Mark 16:19&20 "19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, He was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. 20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen." After today's reading; we have read the Gospel of Mark twice this summer. It has been a whirlwind, it is written in a style that takes us from one event to another quickly! We can only imagine how the disciples felt in the few years they lived with and learned from out Lord and Savior. Mark 15 details the Crucifixion of Jesus, beginning with His trial before Pontius Pilate. Despite finding no fault in Jesus, Pilate yields to the Sanhedrin and an incited crowd, releasing the rebel Barabbas and ordering Jesus to be flogged and crucified. Roman soldiers mock Jesus as the "King of the Jews" in the Praetorium, and Simon of Cyrene is forced to carry the cross to Golgotha (the place of the skull). At the cru...