Marie.Irby
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Marie.Irby
highlighted Mark 15:33 NLT
At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock.
Feb 9
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highlighted Mark 15:32 NLT
Let this Messiah, this King of Israel, come down from the cross so we can see it and believe him!” Even the men who were crucified with Jesus ridiculed him.
Feb 9
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highlighted Mark 15:31 NLT
The leading priests and teachers of religious law also mocked Jesus. “He saved others,” they scoffed, “but he can’t save himself!
Feb 9
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highlighted Mark 15:27 NLT
Two revolutionaries were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.
Feb 9
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highlighted Mark 15:26 NLT
A sign announced the charge against him. It read, “The King of the Jews.”
Feb 9
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highlighted Mark 15:24-25 NLT
Then the soldiers nailed him to the cross. They divided his clothes and threw dice to decide who would get each piece. It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.
Feb 9
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highlighted Mark 15:22 NLT
And they brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha (which means “Place of the Skull”).
Feb 9
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highlighted Mark 15:21 NLT
A passerby named Simon, who was from Cyrene, was coming in from the countryside just then, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus’ cross. (Simon was the father of Alexander and Rufus.)
Feb 9
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highlighted Mark 15:19 NLT
And they struck him on the head with a reed stick, spit on him, and dropped to their knees in mock worship.
Feb 9
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highlighted Mark 15:18 NLT
Then they saluted him and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!”
Feb 9
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highlighted Mark 15:17 NLT
They dressed him in a purple robe, and they wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head.
Feb 9
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highlighted Mark 15:16 NLT
The soldiers took Jesus into the courtyard of the governor’s headquarters (called the Praetorium) and called out the entire regiment.
Feb 9
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highlighted Mark 15:15 NLT
So to pacify the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He ordered Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip, then turned him over to the Roman soldiers to be crucified.
Feb 9
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highlighted Mark 15:12 NLT
Pilate asked them, “Then what should I do with this man you call the king of the Jews?”
Feb 9
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highlighted Mark 15:11 NLT
But at this point the leading priests stirred up the crowd to demand the release of Barabbas instead of Jesus.
Feb 9
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highlighted Mark 15:2 NLT
Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus replied, “You have said it.”
Feb 9
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highlighted Mark 15:1 NLT
Very early in the morning the leading priests, the elders, and the teachers of religious law—the entire high council—met to discuss their next step. They bound Jesus, led him away, and took him to Pilate, the Roman governor.
Feb 9
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highlighted Psalms 36:9 NLT
For you are the fountain of life, the light by which we see.
Feb 9