Mark 15

Man alive, my blogging has slowed to a snail's pace. Shoot. I'm going to have to rename my blog: A Lifetime By His Side...which it should be, anyway! LOL

Mark 15 is the crucifixion. None of the gospel accounts give a detailed analysis of the actual crucifixion process. - The below passage does a pretty good job...it was the most heinous form of capital punishment. However, it was prophesied in Psalm 22:11-20

" Be not far from me, for trouble is near; For there is none to help. Many bulls have surrounded me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me. They open wide their mouth at me, as a ravening and a roaring lion. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax. It is melted within me.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and You lay me in the dust of death. For dogs have surrounded me; a band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet. I can count all my bones. They look, they stare at me; The divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.
But You, O Lord, be not far off; O You my help, hasten to my assistance, Deliver my soul from the sword..."

At the end, Jesus cries out, "Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabachthan?; My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" v.34

That is right from Ps. 22 as well, v. 1: "My God, My God, why have Your forsaken me?" Wow!