Mark 15
1 And the first thing in the morning the chief priests, with those in authority and the scribes and all the Sanhedrin, had a meeting, and put cords round Jesus, and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate.
Early in the morning, the chief priests, elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin devised a plan. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.
2 And Pilate put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he, answering, said to him, You say so.
So Pilate questioned Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
3 And the chief priests said a number of things against him.
And the chief priests began to accuse Him of many things.
4 And Pilate again put a question, Do you say nothing in answer? see how much evil they say you have done.
Then Pilate questioned Him again, “Have You no answer? Look how many charges they are bringing against You!”
5 But Jesus gave no more answers, so that Pilate was full of wonder.
But to Pilate’s amazement, Jesus made no further reply.
6 Now at the feast every year he let one prisoner go free at their request.
Now it was Pilate’s custom at the feast to release to the people a prisoner of their choosing.
7 And there was one named Barabbas, in prison with those who had gone against the government and in the fight had taken life.
And a man named Barabbas was imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder during the insurrection.
8 And the people went up, requesting him to do as he had done for them in other years.
So the crowd went up and began asking Pilate to keep his custom.
9 And Pilate said in answer to them, Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?
“Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” Pilate asked.
10 For he saw that the chief priests had given him up through envy.
For he knew it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over.
11 But the people were moved by the chief priests to make him let Barabbas go free.
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead.
12 And Pilate again said in answer to them, What then am I to do to him to whom you give the name of the King of the Jews?
So Pilate asked them again, “What then do you want me to do with the One you call the King of the Jews?”
13 And they said again loudly, To the cross with him!
And they shouted back, “Crucify Him!”
14 And Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has he done? But their cry was the louder, To the cross!
“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”
15 And Pilate, desiring to do what was pleasing to the people, let Barabbas go free, and gave up Jesus, when he had been whipped, to be put to death on the cross.
And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
16 And the men of the army took him away into the square in front of the building which is the Praetorium, and they got together all the band.
Then the soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called the whole company together.
17 And they put a purple robe on him, and twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on him;
They dressed Him in a purple robe, twisted together a crown of thorns, and set it on His head.
18 And, as if honouring him, they said, Long life to the King of the Jews!
And they began to salute Him: “Hail, King of the Jews!”
19 And they gave him blows on the head with a stick and put shame on him and, going down on their knees, gave him worship.
They kept striking His head with a staff and spitting on Him. And they knelt down and bowed before Him.
20 And when they had made sport of him, they took the purple robe off him and put his clothing on him. And they took him out to put him to death on the cross.
After they had mocked Him, they removed the purple robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him out to crucify Him.
21 And they made one, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was going by, coming from the country, go with them, so that he might take his cross.
Now Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and the soldiers forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.
22 And they took him to the place named Golgotha, which is, Dead Man's Head.
They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull.
23 And they gave him wine mixed with myrrh; but he did not take it.
There they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it.
24 And he was nailed to the cross; and they made a division of his clothing among them, putting to the decision of chance what everyone was to take.
And they crucified Him. They also divided His garments by casting lots to decide what each of them would take.
25 And it was the third hour when they put him on the cross.
It was the third hour when they crucified Him.
26 And the statement of his crime was put in writing on the cross, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
And the charge inscribed against Him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27 And they put two thieves on crosses with him, one on his right side, and one on his left.
Along with Jesus, they crucified two robbers, one on His right and one on His left.
29 And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days,
And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
30 Keep yourself from death, and come down from the cross.
come down from the cross and save Yourself!”
31 In the same way the chief priests, laughing at him among themselves with the scribes, said, A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself.
In the same way, the chief priests and scribes mocked Him among themselves, saying, “He saved others, but He cannot save Himself!
32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and have belief. And those who were put on crosses with him said evil things against him.
Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe!” And even those who were crucified with Him berated Him.
33 And when the sixth hour had come, it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.
From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
34 And at the ninth hour, Jesus said in a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me?
At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
35 And some of those who were near, hearing it, said, See, he is crying to Elijah.
When some of those standing nearby heard this, they said, “Behold, He is calling Elijah.”
36 And one of them went quickly and, getting a sponge full of bitter wine, put it on a rod, and gave it to him for drink, saying, Let be; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.
And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He put it on a reed and held it up for Jesus to drink, saying, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”
37 And Jesus gave a loud cry, and gave up his spirit.
But Jesus let out a loud cry and breathed His last.
38 And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end.
And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
39 And when the captain, who was near, saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, Truly this man was a son of God.
When the centurion standing there in front of Jesus saw how He had breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
40 And there were women watching from a distance: among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome,
And there were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
41 Who went with him when he was in Galilee and took care of him; and a number of other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
These women had followed Jesus and ministered to Him while He was in Galilee, and there were many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with Him.
42 And when it was evening, because it was the time of getting ready, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
43 There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus.
Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.
44 And Pilate was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long.
Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so.
45 And when he had news of it from the captain, he let Joseph have the body.
When Pilate had confirmed it with the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
46 And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door.
So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.
47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was put.
Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where His body was placed.
