Mark 15 (English Standard Version)

Mark 15

Jesus Delivered to Pilate

 ^1(A) And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests^(B) held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole Council. And^(C) they bound Jesus and^(D) led him away and^(E) delivered him over to^(F) Pilate. ^2(G) And Pilate asked him,^(H) "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, ^(I) "You have said so." ³And the chief priests accused him of many things. ⁴And Pilate again asked him,^(J) "Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you." ⁵But Jesus^(K) made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

 ^6(L) Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked. ⁷And among the rebels in prison, who had^(M) committed murder^(N) in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. ⁸And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them. ⁹And he answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?" ¹⁰For he perceived that^(O) it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up. ¹¹But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead. ¹²And Pilate again said to them, "Then what shall I do with^(P) the man you call the King of the Jews?" ¹³And they cried out again, "Crucify him." ¹⁴And Pilate said to them, "Why,^(Q) what evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify him." ¹⁵So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having^(R) scourged^[a] Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

 ^16(S) And the soldiers led him away inside^(T) the palace (that is,^(U) the governor’s headquarters),^[b] and they called together the whole^(V) battalion.^{[c] 17}And they clothed him in^(W) a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. ¹⁸And they began to salute him,^(X) "Hail, King of the Jews!" ¹⁹And they were striking his head with a reed and^(Y) spitting on him and^(Z) kneeling down in homage to him. ²⁰And when they had^(AA) mocked him, they stripped him of^(AB) the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they^(AC) led him out to crucify him.

The Crucifixion

 ^21(AD) And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. ^22(AE) And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). ²³And they offered him wine mixed with^(AF) myrrh, but he did not take it. ²⁴And they crucified him and^(AG) divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. ²⁵And^(AH) it was the third hour^[d] when they crucified him. ²⁶And the inscription of the charge against him read,^(AI) "The King of the Jews." ²⁷And with him they crucified two^(AJ) robbers,^(AK) one on his right and one on his left.^{[e] 29}And^(AL) those who passed by derided him,^(AM) wagging their heads and saying,^(AN) "Aha!^(AO) You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, ³⁰save yourself, and come down from the cross!" ³¹So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying,^(AP) "He saved others;^(AQ) he cannot save himself. ³²Let^(AR) the Christ,^(AS) the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may^(AT) see and believe."^(AU) Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

The Death of Jesus

 ³³And when the sixth hour^[f] had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.^{[g] 34}And at the ninth hour Jesus^(AV) cried with a loud voice, ^(AW) "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" ³⁵And some of the bystanders hearing it said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah." ³⁶And someone ran and filled a sponge with^(AX) sour wine, put it on a reed^(AY) and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down." ³⁷And Jesus^(AZ) uttered a loud cry and^(BA) breathed his last. ³⁸And^(BB) the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. ^39(BC) And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he^[h] breathed his last, he said,^(BD) "Truly this man was the Son^[i] of God!"

 ⁴⁰There were also^(BE) women looking on^(BF) from a distance, among whom were^(BG) Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and^(BH) Salome. ⁴¹When he was in Galilee, they followed him and^(BI) ministered to him, and there were also many other women who^(BJ) came up with him to Jerusalem.

Jesus Is Buried

 ^42(BK) And when evening had come, since it was^(BL) the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, ⁴³Joseph of Arimathea,^(BM) a respected member of the Council, who^(BN) was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died.^[j] And summoning^(BO) the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. ⁴⁵And when he learned from^(BP) the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph. ⁴⁶And Joseph^[k] bought^(BQ) a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and^(BR) laid him in a tomb^(BS) that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled^(BT) a stone against the entrance of the tomb. ^47(BU) Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.