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Mark 15:36 — King James Version← Study notes

And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.


Mark 15:36Greek Interlinear

Greek · Mark 15:3619 words
GreekMeaning
δραμὼνdramōn
Having runverbG5143
δέde
thenwordG1161
τιςtis
a (kind of), any (man, thingpronounG5100
καὶkai
andwordG2532
γεμίσαςgemisas
having filledverbG1072
σπόγγονspongon
a spongenounG4699
ὄξουςoxous
with vinegarnounG3690
περιθεὶςperitheis
having putverbG4060
καλάμῳkalamō
on a reednounG2563
ἐπότιζενepotizen
was giving to drinkverbG4222
αὐτόνauton
himpronounG846
λέγωνlegōn
sayingverbG3004
ἌφετεAphete
WaitverbG863
ἴδωμενidōmen
behold, perceive, seeverbG3708
εἰei
ifparticleG1487
ἔρχεταιerchetai
comesverbG2064
ἨλίαςĒlias
ElijahnounG2243
καθελεῖνkathelein
to take downverbG2507
αὐτόνauton
himpronounG846
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Mark 15:36

This most glorious light took away its rays from the world, lest it should see the Lord hanging, and lest the blasphemers should have the benefit of its light.

Bede · 8th century

Luke added to this account the cause of the darkness, that is, the darkening of the sun.

Augustine · 4th century · de. Con. Evan. 3, 17

If this had been the time for an eclipse, some one might have said that this which happened was natural, but it was the fourteenth moon, when no eclipse can take place.

Theophylact · 11th century
Read all 11 entries in the readerCatena Aurea · St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. J. H. Newman · public domain
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