Holy Week · Palm Sunday (Sunday of the Passion) · Year B
Mark 15:1-47
Jesus Before Pilate
March 21, 2027
Overview & Insights
“Are you the King of the Jews?” (Mark 15:2)
The progression of events continues as Jesus moves inexorably toward his divinely ordained destiny. On Wednesday Judas offers to hand him over to the leaders, and the movement accelerates to its denouement. On Thursday evening at the Last Supper, Jesus reveals the significance of his coming death to the disciples, and then they move to Gethsemane and on to his arrest around midnight. Throughout the night until dawn, he endures the hearing before the Sanhedrin (where they gather evidence to demand his crucifixion by the Romans), and then at dawn they deliver him to Pilate for his legal condemnation to death.
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Commentary
Commentary on Mark 15:1-47 Working Preacher (Luther Seminary)
Verse-by-verse RCL commentary on the full Markan passion for Passion Sunday.
Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion, Mark 15:1-47 Concordia Theology
Concordia Seminary preaching helps walk through the structure and preaching angles of Mark's passion account.
Mark 15 Commentary: The Crucifixion of Jesus Enduring Word
David Guzik's verse-by-verse commentary covers Pilate's trial, the crucifixion, and the burial.
Mark 15 Commentary Precept Austin
Precept Austin compiles detailed notes and cross-references on Pilate's trial and the crucifixion narrative.
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The Church Fathers
Sermons & Reflections
Eloi, Eloi, Lema Sabachthani? (sermon on Mark 15:1-47) Steadfast Lutherans
A full sermon on this exact pericope from an LCMS pastor, preached on Christ's cry from the cross.
Luther on the Passion of the Christ Gottesdienst
A Lutheran reflection on how Luther himself taught Christians to meditate on Christ's passion.
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What happens at Jesus' trial before Pilate?
Handed over by the leaders, Jesus is questioned by Pilate, condemned in place of Barabbas, mocked, crucified, and laid in a tomb by Joseph of Arimathea.
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