Mark 15
1 As soon as it was daylight, the Chief Priests, after holding a consultation with the Councillors and Teachers of the Law — that is to say, the whole High Council — put Jesus in chains, 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 “Are you the King of the Jews?” asked Pilate. “It is true,” replied Jesus.
So Pilate questioned Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
3 Then the Chief Priests brought a number of charges against him;
And the chief priests began to accuse Him of many things.
4 upon which Pilate questioned Jesus again. “Have you no reply to make?” he asked. “Listen, how many charges they are bringing against you.”
Then Pilate questioned Him again, “Have You no answer? Look how many charges they are bringing against You!”
5 But Jesus still made no reply whatever; at which Pilate was astonished.
But to Pilate’s amazement, Jesus made no further reply.
6 Now, at the Feast, Pilate used to grant the people the release of any one prisoner whom they might ask for.
Now it was Pilate’s custom at the feast to release to the people a prisoner of their choosing.
7 A man called Barabbas was in prison, with the rioters who had committed murder during a riot.
And a man named Barabbas was imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder during the insurrection.
8 So, when the crowd went up and began to ask Pilate to follow his usual custom,
So the crowd went up and began asking Pilate to keep his custom.
9 he answered: “Do you want me to release the ‘King of the Jews’ for you?”
“Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” Pilate asked.
10 For he was aware that it was out of jealousy that the Chief Priests had given Jesus up to him.
For he knew it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over.
11 But the Chief Priests incited the crowd to get Barabbas released instead.
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead.
12 Pilate, however, spoke to them again: “What shall I do then with the man whom you call 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 Again they shouted: “Crucify him!”
And they shouted back, “Crucify Him!”
14 “Why, what harm has he done?” Pilate kept saying to them. But they shouted furiously: “Crucify him!”
“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”
15 And Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and, after scourging Jesus, gave him up to be crucified.
And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
16 The soldiers then took Jesus away into the court-yard — that is the Government House — and they called the whole garrison together.
Then the soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called the whole company together.
17 They dressed him in a purple robe, and, having twisted a crown of thorns, 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 then began to salute him. “Long life to you, King of the Jews!” they said.
And they began to salute Him: “Hail, King of the Jews!”
19 And they kept striking him on the head with a rod, spitting at him, and bowing to the ground before him — going down on their knees;
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 left off mocking him, they took off the purple robe, and put his own clothes on him.
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 led Jesus out to crucify him; and they compelled a passer-by, Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them to carry 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 They brought Jesus to the place which was known as Golgotha — a name which means ‘Place of a Skull.’
They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull.
23 There they offered him drugged wine; but Jesus refused it.
There they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it.
24 Then they crucified him, and divided his clothes among them, casting lots for them, to settle what each should take.
And they crucified Him. They also divided His garments by casting lots to decide what each of them would take.
25 It was nine in the morning when they crucified him.
It was the third hour when they crucified Him.
26 The words of the charge against him, written up over his head, ran thus — ‘THE KING OF THE JEWS.’
And the charge inscribed against Him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27 And with him they crucified two robbers, one on the right, and the other on the left.
Along with Jesus, they crucified two robbers, one on His right and one on His left.
29 The passers-by railed at him, shaking their heads, as they said: “Ah! you who would destroy the Temple and build one 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 come down from the cross and save yourself!”
come down from the cross and save Yourself!”
31 In the same way the Chief Priests, with the Teachers of the Law, said to one another in mockery:
In the same way, the chief priests and scribes mocked Him among themselves, saying, “He saved others, but He cannot save Himself!
32 “He saved others, but he cannot save himself! Let the Christ, the ‘King of Israel,’ come down from the cross now, that we may see it and believe.” Even the men who had been crucified with Jesus reviled 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 At midday, a darkness came over the whole country, lasting till three in the afternoon.
From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
34 And, at three, Jesus called out loudly: ‘Eloi, Eloi, lama sabacthani?’” which means ‘My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken 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 Some of those standing round heard this, and said: “Listen! He is calling for Elijah!”
When some of those standing nearby heard this, they said, “Behold, He is calling Elijah.”
36 And a man ran, and, soaking a sponge in common wine, put it on the end of a rod, and offered it to him to drink, saying as he did so: “Wait and let us see if Elijah is coming 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 But Jesus, giving a loud cry, expired.
But Jesus let out a loud cry and breathed His last.
38 The Temple curtain was torn in two from top to bottom.
And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
39 The Roman Officer, who was standing facing Jesus, on seeing the way in which he expired, exclaimed: “This man must indeed have been ‘God’s Son’!”
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 There were some women also watching from a distance, among them being Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James the Little and of Joseph, 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 all of whom used to accompany Jesus when he was in Galilee, and attend on him — besides many other women who had come 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 The evening had already fallen, when, as it was the Preparation Day — the day before the Sabbath —
Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
43 Joseph from Ramah, a Councillor of good position, who was himself living in expectation of the Kingdom of God, came and ventured to go in to see Pilate, and to ask 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 But Pilate was surprised to hear that he had already died. So he sent for the Officer, and asked if he were already dead;
Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so.
45 and, on learning from the Officer that it was so, he gave the corpse to Joseph.
When Pilate had confirmed it with the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
46 Joseph, having bought a linen sheet, took Jesus down, and wound the sheet round him, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of the rock; and then rolled a stone up against the entrance of the tomb.
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 Mary of Magdala and Mary, the mother of Joseph, were watching to see where he was laid.
Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where His body was placed.
