Mark 15:37-41

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It was too small a matter for  Jesus to die only for the Jews. He died for ALL of mankind.

In God there is no partiality. Jew, Greek or Gentile, male or female His gift of salvation is offered to all people! All nationalities and ethnicities are welcomed into His Kingdom through the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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Mark 15:37–41

37 And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last.

38 Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 39 So when the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said, “Truly this Man was the Son of God!”

40 There were also women looking on from afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome, 41 who also followed Him and ministered to Him when He was in Galilee, and many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.

This could refer to the outer curtain, which shielded the entrance to the sanctuary. Heavenly imagery was embroidered on the outer curtain, forming an appropriate parallel to the heavens tearing open at Jesus’ baptism. Alternatively, it could indicate the inner veil, which hid the divine presence in the most holy place (holy of holies); this might parallel the Holy Spirit descending at Jesus’ baptism.

Jesus’ identity is fully revealed upon His death. At three key events in Mark’s Gospel—Jesus’ baptism, transfiguration, and crucifixion—a voice confirms that Jesus is God’s Son. Here, it is no longer God the Father proclaiming Jesus’ identity, but instead a non-Jewish person—confirming Jesus’ ministry and mission to Gentiles. Faithlife Bible.

The significance of the supernatural tearing of the veil of the temple is that access to God is now open to all. No longer through priests and the blood of bulls and goats do we approach God, but through the torn veil, which also symbolizes Jesus’ broken and torn body. Top to bottom reminds us that God Himself removed the barrier.

Only Mark uses the Latin term centurion, a Roman captain in charge of one hundred men. The centurion’s statement that Jesus was the Son of God can be construed as a confession of belief in Jesus’ deity. But the Son could also be translated a son.

These women were true disciples of Christ. They had ministered to Jesus’ needs and would be the first witnesses of His resurrection. Mark does not name Jesus’ mother here but includes other prominent women. Three Marys were present along with many other women, and Salome, whom only Mark mentions by name. Salome was the wife of Zebedee and the mother of the disciples James and John). She may have been the unnamed sister of Jesus’ mother. If so, James and John were Jesus’ first cousins. NKJ Bible.

Exodus 26:31 “You shall make a veil woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen. It shall be woven with an artistic design of cherubim.

Exodus 26:32  You shall hang it upon the four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold. Their hooks shall be gold, upon four sockets of silver.

Exodus 26:33  And you shall hang the veil from the clasps. Then you shall bring the ark of the Testimony in there, behind the veil. The veil shall be a divider for you between the holy place and the Most Holy.