12.] Mark 15:27‭-‬28 AMPC Good morning fellow disciples. Jesus wasn’t the only one who was crucified that morning. Along with Him

By Andrew Williams And it was the third hour (about nine o’clock in the morning) when they crucified Him. [Ps. 22:14-16.] And the inscription of the accusation against Him was written above, The King of the Jews. Mark 15:25‭-‬26 AMPC Good morning fellow disciples. Do you know that the accusation against you is not the

By Andrew Williams And they crucified Him; and they divided His garments and distributed them among themselves, throwing lots for them to decide who should take what. [Ps. 22:18.] Mark 15:24 AMPC Good morning fellow disciples. Some people talk while they are working, some people don’t. I wonder, did the crucifiers talk or stay silent

By Andrew Williams And they led Him to Golgotha [in Latin: Calvary], meaning The Place of a Skull. And they [attempted to] give Him wine mingled with myrrh, but He would not take it. Mark 15:22‭-‬23 AMPC Good morning fellow disciples. Some people believe that the purpose of the wine mingled with myrrh was to

By Andrew Williams And they forced a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming in from the field (country), to carry His cross. Mark 15:21 AMPC Good morning fellow disciples. Can you imagine being wrongfully accused, put on trial, beaten, put on trial again, beaten mercilessly, tortured and then

By Andrew Williams And when they had [finished] making sport of Him, they took the purple [robe] off of Him and put His own clothes on Him. And they led Him out [of the city] to crucify Him. Mark 15:20 AMPC Good morning fellow disciples. In the last 24 hours of Jesus’ life the focus

By Andrew Williams And they struck His head with a staff made of a [bamboo-like] reed and spat on Him and kept bowing their knees in homage to Him. [Isa. 50:6.] Mark 15:19 AMPC Good morning fellow disciples. What do you do when someone speaks to you in a praiseworthy manner and then immediately afterwards

By Andrew Williams Then the soldiers led Him away to the courtyard inside the palace, that is, the Praetorium, and they called the entire detachment of soldiers together. And they dressed Him in [a] purple [robe], and, weaving together a crown of thorns, they placed it on Him. And they began to salute Him, Hail

By Andrew Williams Then Pilate said to them, “Why? What has He done wrong? ” But they shouted, “Crucify Him! ” all the more. Then, willing to gratify the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. And after having Jesus flogged, he handed Him over to be crucified. Mark 15:14‭-‬15 HCSB Good morning fellow disciples. Sometimes