Mark 15:24

Mark 15:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
• New International Version (NIV)And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And when they crucified Him, they divided His garments, casting lots for them to determine what every man should take.

Context of Mark 15:24

22Then they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull. 23And they tried to give Him wine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it. And they crucified Him, and divided up His garments among themselves, casting lots for them to decide what each man would take. 25Now it was the third hour when they crucified Him. 26The inscription of the charge against Him read, “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

Mark 15:24 word by word

Καὶ σταυροῦσιν αὐτὸν καὶ διαμερίζονται τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ βάλλοντες κλῆρον ἐπ᾽ αὐτά, τίς τί ἄρῃ.Read the interlinear

• And they crucifiedσταυρόωstauroō · to crucifyG4717
• dividedδιαμερίζωdiamerizō · to divideG1266
• His garmentsἱμάτιονhimation · clothingG2440
• themselves, castingβάλλωballō · to throw: throwG906
• lotsκλῆροςklēros · lotG2819
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• would takeαἴρωairō · to take upG142

Cross-references for Mark 15:24

• Deuteronomy 21:23his body is not to be left overnight on the tree, but you shall certainly bury him on the same day (for he who is hanged is cursed of God), so that you do not defile your land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
• Psalms 22:16For dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
• Isaiah 53:4However, it was our sicknesses that He Himself bore, And our pains that He carried; Yet we ourselves assumed that He had been afflicted, Struck down by God, and humiliated.
• Acts 5:30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you put to death by hanging Him on a cross.
• 2 Corinthians 5:21He made Him who knew no sin to be sin in our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
• Galatians 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us--for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”--
• 1 Peter 2:24and He Himself brought our sins in His body up on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness; by His wounds you were healed.
• Psalms 22:18They divide my garments among them, And they cast lots for my clothing.
• Matthew 27:35And when they had crucified Him, they divided His garments among themselves by casting lots.
• Luke 23:34[But Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.”] And they cast lots, dividing His garments among themselves.
• John 19:23Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His outer garments and made four parts: a part to each soldier, and the tunic also; but the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece.

Commentaries on Mark 15:24

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-32Verses 22-32 The place where our Lord Jesus was crucified, was called the place of a scull; it was the common place of execution; for he was in all respects numbered with the transgressors. Whenever we look unto Christ crucified, we must remember what was written over his head; he is a King, and we must give up ourselves to be his subjects, as Israelites indeed. They crucified two thieves with him, and him in the midst; they thereby intended him great…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24Crucifixion began with the Medes and Persians in the 600s BC. It spread to the eastern Mediterranean in the 300s BC through Alexander the Great. It became the main form of capital punishment in the Roman Empire until AD 337, when Constantine banned the practice. Crucifixion was slow, shameful, and full of pain. Sometimes a victim stayed alive for several days. Birds and dogs might even begin to eat the body before the person died. A victim could be tied…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 15:24

• Death
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judge
• Lot, the
• Prophecy
• Punishment
• Soldiers

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• Compel
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• Witness
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Commentaries on Mark 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings