Mark 15
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Pilate Questions Jesus
(Matthew 27:11–14; Luke 23:1–4; John 18:28–38)
1Early in the morning the chief priests immediately came to a decision with the leaders and the experts in Moses’ Teachings. The whole Jewish council decided to tie Jesus up, lead him away, and hand him over to Pilate.
2Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
“Yes, I am,” Jesus answered him.
3The chief priests were accusing him of many things.
4So Pilate asked him again, “Don’t you have any answer? Look how many accusations they’re bringing against you!”
5But Jesus no longer answered anything, so Pilate was surprised.
The Crowd Rejects Jesus
(Matthew 27:15–26; Luke 23:18–25; John 18:39–40)
6At every Passover festival, Pilate would free one prisoner whom the people asked for. 7There was a man named Barabbas in prison. He was with some rebels who had committed murder during a riot. 8The crowd asked Pilate to do for them what he always did. 9Pilate answered them, “Do you want me to free the king of the Jews for you?” 10Pilate knew that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous.
11The chief priests stirred up the crowd so that Pilate would free Barabbas for them instead.
12So Pilate again asked them, “Then what should I do with the king of the Jews?”
13“Crucify him!” they shouted back.
14Pilate said to them, “Why? What has he done wrong?”
But they shouted even louder, “Crucify him!”
15Pilate wanted to satisfy the people, so he freed Barabbas for them. But he had Jesus whipped and handed over to be crucified.
The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus
(Matthew 27:27–30; John 19:1–3)
16The soldiers led Jesus into the courtyard of the palace and called together the whole troop. 17They dressed him in purple, twisted some thorns into a crown, and placed it on his head. 18Then they began to greet him, “Long live the king of the Jews!” 19They kept hitting him on the head with a stick, spitting on him, and kneeling in front of him with false humility.
The Crucifixion
(Matthew 27:31–44; Luke 23:33–38; John 19:16b–24)
20After the soldiers finished making fun of Jesus, they took off the purple cape and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to crucify him. 21A man named Simon from the city of Cyrene was coming ⌞into Jerusalem⌟ from his home in the country. He was the father of Alexander and Rufus. As he was about to pass by, the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus’ cross.
22They took Jesus to Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). 23They tried to give him wine mixed with a drug called myrrh, but he wouldn’t take it. 24Next they crucified him. Then they divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice to see what each one would get. 25It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. 26There was a written notice of the accusation against him. It read, “The king of the Jews.”
27They crucified two criminals with him, one on his right and the other on his left.#15:27 Some manuscripts and translations add verse 28: “And what the Scriptures said came true: ‘He was counted with criminals.’ ”
29Those who passed by insulted him. They shook their heads and said, “What a joke! You were going to tear down God’s temple and build it again in three days. 30Come down from the cross, and save yourself!” 31The chief priests and the experts in Moses’ Teachings made fun of him among themselves in the same way. They said, “He saved others, but he can’t save himself. 32Let the Messiah, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now so that we may see and believe.” Even those who were crucified with him were insulting him.
Jesus Dies on the Cross
(Matthew 27:45–56; Luke 23:44–49; John 19:28–30)
33At noon darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 34At three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
35When some of the people standing there heard him say that, they said, “Listen! He’s calling Elijah.” 36Someone ran and soaked a sponge in vinegar. Then he put it on a stick and offered Jesus a drink. The man said, “Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down.”
37Then Jesus cried out in a loud voice and died. 38The curtain in the temple was split in two from top to bottom.
39When the officer who stood facing Jesus saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, “Certainly, this man was the Son of God!”
40Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary from Magdala, Mary (the mother of young James and Joseph), and Salome. 41They had followed him and supported him while he was in Galilee. Many other women who had come to Jerusalem with him were there too.
Jesus Is Placed in a Tomb
(Matthew 27:57–61; Luke 23:50–56; John 19:38–42)
42It was Friday evening, before the day of rest—a holy day, 43when Joseph arrived. He was from the city of Arimathea and was an important member of the Jewish council. He, too, was waiting for God’s kingdom. Joseph boldly went to Pilate’s quarters to ask for the body of Jesus.
44Pilate wondered if Jesus had already died. So he summoned the officer to ask him if Jesus was, in fact, dead. 45When the officer had assured him that Jesus was dead, Pilate let Joseph have the corpse.
46Joseph had purchased some linen cloth. He took the body down from the cross and wrapped it in the cloth. Then he laid the body in a tomb, which had been cut out of rock, and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. 47Mary from Magdala and Mary (the mother of Joses) watched where Jesus was laid.
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Mark 15
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Mark 15
1¶ And straightway in the morning the princes of the priests having held a consultation with the elders and with the scribes and with the whole council, took Jesus away bound and delivered him to Pilate.
2And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he, answering, said unto him, Thou sayest it.
3And the princes of the priests accused him of many things.
4And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they accuse thee of.
5But Jesus yet answered nothing, so that Pilate marvelled.
6Now at that feast it was customary that he release unto them one prisoner, whoever they desired.
7And there was one named Barabbas, who lay bound with those that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.
8And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had always done unto them.
9And Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
10For he knew that the princes of the priests had delivered him for envy.
11But the princes of the priests moved the multitude that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
12And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?
13And they cried out again, crucify him. {Gr. stauroo – Hang him on a stake}
14Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil has he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, crucify him.
15¶ And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
16And the soldiers led him away into the hall called Praetorium, and they call together the whole band.
17And they clothed him with purple and platted a crown of thorns and put it about his head
18and began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
19And they smote him on the head with a reed and spit upon him and bowing their knees worshipped him.
20And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him and put his own clothes on him and led him out to crucify him.
21And they compel one Simon, a Cyrenian, who passed by coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. {Gr. stauros – stake}
22¶ And they brought him unto the place of Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
23And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh, but he received it not.
24And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
25And it was the third hour when they crucified him.
26And the inscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27And with him they crucified two thieves: the one on his right hand and the other on his left.
28And the scripture was fulfilled, which says, And he was numbered with the transgressors.
29And those that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads and saying, Ah, thou that would destroy the temple of God and build it in three days,
30save thyself and come down from the cross. {Gr. stauros – stake}
31Likewise also the princes of the priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
32Let the Christ, King of Israel, descend now from the stake that we may see and believe. And those that were crucified {Gr. Stauroo – to hang on a stake} with him reviled him.
33¶ And 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, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
35And some of those that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calls Elijah.
36And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar and put it on a reed and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.
37But Jesus, giving a great cry, expired.
38Then the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.
39And when the centurion, who stood in front of him, saw that he so cried out and expired, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
40There were also some women looking on afar off, among whom was Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the lesser and of Joses, and Salome
41(who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him and ministered unto him), and many other women who came up with him unto Jerusalem.
42¶ And now when the evening was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
43Joseph of Arimathaea, a noble senator, who also waited for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly unto Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
44And Pilate marvelled that he was already dead; and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead.
45And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
46And he bought fine linen and took him down and wrapped him in the linen and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
47And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.
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