The Crucifixion | Mark 15:21-32
Mark 15:25
25 And it was the third hour[a] when they crucified him.
Religious Trials
Before Annas John 18:12–14
Before Caiaphas Matthew 26:57–68
Before the Sanhedrin Matthew 27:1–2
Civil Trials
Before Pilate John 18:28–38
Before Herod Luke 23:6–12
Before Pilate John 18:39–19:6
Mark 15:25
25 And it was the third hour[a] when they crucified him.
Crucifixion Involved Severe Trauma, including a Flogging that Caused Extensive Tissue Damaged, Followed by The Agonizing and Slow Death by Asphyxiation and Hypovolemic Shock.
A Compelled Bystander
A Mocking Crowd
A Convicted Criminal
1. A Compelled Bystander
Mark 15:21
21 And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.
Mark 15:21
21 And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.
Romans 16:13
13 Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.
A Compelled Bystander
A Mocking Crowd
Mark 15:22
22 And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).
Hebrews 13:12
12 So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.
Mark 15:22-23
22 And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).23 And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.
Psalm 69:21
21 They gave me poison for food,
and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.
Mark 15:24
24 And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.
Psalm 22:18
18 they divide my garments among them,
and for my clothing they cast lots.
Mark 15:25
25 And it was the third hour[a] when they crucified him.
“It was Death by Asphyxiation because Eventually without any kind of Relief, Without any Water, Without any Kind of Protection, with Bugs flying into your Eyes and your Ears and your Mouth and you Fighting and Wrestling against the Wounds, Exaggerating the bleeding. And Unable to finally Pull Yourself up or Push yourself up, the Weight of the Body drove the Lungs to Empty, and One Couldn’t Breathe and Died a HORRIBLE Death.” - John MacArthur
Mark 15:25
25 And it was the third hour[a] when they crucified him.
1 Peter 2:24
24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
2. A Mocking Crowd
Mark 15:20
20 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him.
Mark 15:26
26 And the inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.”
Mark 15:27
27 And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left.[a]
Isaiah 53:12
12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many,[a]
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong,[b]
because he poured out his soul to death
and was numbered with the transgressors;
yet he bore the sin of many,
and makes intercession for the transgressors.
Mark 15:29-30
29 And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, 30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!”
Psalm 22:7
7 All who see me mock me;
they make mouths at me; they wag their heads;
Mark 15:31
31 So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, “He saved others; he cannot save himself.
Mark 15:32a
32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.”
Hebrews 12:2
2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Mark 15:32a
32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.”
A Compelled Bystander
A Mocking Crowd
A Convicted Criminal
Mark 15:32b
Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.
A Compelled Bystander
A Mocking Crowd
A Convicted Criminal