The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament (52 page)

Peter Denies Jesus

66
 And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the maids of the high priest came;
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and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, "You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus."
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But he denied it, saying, "I neither know nor understand what you mean." And he went out into the gateway.
 
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And the maid saw him, and began again to say to the bystanders, "This man is one of them."
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But again he denied it. And after a little while again the bystanders said to Peter, "Certainly you are one of them; for you are a Galilean."
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But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, "I do not know this man of whom you speak."
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And immediately
the cock crowed
a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, "Before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he broke down and wept.

Jesus before Pilate

15
  
And as soon as it was morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council held a consultation; and they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him to Pilate.
 
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And
Pilate
asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, "You have said so."
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And the chief priests accused him of many things.
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And Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you."
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But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate wondered.

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

6
 Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked.
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And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barab'bas.
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And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he always did for them.
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And he answered them, "Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?"
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For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.
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But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them
Barab'bas
instead.
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And Pilate again said to them, "Then what shall I do with the man whom you call the King of the Jews?"
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And they cried out again, "Crucify him."
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And Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify him."
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So Pilate, wishing
to satisfy the crowd
, released for them Barab'bas; and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

The Soldiers Mock Jesus

16
 And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is,
the praetorium
); and they called together the whole battalion.
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And they clothed him
in a purple cloak, and plaiting a crown of thorns they put it on him.
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And they began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
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And they struck his head with a reed, and spat upon him, and they knelt down in homage to him.
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And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak, and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him.

The Crucifixion of Jesus

21
 And
they compelled
a passer-by, Simon of Cyre'ne, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.
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And they brought him to the place called
Gol'gotha
(which means the place of a skull).
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And they offered him
wine mingled with myrrh
; but he did not take it.
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And
they crucified him
, and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.
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And it was
the third hour
, when they crucified him.
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And the inscription of the charge against him read, "The King of the Jews."
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And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left.
 
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And those who passed by
derided him
, shaking their heads, and saying, "Aha! You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days,
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save yourself, and come down from the cross!"
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So also the chief priests mocked him to one another with the scribes, saying, "He saved others; he cannot save himself.
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Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

The Death of Jesus

33
 And when the
sixth hour
had come, there was darkness over the whole land
 
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until the ninth hour.
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And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "
E'lo-i, Elo-i
, la'ma sabach-tha'ni?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
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And some of the bystanders hearing it said, "Behold, he is calling Eli'jah."
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And one ran and, filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Eli'jah will come to take him down."
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And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed his last.
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And
the curtain
of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.
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And when the
centurion
, who stood facing him, saw that he thus
 
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breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son
 
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of God!"

40
 There were also women looking on from afar, among whom were Mary Mag'dalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger
 
and of Joses, and Salo'me,
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who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered to him; and also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

The Burial of Jesus

42
 And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
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Joseph of Arimathe'a
, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
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And Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead.
 
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And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Joseph.
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And he bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud, and laid him
in a tomb
which had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
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Mary Mag'dalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

The Resurrection of Jesus

16
  
And when
the
sabbath was past
, Mary Mag'dalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salo'me, bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.
 
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And very early on the
first day of the week
they went to the tomb when the sun had risen.
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And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?"
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And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; for it was very large.
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And entering the tomb, they saw
a young man
sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed.
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And he said to them, "Do not be amazed; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified.
He has risen
, he is not here; see the place where they laid him.
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But go, tell his disciples and
Peter
that he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you."
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And they went out and fled from the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them; and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

9
 
Now when he rose
early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
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She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
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But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.

Jesus Appears to Two Disciples

12
 After this he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country.
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And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.

Jesus Commissions the Disciples

14
 Afterward he appeared to
the Eleven
themselves as they sat at table; and he upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.
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And he said
to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.
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He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.
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And these signs
will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
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they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover."

The Ascension of Jesus

19
 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was
taken up into heaven
, and sat down at the right hand of God.
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And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it. Amen.
 
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Commentary on the Gospel of Mark

1:1 The beginning:
The opening verse is a title for the entire Gospel.
the gospel:
The "good news" that Christ has come to
rescue
all nations from sin, selfishness, and Satan and to
reveal
the inner life of God to the world. This is accomplished as Jesus inaugurates the kingdom of God (1:15).
the Son of God:
The predominant title for Jesus in Mark (1:1; 3:11; 5:7; 9:7; 12:6; 14:61; 15:39; CCC 422, 515). Both the works (miracles) and words (teaching) of Jesus substantiate this claim to divine Sonship, while the Father announces it publicly at his Baptism (1:11) and Transfiguration (9:7). 
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1:2-3
Mark outlines the mission of John and Jesus by splicing together three OT passages: Is 40:3, Ex 23:20, and Mal 3:1. • The Exodus passage recalls how Yahweh appointed a messenger (angel) to lead Israel from the slavery of Egypt to the safety of the Promised Land. Isaiah projects this memory from the distant past into the future, announcing that both Israel and the nations will experience a New Exodus in the messianic age. Preparations are in order for a new Deliverer, the Suffering Servant, who will bring the nations from the darkness of sin and idolatry to the light of Mt. Zion. Malachi's oracle presents the dark side of this scenario, warning Jerusalem that the coming of the messianic Lord will mean disaster if the shepherds of Israel are unprepared to welcome his arrival. For Mark, these passages are linked together by a common call to prepare the "way" of the Lord: John is the herald who points out the "way" of this New Exodus, while Jesus is the "Lord" and Suffering Servant who accomplishes it. This is the only time Mark quotes directly from the OT as the Gospel narrator.
See note on Mk 8:27-10:52
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