ACC ~ Mark 15 v22

TWICE DAWNED ONE DAY

ANONYMOUS:

Already robed as king, he must sustain

Blows from rough palms.

With spit his face is covered.

A thorn-inwoven crown pierces his head,

While to the tree he is fixed.

Wine drugged with myrrh is drunk,

And gall is mixed with vinegar.

His robe is parted and on it lots are cast.

Each one keeps for himself what he has seized.

In this murky gloom,

God silently outbreathed his soul from fleshly body.

The trembling day took refuge with the sun.

Twice dawned one day.

FIVE BOOKS IN REPLY TO MARCION 5.227.[1]

Mk

[1]Cetedoc 2036, 5.165; An anonymous poetic attempt to epitomize Tertullian’s Five Books Against Marcion. The date and author are uncertain. ANF 4:164; cf. Mt 27:28-50; Mk 15:17-37; Lk 23:26-46; Jn 19:16-30.