Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life.

In the time it takes to get to work. I'm Keith Simon.

Okay, so we've been going through the gospel of Mark, and we're getting near the end.

In today's passage, Jesus is crucified. Everything has been building up to

this moment. And as I read this passage in Mark 15, I want you to listen to how the crucifixion

is described. We start in verse 21. A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and

Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the

country, and they forced him to carry the cross. They brought Jesus to the place called Galgatha,

which means the place of the skull. Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not

take it, and they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get.

It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. The written notice of the charge against him

read, the king of the Jews. They crucified two rebels with him, one on his right and one on his left.

Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying,

So, you who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, come down from the cross

and save yourself. In the same way, the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him

among themselves. He saved others, they said, but he can't save himself. Let this Messiah, this king of Israel,

come down now from the cross that we may see and believe. Those crucified with him also heaped

insults on him. So I asked you to pay attention to how the crucifixion is described. But really,

that was kind of a trick question, because there really is no description of the

crucifixion. It just says in verse 24, and they crucified him. That's it. Mark doesn't give

any description of Jesus' physical suffering. I expected more than that, didn't you? Don't you

find yourself wanting to know more? Why is it so brief? Why not more specifics? Why not a detailed

...