Mark 15

Mark 15

1Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders , scribes , and the whole council , held a consultation , bound Jesus , carried him away , and delivered him up to Pilate .

2Pilate asked him , “Are you the King of the Jews ?”

He answered , “ So you say .”

3The chief priests accused him of many things .

4Pilate again asked him , “Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you !”

5But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marvelled .

6Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner , whomever they asked of him .

7There was one called Barabbas, bound with his fellow insurgents, men who in the insurrection had committed murder .

8The multitude , crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them .

9Pilate answered them , saying , “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews ?”

10For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up .

11But the chief priests stirred up the multitude , that he should release Barabbas to them instead .

12Pilate again asked them , “What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews ?”

13They cried out again , “Crucify him !”

14Pilate said to them , “Why , what evil has he done ?”

But they cried out exceedingly , “Crucify him !”

15Pilate , wishing to please the multitude , released Barabbas to them , and handed over Jesus , when he had flogged him , to be crucified .

16The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium ; and they called together the whole cohort .

17They clothed him with purple ; and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him .

18They began to salute him , “Hail , King of the Jews !”

19They struck his head with a reed and spat on him , and bowing their knees , did homage to him .

20When they had mocked him , they took the purple cloak off him , and put his own garments on him . They led him out to crucify him .

21They compelled one passing by , coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene , the father of Alexander and Rufus , to go with them that he might bear his cross .

22They brought him to the place called Golgotha , which is , being interpreted , “The place of a skull .”

23They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink , but he didn’t take it .

24Crucifying him , they parted his garments amongst them , casting lots on them , what each should take .

25It was the third hour when they crucified him .[#15:25 9:00 a.m.]

26The superscription of his accusation was written over him : “THE KING OF THE JEWS .”

27With him they crucified two robbers , one on his right hand , and one on his left .

28The Scripture was fulfilled which says, “He was counted with transgressors.”[#15:28 NU omits verse 28.]

29Those who passed by blasphemed him , wagging their heads and saying , “Ha ! You who destroy the temple and build it in three days ,

30save yourself , and come down from the cross !”

31Likewise , also the chief priests mocking amongst themselves with the scribes said , “He saved others . He can ’t save himself .

32Let the Christ , the King of Israel , now come down from the cross , that we may see and believe him .” Those who were crucified with him also insulted him .[#15:32 TR omits “him”]

33When the sixth hour had come , there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour .[#15:33 or, noon; #15:33 3:00 p.m.]

34At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice , saying , “ Eloi , Eloi , lama sabachthani ?” which is , being interpreted , “ My God , my God , why have you forsaken me ?”[#Psalms 22:1]

35Some of those who stood by , when they heard it , said , “Behold , he is calling Elijah .”

36One ran , and filling a sponge full of vinegar , put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink , saying , “Let him be . Let ’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down .”

37Jesus cried out with a loud voice , and gave up the spirit .

38The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom .

39When the centurion , who stood by opposite him , saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last , he said , “Truly this man was the Son of God !”

40There were also women watching from afar , amongst whom were both Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses , and Salome ;

41who , when he was in Galilee , followed him and served him ; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem .

42When evening had now come , because it was the Preparation Day , that is , the day before the Sabbath ,

43Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for God ’s Kingdom, came . He boldly went in to Pilate , and asked for Jesus ’ body .

44Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead ; and summoning the centurion , he asked him whether he had been dead long .

45When he found out from the centurion , he granted the body to Joseph .

46He bought a linen cloth , and taking him down , wound him in the linen cloth and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock . He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb .

47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses , saw where he was laid .

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