Three Crosses on Calvary Seen From a DistanceBible World
15:22Mark 15:22
And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
Mark brings Jesus to Golgotha, which being interpreted is the place of a skull, also called Calvary, the place of His crucifixion. Golgotha lay outside the gate and outside the boundaries of Jerusalem, where felons and murderers were executed. It was a rocky hill rising as an elevated slope.
He was led there from the judgment hall, followed by a vast multitude, for news of His condemnation had spread through Jerusalem and people of all classes and ranks flocked toward the place of crucifixion. Because the priests and rulers were bound by a promise not to molest His followers if He Himself were delivered to them, the disciples and believers from the city and the surrounding region joined the throng that followed Him. He was hurried there while carrying His heavy cross, the cross prepared for Barabbas, until His weakened body could bear no more and He fell beneath its weight, and after He fell a second time His persecutors sought someone else to carry it.
Two thieves were also taken there to be put to death with Him, so that three crosses stood there with Jesus lifted in the center between the two others. The place was crowded with onlookers, with grieving followers kneeling and praying in the foreground. The scene beneath the crosses was marked by darkness and terror among the crowd, and by the crown of thorns.
On the way to the cross He went down into the depths of humiliation, given into the hands of wicked men with His own nation clamoring for His blood. He was mocked by Herod and his soldiers with the plaited crown of thorns for His brow, the purple robe, bowing before Him and striking Him with the reed placed in His hand. He who was expected to take His place on David's throne was scourged as the worst of criminals, and the murderous Barabbas was chosen in His place, and then He was lifted up on the cross to die as a malefactor.
His suffering and death there are the result of sin and express redeeming love, for at the cross He bears the penalty of human transgression and ransoms His people with His blood, fulfilling the just claims of God's law and bringing an end to sin and Satan. He was crucified there that He might sanctify the people with His own blood. As substitute for Adam and Eve, who for transgression of God's law were banished from Eden, He suffered without the gate and died outside, made a curse for us to redeem us from the curse of the law.
The bringing to Golgotha shows the taking away of the Bridegroom from the disciples, bringing days of trial and temptation when they have cause to mourn and fast. Then their faith is tried and their hope and courage fail.
Mark brings Jesus to Golgotha, which being interpreted is the place of a skull, also called Calvary, the place of His crucifixion. Golgotha lay outside the gate and outside the boundaries of Jerusalem, where felons and murderers were executed. It was a rocky hill rising as an elevated slope.
He was led there from the judgment hall, followed by a vast multitude, for news of His condemnation had spread through Jerusalem and people of all classes and ranks flocked toward the place of crucifixion. Because the priests and rulers were bound by a promise not to molest His followers if He Himself were delivered to them, the disciples and believers from the city and the surrounding region joined the throng that followed Him. He was hurried there while carrying His heavy cross, the cross prepared for Barabbas, until His weakened body could bear no more and He fell beneath its weight, and after He fell a second time His persecutors sought someone else to carry it.
Two thieves were also taken there to be put to death with Him, so that three crosses stood there with Jesus lifted in the center between the two others. The place was crowded with onlookers, with grieving followers kneeling and praying in the foreground. The scene beneath the crosses was marked by darkness and terror among the crowd, and by the crown of thorns.
On the way to the cross He went down into the depths of humiliation, given into the hands of wicked men with His own nation clamoring for His blood. He was mocked by Herod and his soldiers with the plaited crown of thorns for His brow, the purple robe, bowing before Him and striking Him with the reed placed in His hand. He who was expected to take His place on David's throne was scourged as the worst of criminals, and the murderous Barabbas was chosen in His place, and then He was lifted up on the cross to die as a malefactor.
His suffering and death there are the result of sin and express redeeming love, for at the cross He bears the penalty of human transgression and ransoms His people with His blood, fulfilling the just claims of God's law and bringing an end to sin and Satan. He was crucified there that He might sanctify the people with His own blood. As substitute for Adam and Eve, who for transgression of God's law were banished from Eden, He suffered without the gate and died outside, made a curse for us to redeem us from the curse of the law.
The bringing to Golgotha shows the taking away of the Bridegroom from the disciples, bringing days of trial and temptation when they have cause to mourn and fast. Then their faith is tried and their hope and courage fail.