Mark 15:33-47

English Standard Version

The Death of Jesus

³³ And when the sixth hour^[a] had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.^{[b] 34} And at the ninth hour Jesus ^(A)cried with a loud voice, ^(B)“Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” ³⁵ And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.” ³⁶ And someone ran and filled a sponge with ^(C)sour wine, put it on a reed ^(D)and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.” ³⁷ And Jesus ^(E)uttered a loud cry and ^(F)breathed his last. ³⁸ And ^(G)the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. ^39 (H)And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he^[c] breathed his last, he said, ^(I)“Truly this man was the Son^[d] of God!”

⁴⁰ There were also ^(J)women looking on ^(K)from a distance, among whom were ^(L)Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and ^(M)Salome. ⁴¹ When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ^(N)ministered to him, and there were also many other women who ^(O)came up with him to Jerusalem.

Jesus Is Buried

^42 (P)And when evening had come, since it was ^(Q)the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, ⁴³ Joseph of Arimathea, ^(R)a respected member of the council, who ^(S)was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴ Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died.^[e] And summoning ^(T)the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. ⁴⁵ And when he learned from ^(U)the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph. ⁴⁶ And Joseph^[f] bought ^(V)a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and ^(W)laid him in a tomb ^(X)that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled ^(Y)a stone against the entrance of the tomb. ^47 (Z)Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.