Mark 15

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1. 1At dawn, the chief priests met with the elders, the scribes, and the entire council. They bound Jesus, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.
2. 2Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus replied, "You say it."
3. 3The chief priests accused him of many things, but he said nothing in response.
4. 4Pilate questioned him again: "Don't you have anything to say? Look at how many charges they're bringing against you!"
5. 5But Jesus still didn't answer, which amazed Pilate.
6. 6Now at the festival, he would release one prisoner to them, whomever they requested.
7. 7There was a man named Barabbas who was bound with those who had taken part in an uprising with him. They had committed murder during the uprising.
8. 8The crowd came forward and began asking Pilate to follow his usual custom of releasing a prisoner.
9. 9Pilate responded, "Do you want me to release the King of the Jews to you?"
10. 10He could tell that the chief priests had handed Jesus over because they were jealous of him.
11. 11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to demand that Pilate release Barabbas instead.
12. 12Pilate asked them again, "Then what do you want me to do with the man you call the King of the Jews?"
13. 13They shouted back, "Crucify him!"
14. 14Pilate asked, "Why? What crime has he committed?" But they shouted even louder, "Crucify him!"
15. 15Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. Then he had Jesus flogged and handed him over to be crucified.
16. 16The soldiers led Jesus into the hall called the Praetorium, and they called together the whole band.
17. 17They dressed him in a purple robe, twisted together a crown of thorns, and pressed it onto his head.
18. 18Then they began mocking him with salutes: "Hail, King of the Jews!"
19. 19They beat him on the head with a stick, spit on him, and dropped to their knees in fake worship.
20. 20When they were done mocking him, they stripped off the purple robe, put his own clothes back on him, and led him out to be crucified.
21. 21A man named Simon from Cyrene — the father of Alexander and Rufus — was passing by on his way in from the countryside. The soldiers forced him to carry Jesus' cross.
22. 22They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means "The Place of the Skull."
23. 23They offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he refused to drink it.
24. 24After they crucified him, the soldiers divided up his clothes by casting lots to see who would get each piece.
25. 25It was the third hour when they crucified him.
26. 26A sign was posted above him stating the charge against him: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27. 27They also crucified two thieves with him—one on his right and one on his left.
28. 28This fulfilled the Scripture that says, "He was counted with transgressors."
29. 29People walking by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, "Ha! You who were going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in 3 days —
30. 30save yourself and come down from the cross!"
31. 31The chief priests and scribes mocked him the same way among themselves: "He saved others, but he can't save himself.
32. 32Let this 'Christ,' this 'King of Israel,' come down from the cross right now so we can see it and believe!" Even the men crucified alongside him hurled insults at him.
33. 33And when the sixth hour came, darkness covered the whole land until the ninth hour.
34. 34And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?'—which means, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?'
35. 35Some of the bystanders heard him and said, "Listen — he's calling for Elijah."
36. 36One man ran and soaked a sponge in sour wine, stuck it on a stick, and held it up for Jesus to drink. "Leave him alone," he said. "Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down."
37. 37Then Jesus cried out with a loud voice and gave up the ghost.
38. 38At that moment, the curtain in the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
39. 39When the centurion standing opposite him saw that he so cried out and breathed his last, he said, “Truly, this man was the Son of God.”
40. 40A group of women watched from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and Joses, and Salome.
41. 41These women had followed Jesus and served him when he was in Galilee. Many other women who had traveled with him to Jerusalem were there as well.
42. 42That evening — since it was Preparation Day, the day before the Sabbath —
43. 43Joseph of Arimathaea, an honorable counselor who was also waiting for the kingdom of God, went in boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
44. 44Pilate was surprised that Jesus could already be dead. He summoned the centurion and asked if Jesus had been dead for long.
45. 45Once the centurion confirmed it, Pilate released the body to Joseph.
46. 46Joseph bought a linen cloth, took the body down from the cross, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been carved out of rock. Then he rolled a stone across the entrance.
47. 47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses watched carefully and saw where he was laid.