Mark
15
– 16
Verse 15:15 starts the torture that Jesus went through to
his death:
When Pilate saw
that he could not persuade the crowd to change its mind, he released Barabbas
to them and had Jesus publicly whipped, which was the normal prelude to crucifixion.
Then he had Jesus led away to be crucified.
Pilate has tried to release Jesus and not
kill Him, yet the people insisted. Now he is being beaten, ridiculed and mocked
before his death. As you look back to prophecies you will see many that match
the events here. Mark does not embellish the story much with flowery comments
but rather give bullet points of the events.
Verse 15:28 is another one of those points
I wonder why it’s missing in some accounts:
[28 And
the Hebrew Scripture was completed that said, “He was considered just
another criminal.”]
This is quoting from Isaiah 53:12 which
says:
Because he exposed
his very self—
laid
bare his soul to the vicious grasping of death—
And was counted among the worst, I will count him among the best.
I
will allot this one, My servant, a share in all that is of any value,
Because he took on himself the sin of many
and
acted on behalf of those who broke My law.
The exact quote is not in here and I can
only assume that is a translational issue, but either way the ramifications are
significant when you look at Isaiah writing this some 700 years before Jesus
walked the lands. It’s significant when you really look at it from a big
picture. At the same time we need to explore this deeper, because
inconsistencies like the text not being in all manuscripts or it not matching
exactly are ammo for non-believers or weak in faith to dismiss Jesus as real.
If you read Isaiah 53:10-12 you see there is no one else that matches this
prophecy other than Jesus. It’s very cool once you study more.
Mark 16:15 & 16 spell out the Gospel
simply:
15 Go
out into the world and share the good news with all of creation. 16 Anyone
who believes this good news and is ceremonially washed will be rescued, but
anyone who does not believe it will be condemned.
Believe and get baptized, it’s that simple.
The difficult part is following Jesus. We have so many parts tugging at all
aspects of our beliefs. We have some saying salvation is secured and that’s it,
this of course gets twisted to mean “do what thou wilt” on earth. Or salvation
requires works, which gets twisted into works are required for salvation. The
key with any “doctrine” or religious “dogma’s” is to verify them and allow the
Holy Spirit to help you understand the translation.
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