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The Casual Cruelty of the Crowd
Commentators note that the mockery wasn't just from Jesus's dedicated enemies, but from random people passing by the public execution site. They hurled insults and used a distorted version of Jesus's own words about the temple to mock his apparent powerlessness, fulfilling prophecies of the suffering Messiah (Psalms 22:7).
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Charles Ellicott
On Mark 15:29
19th Century
Bishop
Ah.—The interjection, which in its Greek form expresses a kind of inarticulate scorn, is peculiar to St. Mark, and may be noted as…
Charles Spurgeon
On Mark 15:29
19th Century
Preacher
And they that passed by railed on him,
Not only those who sat down to gloat their cruel eyes upon his miseries, but even the passer…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Mark 15:29
The Crucifixion obviously took place in a public area, perhaps beside a thoroughfare where people were coming and going. As they passed by, they to…
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John Gill
On Mark 15:29
17th Century
Pastor
And they that passed by
In the road, and went by the cross. The Arabic version adds, "before him", Christ, as he hun…
Matthew Henry
On Mark 15:22–32
17th Century
Minister
The place where our Lord Jesus was crucified was called the Place of a Skull; it was the common place of execution, for He was in all respects numb…