Summary: <p><strong>Hi, this is Ricky and our Daily Devotional today is found in Mark 15:16-32. </strong><strong>Feel free to read along in the show notes below.</strong><br> <strong>Also, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this scripture so comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/mark-1516-32/%20%E2%80%8E"> http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/mark-1516-32/ </a>.</strong></p> <p><span class="text Mark-15-16"><sup class="versenum">16 </sup>And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor’s headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion.</span> <span id="en-ESV-24836" class="text Mark-15-17"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him.</span><span id="en-ESV-24837" class="text Mark-15-18"><sup class="versenum">18 </sup>And they began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”</span> <span id="en-ESV-24838" class="text Mark-15-19"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him.</span><span id="en-ESV-24839" class="text Mark-15-20"><sup class="versenum">20 </sup>And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him.</span></p> <p><span class="text Mark-15-21"><sup class="versenum">21 </sup>And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.</span> <span id="en-ESV-24841" class="text Mark-15-22"><sup class="versenum">22 </sup>And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).</span> <span id="en-ESV-24842" class="text Mark-15-23"><sup class="versenum">23 </sup>And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.</span> <span id="en-ESV-24843" class="text Mark-15-24"><sup class="versenum">24 </sup>And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.</span> <span id="en-ESV-24844" class="text Mark-15-25"><sup class="versenum">25 </sup>And it was the third hour when they crucified him.</span> <span id="en-ESV-24845" class="text Mark-15-26"><sup class="versenum">26 </sup>And the inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.”</span> <span id="en-ESV-24846" class="text Mark-15-27"><sup class="versenum">27 </sup>And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left.</span> <span id="en-ESV-24847" class="text Mark-15-29"><sup class="versenum">29 </sup>And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,</span> <span id="en-ESV-24848" class="text Mark-15-30"><sup class="versenum">30 </sup>save yourself, and come down from the cross!”</span> <span id="en-ESV-24849" class="text Mark-15-31"><sup class="versenum">31 </sup>So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, “He saved others; he cannot save himself.</span> <span id="en-ESV-24850" class="text Mark-15-32"><sup class="versenum">32 </sup>Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.” Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.</span></p> <p><strong>What do you think? </strong><br> <strong>Comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/mark-1516-32/%20%E2%80%8E"> http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/mark-1516-32/ </a>. </strong><br> <strong>Email me with comments, feedback, or prayer requests at <a href="mailto:dailydevotionalpodcast@gmail.com">dailydevotionalpodcast@gmail.com</a> and you can follow me on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/devotionpodcast">@devotionpodcast</a>. Also, you can like us on Facebook at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/facebook">www.dailydevotionalpodcast.com/facebook</a> . </strong></p>
