“Mark 15: Jesus Is Crucified,” New Testament Seminary Student Study Guide (2003)
“Mark 15,” New Testament Student Study Guide
Mark 15
Jesus Is Crucified
The Atonement began in Gethsemane, and Mark 15 records its conclusion on the cross at Golgotha. Elder James E. Talmage, who was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, wrote that “death by crucifixion was at once the most lingering and most painful of all forms of execution. The victim lived in ever increasing torture, generally for many hours, sometimes for days. … The welcome relief of death came through the exhaustion caused by intense and unremitting pain” (Jesus the Christ, 655). In Doctrine and Covenants 19:16–19, Jesus spoke of the pain He felt in Gethsemane, which seems to have been greater and more intense than His suffering on the cross. As one of our hymns declares: “We may not know, we cannot tell, What pains he had to bear, But we believe it was for us He hung and suffered there” (“There Is a Green Hill Far Away,” Hymns, no. 194). Keep in mind, as you read this chapter, that “it was for [you] he hung and suffered there.”
Other Accounts of What You Read in Mark 15
Mark 15:1–19—Matthew 27:2, 11–30; Luke 23:1–25; John 18:28–19:16
Mark 15:20–41—Matthew 27:31–56; Luke 23:26–49; John 19:16–37
Mark 15:42–47—Matthew 27:57–61; Luke 23:50–56; John 19:38–42
Studying the Scriptures
Do activity A as you study Mark 15.
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He Knows and Understands
In Alma 7:11–13 we read that the Savior suffered as He did so He would know how to help people with all kinds of trials and suffering. From what happened in Mark 15, list at least three kinds of difficult experiences people have today that may be like those experiences Jesus suffered. For each experience you list, give the scripture reference showing Jesus also experienced it.