b.
By the Roman governor, representing the Gentiles
15:1-15
Mark 15
:1
15:1
And aimmediately in the morning the
bchief priests held a
cconsultation with the elders and scribes and the whole
1Sanhedrin, and having bound Jesus, they led
Him away and
ddelivered Him to
2ePilate.
Mark 15
:2
15:2
And Pilate
aquestioned Him, Are You the
bKing of the Jews? And answering him, He said, It is as you say.
Mark 15
:3
15:3
And the chief priests
aaccused Him of many things.
Mark 15
:4
15:4
And Pilate again questioned Him, saying, Do You answer nothing? See how many things they are accusing You of.
Mark 15
:5
15:5
But Jesus made
1ano further answer, so that Pilate marveled.
Mark 15
:6
15:6
Now at the
afeasts he released to them one prisoner whom they requested.
Mark 15
:7
15:7
And there was one named Barabbas, bound with the
ainsurrectionists who had committed
bmurder in the insurrection.
Mark 15
:8
15:8
And the crowd
1came up and began to ask
him to do even as he had been accustomed to do for them.
Mark 15
:9
15:9
But Pilate answered them, saying, Do you want me to release to you the
aKing of the Jews?
Mark 15
:10
15:10
For he knew that
it was because of envy
that the chief priests had delivered Him up.
Mark 15
:11
15:11
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd that instead he should
arelease Barabbas to them.
Mark 15
:12
15:12
And Pilate again answered and said to them, What then do you want me to do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?
Mark 15
:13
15:13
And again they cried out,
1aCrucify Him!
Mark 15
:14
15:14
But Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has He done? But they cried out the more, Crucify Him!
Mark 15
:15
15:15
And Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released to them Barabbas and
1ascourged Jesus and delivered
Him up to be
2crucified.
3.
Crucified
15:16-41
Mark 15
:16
15:16
1And the
asoldiers led Him away within the courtyard, that is, the
2bpraetorium, and called together the whole
ccohort.
Mark 15
:17
15:17
And they clothed Him in
1apurple and wove a
bthorny crown and put it
2around His
head.
Mark 15
:18
15:18
And they began to salute Him:
1Rejoice,
aKing of the Jews!
Mark 15
:19
15:19
And they beat His head with a reed and
aspat at Him. And kneeling down, they bowed before Him.
Mark 15
:20
15:20
And when they had
amocked Him, they stripped Him of the purple and put His garments on Him. And they
bled Him out to crucify Him.
Mark 15
:21
15:21
1And they
acompelled a certain passerby coming from the country,
bSimon a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and
cRufus, to take up His cross.
Mark 15
:22
15:22
And they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is interpreted, the
aPlace of a Skull.
Mark 15
:23
15:23
And they
1tried to give Him wine mixed with
amyrrh, but He did not take
it.
Mark 15
:24
15:24
And they crucified Him and divided His garments, casting
alots for them
to see what each should take.
Mark 15
:25
15:25
Now it was the
1athird hour and they crucified Him.
Mark 15
:26
15:26
And there was an inscription of the charge against Him inscribed: The
aKing Of The JEWS.
Mark 15
:27
15:27
And with Him they crucified two robbers, one on His right and one on His left.
Mark 15
:28
15:28
1And the Scripture was fulfilled which says,
a"And He was counted with the lawless.''
Mark 15
:29
15:29
And those who were passing by
ablasphemed Him,
bwagging their heads and saying,
cAha!
1You who
ddestroy the temple and build
it in three days,
Mark 15
:30
15:30
1Save Yourself and come down from the cross!
Mark 15
:31
15:31
Likewise also the chief priests with the scribes
amocked Him with one another and said, He saved others;
bHimself He cannot save.
Mark 15
:32
15:32
Let the Christ, the
aKing of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe. Those who were crucified with Him also
breproached Him.
Mark 15
:33
15:33
And when the
1sixth hour came,
adarkness fell over the whole land until the
2ninth hour.
Mark 15
:34
15:34
And at the ninth hour Jesus
acried with a
bloud voice,
1Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is interpreted,
cMy God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
Mark 15
:35
15:35
And some of those standing by heard
this and said, Behold, He is calling for Elijah.
Mark 15
:36
15:36
And someone ran and filled a sponge with
avinegar, and putting
it on a reed, gave
it to Him to drink, saying, Let
Him be. Let us see if Elijah is coming to take Him down.
Mark 15
:37
15:37
And Jesus let out a
aloud cry and expired.
Mark 15
:38
15:38
And the
aveil of the temple was split in two from top to bottom.
Mark 15
:39
15:39
And the
acenturion standing by opposite Him, seeing that He expired in this way, said, Truly this man was the
bSon of God.
Mark 15
:40
15:40
And there were also some women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary the
aMagdalene, and
1Mary the
mother of the
2younger James and of Joses, and
3Salome,
Mark 15
:41
15:41
Who, when He was in Galilee, followed Him and
aministered to Him, as well as many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.
4.
Buried
15:42-47
Mark 15
:42
15:42
And when
1evening had fallen, since it was
the day of apreparation, that is, the
day before the Sabbath,
Mark 15
:43
15:43
aJoseph,
1the honorable member of the Council, from Arimathea, who was also himself
bawaiting the
ckingdom of God, came; and gathering courage, he went in to
dPilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
Mark 15
:44
15:44
And Pilate marveled that He had already died, and calling to
him the
acenturion, he questioned him whether He had been dead long.
Mark 15
:45
15:45
And when he found out from the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.
Mark 15
:46
15:46
And Joseph purchased a piece of fine linen, took Him down, and wrapped
Him in the fine linen. And he
1laid Him in a
atomb which was hewn out of rock and rolled a stone against the
bdoor of the tomb.
Mark 15
:47
15:47
And Mary the
aMagdalene and Mary the
mother of Joses saw where He was laid.
