Mark 15

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

²And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering saith unto him, Thou sayest.

³And the chief priests accused him of many things.

⁴And Pilate again asked him, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they accuse thee of.

⁵But Jesus no more answered anything; insomuch that Pilate marvelled.

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

⁷And there was one called Barabbas, lying bound with them that had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.

⁸And the multitude went up and began to ask him to do as he was wont to do unto them.

⁹And Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto 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 rather release Barabbas unto them.

¹²And Pilate again answered and said unto them, What then shall I do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?

¹³And they cried out again, Crucify him.

¹⁴And Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out exceedingly, Crucify him.

¹⁵And Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released unto them Barabbas, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.

¹⁶And the soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Prætorium; and they call together the whole band.

¹⁷And they clothe him with purple, and platting a crown of thorns, they put it on him;

¹⁸and they began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!

¹⁹And they smote his head with a reed, and spat upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.

²⁰And when they had mocked him, they took off from him the purple, and put on him his garments. And they lead him out to crucify him.

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

²²And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

²³And they offered him wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.

²⁴And they crucify him, and part his garments among them, casting lots upon them, what each should take.

²⁵And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.

²⁶And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

²⁷And with him they crucify two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.

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²⁹And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

³⁰save thyself, and come down from the cross.

³¹In like manner also the chief priests mocking him among themselves with the scribes said, He saved others; himself he cannot save.

³²Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reproached him.

³³And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

³⁴And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

³⁵And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elijah.

³⁶And one ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to take him down.

³⁷And Jesus uttered a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.

³⁸And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.

³⁹And when the centurion, who stood by over against him, saw that he so gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

⁴⁰And there were also women beholding from afar: among 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 ministered unto him; and many other women that came up with him unto Jerusalem.

⁴²And when even was now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

⁴³there came Joseph of Arimathæa, a councillor of honorable estate, who also himself was looking for the kingdom of God; and he boldly went in unto Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

⁴⁴And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

⁴⁵And when he learned it of the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.

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

⁴⁷And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.

Mark 15

¹And immediately in the morning the chief priests, having taken counsel with the elders and scribes and the whole sanhedrim, bound Jesus and carried [him] away, and delivered [him] up to Pilate.

²And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered and said to him, Thou sayest.

³And the chief priests accused him urgently.

⁴And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? See of how many things they bear witness against thee.

⁵But Jesus still answered nothing, so that Pilate marvelled.

⁶But at [the] feast he released to them one prisoner, whomsoever they begged [of him].

⁷Now there was the [person] named Barabbas bound with those who had made insurrection with [him], [and] that had committed murder in the insurrection.

⁸And the crowd crying out began to beg [that he would do] to them as he had always done.

⁹But Pilate answered them saying, Will ye that I release to you the King of the Jews?

¹⁰for he knew that the chief priests had delivered him up through envy.

¹¹But the chief priests stirred up the crowd that he might rather release Barabbas to them.

¹²And Pilate answering said to them again, What will ye then that I do [to him] whom ye call King of the Jews?

¹³And they cried out again, Crucify him.

¹⁴And Pilate said to them, What evil then has he done? But they cried out the more urgently, Crucify him.

¹⁵And Pilate, desirous of contenting the crowd, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus, when he had scourged him, that he might be crucified.

¹⁶And the soldiers led him away into the court which is [called the] praetorium, and they call together the whole band.

¹⁷And they clothe him with purple, and bind round on him a crown of thorns which they had plaited.

¹⁸And they began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!

¹⁹And they struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and, bending the knee, did him homage.

²⁰And when they had mocked him, they took the purple off him, and put his own clothes on him; and they lead him out that they may crucify him.

²¹And they compel to go [with them] a certain passer-by, Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus, that he might carry his cross.

²²And they bring him to the place [called] Golgotha, which, being interpreted, is Place of a skull.

²³And they offered him wine [to drink] medicated with myrrh; but he did not take [it].

²⁴And having crucified him, they part his clothes amongst [themselves], casting lots on them, what each one should take.

²⁵And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.

²⁶And the superscription of what he was accused of was written up: The King of the Jews.

²⁷And with him they crucify two robbers, one on his right hand, and one on his left.

²⁸[And the scripture was fulfilled which says, And he was reckoned with the lawless.]

²⁹And they that passed by reviled him, shaking their heads, and saying, Aha, thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days,

³⁰save thyself, and descend from the cross.

³¹In like manner the chief priests also, with the scribes, mocking with one another, said, He saved others; himself he cannot save.

³²Let the Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and may believe. And they that were crucified with him reproached him.

³³And when [the] sixth hour was come, there came darkness over the whole land until [the] ninth hour;

³⁴and at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, [saying], Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, MyGod, myGod, why hast thou forsaken me?

³⁵And some of those who stood by, when they heard [it], said, Behold, he calls for Elias.

³⁶And one, running and filling a sponge with vinegar, fixed it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone, let us see if Elias comes to take him down.

³⁷And Jesus, having uttered a loud cry, expired.

³⁸And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.

³⁹And the centurion who stood by over against him, when he saw that he had expired having thus cried out, said, Truly this man was Son ofGod.

⁴⁰And there were women also looking on from afar off, among whom were both Mary of Magdala, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

⁴¹who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him and ministered to him; and many others who came up with him to Jerusalem.

⁴²And when it was already evening, since it was [the] preparation, that is, [the day] before a sabbath,

⁴³Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable councillor, who also himself was awaiting the kingdom ofGod, coming, emboldened himself and went in to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus.

⁴⁴And Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and having called to [him] the centurion, he inquired of him if he had long died.

⁴⁵And when he knew from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

⁴⁶And having bought fine linen, [and] having taken him down, he swathed him in the fine linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was cut out of rock, and rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre.

⁴⁷And Mary of Magdala and Mary the [mother] of Joses saw where he was put.