Mark 15:25-47 does not mention the resurrection of the dead nor does it refer to the earthquake. It does mention the eclipse and the centurion’s exclamation.
Mark does mention the time that the actual crucifixion started, which was the “third hour.” Jesus hung on the tree for more than 3 hours, beginning at the 6th hour and died sometime within the 9th hour.
The eclipse happened and lasted from the 6th hour through the 9th hour which Matthew, Luke and John agree upon.
Mark mentions a particular incident during the crucifixion which none of the others had written.Mark 15:29 writes that there were an unknown amount of people who “passed by” Jesus cross and “railed on him” that they were “wagging their heads” and saying,” Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and builds it in three days” Mark 15:30 “Save thyself, and come down from the cross.”
These people seem to have been the same people who could have been part of the crowd where Jesus was given his crucifixion decree in Luke 23:13:
Luke 23:13 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
These people were gawking or rubbernecking their way in or out of Jerusalem to see the spectacle that was Jesus in Mark 15:29.
These people were not named, but they could have been the chief priests, and scribes of Mark 15:31that were mocking Jesus as well:
Mark 15:31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
Mark 15:32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
The Pharisees, scribes and people were at the sight of Jesus’ crucifixion, but they seem to have left before Jesus’ death. Mark 15:35 explains that there were only a few people who stood by.
It is written in such a way as to convey to the reader that all had left Golgotha with the advent of darkness. This hour began at the sixth hour. Mark 15:32 ends with Pharisees and scribes railing and picks up in Mark 15:33 in connection with the sixth hour:
Mark 15:33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi , Eloi , lama sabachthani ? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Mark 15:35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
Mark explains that only a few people were present at the cross during the eclipse by using the words “some of them that stood by”. It is mentioned in this account as well as the other three about how the Pharisees, scribes, and head waggers left the scene of crucifixion due to the eclipse and or earthquake.
Mark claims that the earthquake happened between the 6th and the 9th hour during the eclipse in Mark 15:38, but careful consideration must be given to the fact that there is no accurate time at which the earthquake happened, only that the veil was torn after Jesus’ death.
The tearing of the veil can be directly related to the earthquake or thought to be a direct intervention of God.
Mark 15:38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
The same type of time frame can be used for the centurion. This could mean the centurion may have spoken these words either at the crucifixion site or sometime afterwards when questioned by Mark.
Mark 15:39 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.
Mark added that of the “some” that stood by there were women who were following Jesus. Mark wrote three accounts about the faithfulness of Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the less, and Joses, as well as Salome. Mark does not include any other events mentioned in the other gospels.
Mark 15:40 There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
Again, Mark did not acknowledge any resurrection nor the opening of graves in his writings. Did Mark know of the resurrection but was given orders to be part of the Conspiracy of Silence which the Doctrine of the OTW teaches? Or was the resurrection something else entirely?
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