Mark 15:24-26
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
24 [a](A)Then they crucified him and divided his garments by casting lots for them to see what each should take. 25 It was nine o’clock in the morning[b] when they crucified him. 26 [c]The inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.”
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- 15:24 See notes on Mt 27:35 and Jn 19:23–25a.
- 15:25 It was nine o’clock in the morning: literally, “the third hour,” thus between 9 a.m. and 12 noon. Cf. Mk 15:33, 34, 42 for Mark’s chronological sequence, which may reflect liturgical or catechetical considerations rather than the precise historical sequence of events; contrast the different chronologies in the other gospels, especially Jn 19:14.
- 15:26 The inscription…the King of the Jews: the political reason for the death penalty falsely charged by the enemies of Jesus. See further the notes on Mt 27:37 and Jn 19:19.
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