The Meaning of Mark 15:41 Explained

Mark 15:41

KJV: (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.

YLT: (who also, when he was in Galilee, were following him, and were ministering to him,) and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

Darby: who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him and ministered to him; and many others who came up with him to Jerusalem.

ASV: who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him; and many other women that came up with him unto Jerusalem.

What is the context of Mark 15:41?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

(Who  also,  when  he was  in  Galilee,  followed  him,  and  ministered  unto him;  ) and  many  other  women which  came up  with him  unto  Jerusalem. 

What does Mark 15:41 Mean?

Context Summary

Mark 15:22-47 - A King Upon His Cross
Our Lord refused to drink the potion prepared by the women of Jerusalem, in order to stupefy those who were crucified and so deaden the sense of pain, because He would drain the cup to its dregs. It was nine o'clock in the morning when He was nailed to the cross. His persecutors were, as they thought, destroying the Temple of which He had spoken in John 2:19, and making its restoration impossible. In fact, however, they were giving Him the opportunity of fulfilling His great prediction. He saved others; Himself He cannot save. Nature veiled her face from that awful spectacle. Christ was not really forsaken, but as our Redeemer he passed under the dark shadow of human sin. The access to the Holy of Holies is now forever free through the entry of our great High Priest. See Hebrews 9:7-8. What love inspired the women, Mark 15:40, to brave the horrors of the scene! And how good to see that God cares for the body as well as for the spirit of His beloved! For Joseph, see Matthew 27:57 and Luke 23:50-51. Born of the Virgin's womb our Lord was buried in a virgin tomb. [source]

Chapter Summary: Mark 15

1  Jesus brought bound, and accused before Pilate
6  Upon the clamor of the people, the murderer Barabbas is released,
12  and Jesus delivered up to be crucified
16  He is crowned with thorns, spit on, and mocked;
21  faints in bearing his cross;
27  hangs between two thieves;
29  suffers the triumphing reproaches of the crowd;
39  but is confessed by the centurion to be the Son of God;
42  and is honorably buried by Joseph

Greek Commentary for Mark 15:41

Followed him and ministered unto him [ηκολουτουν και διηκονουν αυτωι]
Two imperfects describing the long Galilean ministry of these three women and many other women in Galilee (Luke 8:1-3) who came up with him (αι συναναβασαι αυτωι — hai sunanabāsai autōi) to Jerusalem. This summary description in Mark is paralleled in Matthew 27:55. and Luke 23:49. These faithful women were last at the Cross as they stood afar and saw the dreadful end to all their hopes. [source]
Followed - ministered [ἠκολούθουν - διηκόνουν]
Both imperfects: were in the habit, accustomed to. [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Mark 15:41

2 John 1:7 Who confess not [οἱ μὴ ὁμολογοῦντες]
The article with the participle describes the character of this class of deceivers, and does not merely assert a definite fact concerning them. Compare Mark 15:41, “other women which came up with Him” ( αἱ συνσνσβᾶσαι ). Confess. See on Matthew 7:23; see on Matthew 10:32. [source]

What do the individual words in Mark 15:41 mean?

who when He was in - Galilee had been following Him and had been ministering to Him other many those having come up with to Jerusalem
αἳ ὅτε ἦν ἐν τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ ἠκολούθουν αὐτῷ καὶ διηκόνουν αὐτῷ ἄλλαι πολλαὶ αἱ συναναβᾶσαι εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα

ἦν  He  was 
Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: εἰμί  
Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present.
τῇ  - 
Parse: Article, Dative Feminine Singular
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
Γαλιλαίᾳ  Galilee 
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular
Root: Γαλιλαία  
Sense: the name of a region of northern Palestine, bounded on the north by Syria, on the west by Sidon, Tyre, Ptolemais and their territories and the promontory of Carmel, on the south by Samaria and on the east by the Jordan.
ἠκολούθουν  had  been  following 
Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: ἀκολουθέω  
Sense: to follow one who precedes, join him as his attendant, accompany him.
διηκόνουν  had  been  ministering 
Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: διακονέω  
Sense: to be a servant, attendant, domestic, to serve, wait upon.
αὐτῷ  to  Him 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
ἄλλαι  other 
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Feminine Plural
Root: ἄλλος  
Sense: another, other.
πολλαὶ  many 
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Feminine Plural
Root: πολύς  
Sense: many, much, large.
αἱ  those 
Parse: Article, Nominative Feminine Plural
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
συναναβᾶσαι  having  come  up  with 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Feminine Plural
Root: συναναβαίνω  
Sense: to ascend at the same time, come up together with to a higher place.
Ἱεροσόλυμα  Jerusalem 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Plural
Root: Ἱεροσόλυμα  
Sense: denotes either the city itself or the inhabitants.

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