Chapter twenty-eight concludes Lukeās account of Paulās journey to Rome. Because it does not contain the details of what happened after Paulās two-year imprisonment, and because Acts was already part two of Lukeās work, some think that he intended to write a third volume, but that is only speculation. There is nothing in Acts or […]
Chapter sixteen requires some examination. Due to a series of variants between Greek manuscripts, this chapter could end with verse eight, verse eight plus a closing tag, or include all twenty verses. Most conservative scholarship agrees that Mark 16:9-20 were not included in Markās original writing. This causes concern for some, though, because, while the
Chapter fifteen begins āearly in the morningā on Friday (Mark 15:1-5). The Jewish leaders had done all they could do. Rome allowed them to carry out any kind of punishment they wanted against their own people, except for the death penalty. Only the Roman governor could do that. Because of the Passover that day and
