had crucified Him. But if this had been his meaning, Mark would have said, There were three hours ; and in that case, pass ing by the hour of the crucifixion itself, he would say, what occurred three hours afterwards [which is not likely] : for, both the casting of lots, and the superscription written, were acts more speedily done [than the act of crucifixion]. — x«/) Ka/ either is used in its strict meaning, and ; in order that Mark may inti mate, that first of all the soldiers nailed Jesus to the cross, next, that they divided His garments, and then erected the cross : or else, rather, the x«/ has a relative force, so that the hour should be precisely denoted, to which the mention of the crucifixion is both prefixed and subjoined.1 Comp. John xix. 14 ; comp. x«/, ch. ii. 15, at the end of verse. — sffravpuaav) elevating the cross.
28. Ka/ ,a£ra dvopuv sXoyiffdri) Isa. liii. 12, LXX., xai sv 70?$ avopoig sXoytodri. The /tsra has a stronger force than ev : He suf fered Himself to be reckoned with the transgressors.
29. Qua, Ah!) An interjection and exclamation, having the force of expressing astonishment, as Franc. Bernardinus Ferrarius, L. 3. de Acclam. Vet. c. 15, shows at large. In this passage, it has the force of expressing wonder along with irony.
32. *O XpiaTbg of3a.ffri.fjs, Christ the King) A Mimesis [an al lusion to the words of an opponent, with the intention of refut ing them. — See Append.] The expression, Christ, refers to the proceedings before Caiaphas ; the expression, King, refers to those before Pilate.
34. 'EXw/1) Hebr. *nb«, as ^p3 BepgsXM, '33 /3«/3/, 'B*3K ' Afisaaa, etc. : Hiller, Onom. p. 707. For not even 'nt? in Greek is 2ap a), Gen. xvii. 15. Matthew has r,\/, jjx/- and so the Hebrew Psaltery [Ps. xxii. 1] : Mark has IXw/-, JXw/, and so the Syriac Psaltery, as John Gregorius observes. — tig T!, for what [why]) See Matt, xxvii. 46, note.
37. 'E£kn<£u<re, He expired) To breathe, is conducive to the good of the body : to cease to breathe [expire], is conducive to the good of the spirit.
[39. olirw -/.pdZa<;, having thus cried out) Christ was not ex-
1 u It was the third hour when they crucified Him." — ED. and TUANSL.