Marcos 15

¹ And immediately in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And they bound Jesus and led [Him] away and delivered [Him] to Pilate.

² And Pilate asked Him, Are you the king of the Jews? And answering He said to him, You say [it].

³ And the chief priests accused Him [of] many things, but He answered nothing.

⁴ And Pilate asked Him again, saying, Do you answer nothing? Behold how many things they witness against you!

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

⁶ And at [that] feast he released to them one prisoner, whomever they desired.

⁷ And there was [one] named Barabbas, bound with the insurgents, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

⁸ And the crowd, crying aloud, began to beg [him to do] as he had always done to them.

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

¹⁰ For he knew that the chief priests had delivered Him because of envy.

¹¹ But the chief priests moved the people that he should rather release Barabbas to them.

¹² And Pilate answered and said again to them, What then do you desire that I should do [to him] whom you call the King of the Jews?

¹³ And they cried out again, Crucify him!

¹⁴ Then Pilate said to them, Why? What evil has he done? And they much more cried out, Crucify him!

¹⁵ And deciding to do the easiest [to] the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them, and having scourged [Him], delivered up Jesus to be crucified.

¹⁶ And the soldiers led Him away inside the court, which is [the] praetorium. And they called together all the cohort.

¹⁷ And they clothed Him with purple and plaited a crown of thorns and put it around His [head].

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

¹⁹ And they struck Him on the head with a reed, and spat on Him, and placing the knees, [they] bowed to Him.

²⁰ And when they had mocked Him, they took the purple off Him and put His own clothes on Him and led Him out to crucify Him.

²¹ And they made one who was passing by, Simon a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear His cross.

²² And they brought Him to Golgotha Place (which translated is, Place of a Skull).

²³ And they gave Him wine mixed with myrrh to drink. But He did not take [it].

²⁴ And when they had crucified Him, they divided His garments, casting lots on them, as, to what [each] should take.

²⁵ And it was [the] third hour, and they crucified Him.

²⁶ And the inscription of His accusation was written over [Him], THE KING OF THE JEWS.

²⁷ And with Him they crucified two thieves, the one off [the] right, and one off [the] left.

²⁸ And the Scripture was fulfilled which said, And he was numbered with [the] lawless.

²⁹ And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads and saying, Aha! You [razing] the temple and building [it] in three days,

³⁰ save yourself and come down from the cross!

³¹ And also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes, said to one another, He saved others but he cannot save himself.

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

³³ And [it] being [the] sixth hour, darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.

³⁴ And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? (which being translated is, My God, My God, why did You forsake Me?)

³⁵ And hearing, some of those standing by said, Behold, he calls Elijah.

³⁶ And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar and put [it] on a reed and gave [it] to him to drink. [But they said], Let alone, let us see if Elijah comes to take him down.

³⁷ And letting out a loud voice, Jesus expired.

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

³⁹ And when the centurion, who stood across from him, saw that He cried out so, [and] expired, he said, Truly this man was Son of God.

⁴⁰ And also women were watching from a distance, among whom also was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less, and of Joses, and Salome,

⁴¹ (who also, when He was in Galilee, followed Him and ministered to Him), and many [other] women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.

⁴² And it, becoming evening already, since it was [the] Preparation, that is, [the] day before sabbath,

⁴³ Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable counsellor, who also waited for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

⁴⁴ And Pilate wondered if He were already dead. And calling the centurion, he asked him whether He had died already.

⁴⁵ And when he knew [it] from the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

⁴⁶ And he bought a linen cloth, and took Him down, and wrapped [Him] in the linen, and laid Him in a tomb which was cut out of a rock, and rolled a stone to the door of the tomb.

⁴⁷ And Mary Magdalene and Mary [the mother] of Joses saw where He was laid.