King James Version
What Does Mark 15:37 Mean?
“And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.”
Context
35
And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
36
And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
37
And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
38
And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
39
And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary**63. Then the high priest rent his clothes--**On this expression of horror of blasphemy, see 2Ki 18:37.
and saith, What need we any further witnesses? (Also see on Joh 18:28.)
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
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