馬可福音15:42-47

 

15:42 到了晚上，因為這是預備日，就是安息日的前一日，
15:43 有亞利馬太的約瑟前來，他是尊貴的議士，也是等候上帝國的。他放膽進去見彼拉多，求耶穌的身體；
15:44 彼拉多詫異耶穌已經死了，便叫百夫長來，問他耶穌死了久不久。
15:45 既從百夫長得知實情，就把耶穌的屍首賜給約瑟。
15:46 約瑟買了細麻布，把耶穌取下來，用細麻布裹好，安放在磐石中鑿出來的墳墓裡，又滾過一塊石頭來擋住墓門。
15:47 抹大拉的馬利亞和約西的母親馬利亞都看見安放他的地方。

 

⁴² It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached, ⁴³ Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. ⁴⁴ Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died. ⁴⁵ When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph. ⁴⁶ So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. ⁴⁷ Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where he was laid.

 

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    主耶穌不僅是死了，還被埋障在墳墓，等待復活！

 

    主耶穌的死亡是暫時的，正如我們的死亡也是暫時的，雖然好像要等很久主耶穌才會再來，可是無論經過多久，與永恆比較起來都是短暫的！

 

    讓我們心存盼望安眠主懷中，一日榮耀之早晨，我們必與主相會！

 

 

 

 

馬可福音15:33-41

 

15:33 從午正到申初，遍地都黑暗了。
15:34 申初的時候，耶穌大聲喊著說：「以羅伊！以羅伊！拉馬撒巴各大尼？」（翻出來就是：我的上帝！我的上帝！為甚麼離棄我？）
15:35 旁邊站著的人，有的聽見就說：「看哪，他叫以利亞呢！」
15:36 有一個人跑去，把海絨蘸滿了醋，綁在葦子上，送給他喝，說：「且等著，看以利亞來不來把他取下。」
15:37 耶穌大聲喊叫，氣就斷了。
15:38 殿裡的幔子從上到下裂為兩半。
15:39 對面站著的百夫長看見耶穌這樣喊叫（有古卷沒有喊叫二字）斷氣，就說：「這人真是上帝的兒子！」
15:40 還有些婦女遠遠地觀看；內中有抹大拉的馬利亞，又有小雅各和約西的母親馬利亞，並有撒羅米，
15:41 就是耶穌在加利利的時候，跟隨他、服事他的那些人，還有同耶穌上耶路撒冷的好些婦女在那裡觀看。

 

³³ At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. ³⁴ And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).^[b]

³⁵ When some of those standing near heard this, they said, “Listen, he’s calling Elijah.”

³⁶ Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down,” he said.

³⁷ With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.

³⁸ The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. ³⁹ And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died,^[c] he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!”

⁴⁰ Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph,^[d] and Salome. ⁴¹ In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there.

 

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    主耶穌是確確實實的死在十字架上，不是只有昏迷而已！祂承受了死亡，感受了與上帝分離並受上帝刑罰之狀態，所以祂喊叫：「以羅伊！以羅伊！拉馬撒巴各大尼？」（翻出來就是：我的上帝！我的上帝！為甚麼離棄我？）

 

    主耶穌不僅經歷肉體的死亡，也面對到靈魂的死，是確確實實、完完全全的死！因為祂要救贖我們，為要滿足上帝的需要，寧可犧牲自己！當然這不只是主耶穌單方面的付出，更是上帝主動愛世人，連自己的寶貴獨生子的代價都付上了！這是何等的愛！

 

     感謝主，讓這樣的愛臨到我們這些卑微的人，成就最偉大與傑出的事情，唯有祂配稱為上帝，配得一切榮耀與頌讚！

 

 

 

 

馬可福音15:21-32

 

15:21 有一個古利奈人西門，就是亞歷山大和魯孚的父親，從鄉下來，經過那地方，他們就勉強他同去，好背著耶穌的十字架。
15:22 他們帶耶穌到了各各他地方（各各他翻出來就是髑髏地），
15:23 拿沒藥調和的酒給耶穌，他卻不受。
15:24 於是將他釘在十字架上，拈鬮分他的衣服，看是誰得甚麼。
15:25 釘他在十字架上是巳初的時候。
15:26 在上面有他的罪狀，寫的是：「猶太人的王。」
15:27 他們又把兩個強盜和他同釘十字架，一個在右邊，一個在左邊。（有古卷加：
15:28 這就應了經上的話說：他被列在罪犯之中。）
15:29 從那裡經過的人辱罵他，搖著頭說：「咳！你這拆毀聖殿、三日又建造起來的，
15:30 可以救自己，從十字架上下來吧！」
15:31 祭司長和文士也是這樣戲弄他，彼此說：「他救了別人，不能救自己。
15:32 以色列的王基督，現在可以從十字架上下來，叫我們看見，就信了。」那和他同釘的人也是譏誚他。

 

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. ²² They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). ²³ Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. ²⁴ And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get.

²⁵ It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. ²⁶ The written notice of the charge against him read: the king of the jews.

²⁷ They crucified two rebels with him, one on his right and one on his left. ^{[28] [a] 29} 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, ³⁰ come down from the cross and save yourself!” ³¹ 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! ³² 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.

 

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    《希伯來書》2章14-16節：「兒女既同有血肉之體，他也照樣親自成了血肉之體，特要藉著死敗壞那掌死權的，就是魔鬼，並要釋放那些一生因怕死而為奴僕的人。他並不救拔天使，乃是救拔亞伯拉罕的後裔。」

 

    主耶穌願意被釘死在十字架上，就是要完成上帝在他身上的旨意！《希伯來書》這段話將主耶穌為何要釘死在十字架上，說得十分清楚！主耶穌在十字架上不是失敗，不是羞辱，而是得勝！祂已經將罪和死勝過，更是勝過魔鬼！魔鬼的權勢已竟被主耶穌所敗壞了！

 

    也因為這樣，主耶穌可以救拔亞伯拉罕的子孫，這不是人要先勝過肉體才有的，辦倒是我們是有血有肉的人，才能領受上帝在基督裡的救恩！因為我們承認我們有罪，才會需要耶穌基督的拯救！因為主耶穌已經勝過魔鬼，我們才有勝過罪與死的把握！雖然今天尚未完全，但是主耶穌再來上帝的國度完全實現時，我們也完全得贖之時，我們就真的不再犯罪、不再會有死亡，也就是沒有地獄火湖的第二次的死！

 

    哈利路亞！我們不僅不會死，更要與基督同掌王權，直到永遠，阿們！

 

 

 

馬可福音15:16-20

 

15:16 兵丁把耶穌帶進衙門院裡，叫齊了全營的兵。
15:17 他們給他穿上紫袍，又用荊棘編做冠冕給他戴上，
15:18 就慶賀他說：「恭喜，猶太人的王啊！」
15:19 又拿一根葦子打他的頭，吐唾沫在他臉上，屈膝拜他。
15:20 戲弄完了，就給他脫了紫袍，仍穿上他自己的衣服，帶他出去，要釘十字架。

 

¹⁶ The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers. ¹⁷ They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him. ¹⁸ And they began to call out to him, “Hail, king of the Jews!” ¹⁹ Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him. ²⁰ And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.

 

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    主耶穌被羅馬兵丁戲弄，凸顯惡者的本性，牠的目的就是要貶抑人，讓人看不起自己，更看不起別人。連主耶穌被澆在羅馬士兵的受中之時，他也利用這些人來貶抑主耶穌！

 

    但是上帝並非如此，祂看我們為至寶，為祂愛的對象，甚至為了拯救我們脫離罪和死的轄制，竟然透過耶穌基督的代贖，為我們承擔罪的刑罰，付出祂的獨生愛子為代價，益彰顯人的代價！

 

    上帝竟然如此愛我們，祂不僅用自己的形象造我們，更用主耶穌為贖罪羔羊成為挽回祭，使上帝不再以憤怒和刑罰對待祂所拯救的人，反倒用慈愛和恩典使我們成為祂聖潔的兒女，進入父家中，和基督同享王權！