启示和灵感是基督徒生活的重要组成部份。灵感一词的字面意思是，有灵进入你里面——对基督徒来说，这意味着圣灵进入你里面。在古老的圣经语言中（希伯来语和希腊语），“灵感”一词和呼吸有关，因为他们用同一个词来表示“灵”和“呼吸”。
在这段经文中，马可用这一概念做了有趣的事。马可说耶稣“气就断了”，希腊语的这个词（ekpneo）与通常表示的“灵”和“呼吸”的词（pneuma）不同。Ekpneo字面意思是“断气”， 就如“呼出”和“使灵出来”的意思。
一开始，这看起来似乎只是耶稣死了的另一种说法。但接着马可告诉我们，一个百夫长站在耶稣对面——正好是耶稣呼出最后一口气的地方。接着不可思议的事情发生了，这个罗马百夫长，他甚至可能都不相信犹太人的神，竟然宣告说：“这人真是神的儿子”！
那位百夫长接收到圣灵——他受到了启示。他一受圣灵，就清楚地知道耶稣到底是谁。耶稣远不止是个伟人，先知，甚至君王。耶稣是神自己的儿子——是世界的救主。
亲爱的耶稣，你是神的儿子。求你今天使圣灵进入我们里面，好使我们被启示，像你那样活着。阿们。
马可福音 15:33-39
33从午正到申初，遍地都黑暗了。
34申初的时候，耶稣大声喊着说：“以罗伊！以罗伊！拉马撒巴各大尼？”（翻出来就是：“我的神！我的神！为什么离弃我？”）
35旁边站着的人，有的听见就说：“看哪，他叫以利亚呢！”
36有一个人跑去，把海绒蘸满了醋，绑在苇子上，送给他喝，说：“且等着，看以利亚来不来把他取下。”
37耶稣大声喊叫，气就断了。
38殿里的幔子从上到下裂为两半。
39对面站着的百夫长看见耶稣这样喊叫断气，就说：“这人真是神的儿子！”
"When the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died, he said, 'Surely this man was the Son of God!'" - Mark 15:39
Inspiration is an important part of the Christian life. The word inspire literally means to have a spirit come into you—and for Christians that means having the Holy Spirit in you. In the ancient biblical languages (Hebrew and Greek) the word meaning “inspire” was also related to breathing, since they used the same word for “spirit” as for “breath.”
In this passage Mark does something interesting with this concept. Mark says that Jesus “breathed his last,” and the Greek word for this (ekpneo) is different from the usual word used for “spirit” and “breath” (pneuma). Ekpneo literally means “expired,” as in “breathed out” or “let out his Spirit.”
At first this may seem like just another way of saying that Jesus died. But then Mark tells us that a centurion was standing in front of Jesus—right where Jesus’ last breath was aimed. And something interesting happens to this Roman commander, who probably didn’t even believe in the God of the Jews. The centurion exclaims, “Surely this man was the Son of God!”
The centurion caught the Spirit—he was inspired. And when he caught the Spirit, he knew clearly who Jesus really was. Jesus was more than a great person, a prophet, or even a king. Jesus was God’s own Son—the Savior of the world.
Dear Jesus, you are the Son of God. Please put your Holy Spirit into us today so that we can be inspired to live as you lived. Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
