Pictured to the left is a copy of a version of the Holy Bible, known as the ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION ( ESV ). Mark 15:21-41 read as follows:
"21 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. 22 And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). 23 And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. 24 And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. 25 And it was the third hour when they crucified him. 26 And the inscription of the charge against him read, 'The King of the Jews.' 27 And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left. 29 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, 30 save yourself, and come down form the cross!' 31 So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, 'He saved others; he cannot save himself. 32 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. 33 And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, 'Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?' which means, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' 35 And some of the bystanders hearing it said, 'Behold, he is calling Elijah.' 36 And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, 'Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.' 37 And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last. 38 And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. 39 And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, 'Truly this man was the Son of God!' 40 There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. 41 When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ministered to him, and there were also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem."
If you, the reader, will notice, Jesus ( see verse fifteen ) was crucified "the third hour" ( as we read in verse twenty-five, above ), and He died on the ninth hour ( see verses thirty-four through thirty-seven, above ), which was a period of six hours.
Jesus spent six hours suffering, and then dying, on the cross of Calvary ( see Luke 23:26-49 ( especially verse 33 ( KJV, for example ), for example ), for example ) for the sins of all men ( see Romans 6:1-14 ( especially verse 10, for example ), for example ): this is where the concept of being longsuffering is defined. See also Galatians 5:22 ( KJV, for example ), for example. Please study the Holy Bible ( which is God's word - see Psalm 119:65-73, 142, 151, John 17:1, 3, 17, and 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:16, 17, for example ).
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NOTE: A footnote following verse twenty-seven reads as follows: "Some manuscripts insert verse 28: And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, 'He was numbered with the transgressors'." [ See The HOLY BIBLE, ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION, CROSSWAY BIBLES, WHEATON, ILLINOIS, The Personal Size Reference Bible, English Standard Version ( ESV ), Copyright 2007 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers, All rights reserved, p. 1119. ] This explains why verse twenty-eight is omitted from the sacred text of the above-given passage from the Holy Bible. This verse is included in the KING JAMES VERSION ( KJV ) of the Holy Bible, for example.
