Scripture:
Mark 15
Translation: 15.1And
immediately, early in the morning, because the chief priests had made a plan
with the elders and the scholars and the whole Sanhedrin, having tied Jesus up,
they took [Him] away and handed [Him] over to Pilate. 2And Pilate
asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And Jesus to answer him was saying,
“You’re saying [it].” 3And the chief priests were accusing Him of
many things. 4And Pilate asked Him again, saying, “Aren’t You going
to answer anything? Look! They are accusing you of so many things!” 5But
Jesus no longer answered with anything, with the result that Pilate was
shocked.
6And according to
the feast, He would release to them one prisoner, who they requested. 7And
the one called Barabbas was chained with the terrorists/rebels, who in a rebellion
had committed murder. 8And rising up the crowd began to ask just how
much he was going to do for them. 9And Pilate answered them, saying,
“Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” 10(For he
knew that because of jealousy the chief priests had handed Him over.) 11And
the chief priests stirred up the crowd, that instead he should release Barabbas
to them. 12And Pilate again to answer was saying to them, “So, what
should I do about who you call the King of the Jews?” 13And they shouted
again, “Crucify Him!” 14And Pilate was saying to them, “Then what
bad thing did He do?” And they shouted a lot more, “Crucify Him!” 15And
Pilate, because he wanted to do enough for the crowd, released to them
Barabbas. And he handed over Jesus, after flogging [Him], so that He could be
crucified.
16And the
soldiers took Him away inside the courtyard, that is the Praetorium, and they
were summoning the whole cohort. 17And they dressed Him up in purple
and weaving a crown made of thorns they put [it] on Him.. 18And they
began to greet Him, “Hello, King of the Jews!” 19And they hit His
head with a reed and spit on Him and putting down their knees, they swore
allegiance to Him. 20And when they made fun of Him, they stripped
Him of the purple and put His clothes on Him. And they were taking Him out, so
that they could crucify Him.
21And they forced
someone who was passing by, Simon from Cyrene, who was coming from the field,
the father of Alexander and Rufus, in order that he could carry His cross. 22And
they brought Him to the place ofGolgatha
(which is translated “The Place of the Skull” ). 23And they
were giving Him drugged wine, Who also would not take [it]. 24And
they were crucifying Him and “dividing up His clothes by throwing lots for
them, so that someone could take something. 25And it was the third
hour and they crucified Him. 26And the written statement of the
charge against Him was clearly being written, “The King of the Jews.” 27And
with Him they were crucifying two muggers, one on the right and one on His
left.
29And the people
traveling by were slandering Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Hey You, the
One Who’s going to destroy the Sanctuary and build it up in three days, 30save
Yourself, by coming down from the cross! 31Similarly, the chief
priests also mocking [Him] before one another with the scholars were saying,
“He saved others. He can’t save Himself! 32The Messiah, the King of
Israel had better come down right now from the cross, so that we could see and
believe!” And the guys who were actually getting crucified with Him were
insulting Him!
33And when it
became the sixth hour, darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34And
at the ninth hour Jesus yelled with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani!?”
(which is translated “My God, My God, for what purpose did You abandon Me!?) 35And
some of the people standing there, after hearing, were saying, “Look, He’s
shouting for Elijah!” 36And someone ran and filled a sponge with
vinegar, put it around a reed, and gave Him a drink saying, “Leave [Him] alone.
Let’s see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”
37And Jesus after
letting out a great shout breathed out for the last time. 38And the
curtain of the Sanctuary tore apart into two pieces from top to bottom. 39And
the centurion standing there in front of Him, because he saw that He breathed
out for the last time like this, said, “Truly, This Man was God’s Son!”
40And there were
also women watching from a long way away, among whom were also Mary from
Magdala and Mary the mother of Little James and Joses and Salome, 41who
when He was in Galilee were following Him and serving Him, and many other women
whom who had come up together with Him into Jerusalem.
42And becoming
night already, since it was the preparation, that is the pre-sabbath, 43coming
Joseph from Arimathaea a prominent councilor, who also was himself looking
forward to the Kingdom of God, daring, he went in to Pilate and asked for the
body of Jesus. 44And Pilate was shocked, since He really was already
dead. And summoning the centurion, he questioned him if He had died already. 45And
because he knew from the centurion, he gave the corpse to Joseph as a gift. 46And
buying linen cloth, taking Him down he wrapped [Him] with the linen cloth and
put Him in a tomb, which was carved from the rock. And he rolled a stone in
place at the door of the tomb. 47And Mary from Magdala and Mary the
mother of Joses watched where He really was put.
Passage
Summary: xxx
The Point
I’m Stressing: xxx
Hook:
1.
Interpretation
1.
Structure
a.
Jesus before Pilate
(vv.1-5)
b.
Jesus rejected by Jews
(vv.6-15)
c.
Jesus mocked and beaten by
Soldiers (vv.16-20)
d.
Jesus crucified (vv.21-28)
e.
Jesus mocked by Jews
(vv.29-32)
f.
Jesus abandoned by God
(vv.33-36)
g.
Jesus dies (vv.37-39)
h.
Jesus witnessed by women
(vv.40-41)
i.
Jesus buried by Joseph of
Arimathaea (vv.42-47)
2.
Themes
a.
Rejection
b.
Mocking
c.
Crucifixion
d.
Death
e.
Burial
f.
Mock Trial
g.
Accusations
h.
Suffering
i.
Son of God
j.
King/King of the Jews
k.
Innocent Jesus
3.
Doctrines
a.
Jesus truly died on the
Cross
b.
Jesus was buried
c.
Jesus’ death on the cross
took the sins of those who would believe away
d.
Jesus was innocent of all
wrongdoing and sin
e.
Jesus suffered for us
f.
Jesus is the Son of God,
that is, He is God, Who became man, for the glory of God the Father.
Applications
1.
Outlines
a.
We have all rejected and
devalued and disbelieved Jesus—the essence of sin
i.
There is the same
temptation to cave to the pressure of the crowds, instead of loving Jesus
1.
We can cave to the pressure
of people who are against Jesus,
ii.
There is the same
temptation to reject and devalue Jesus for other things
1.
Romans
2.
Sex
3.
Money
4.
Power
5.
Grades
6.
Status
7.
Fame
8.
Friends
9.
Family
10.
Games
11.
TV
12.
Sports
iii.
There is still the
temptation to disbelieve Jesus
1.
By not trusting Him to save
us
2.
By not trusting Him to lead
us
3.
By not trusting Him to
teach us
4.
By not trusting Him to be
Who He is and said He was
b.
We all deserved to be
judged and punished by men—but Jesus was judged and punished for us
c.
We all deserved to be
shamed and mocked---but Jesus took it for us
d.
We all deserved to be
abandoned and judged by God--but God did it to Jesus instead
e.
We all deserved to die a
physical death for our sin—but Jesus died for us
f.
We all deserved to be
buried and left to rot—but Jesus was buried for us
2.
What is sin?
a.
Sin is the rejection of
Jesus
b.
Sin is the bad things we do
c.
Sin is not believing that
Jesus is Who He says He is
3.
What makes sin so bad?
a.
Sin is bad because it
devalues God, Who created everything, which means that He gave everything value
b.
Sin is bad because it is
actually a form of rejection and hate against God, because God loves us and our
sin is a way of saying “I hate you” to God, and a way of saying, “I don’t need
you!”
c.
Sin is bad, because at its
core it is us trying to be God, which we are obviously not, we are trying to
steal God’s worship and glory
d.
Sin is bad, because it
loves lies rather than the truth
e.
Sin is bad, because it
hurts others
f.
Look, basically sin is bad,
because instead of giving God what He deserves, instead of giving Him what we
own Him, we steal it and give it to ourselves or something else that we love
g.
God is a Father to us, and
sin is bad because it is like rejecting the Father’s love and care for us
4.
Prayer Topics
a.
Let’s pray and thank Jesus
for being judged and punished like He was guilty
b.
Let’s pray and give all the
shame and embarrassed feelings we have over our failures and sins
c.
Let’s pray and thank Jesus
for being abandoned and judged by God for us
d.
Let’s pray and thank Jesus
for His death and burial for us
e.
Let’s pray and confess our
sins, our rejection and disbelief in Jesus or what Jesus taught
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