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Mark 15:23-39
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23 They gave him wine drugged with myrrh, but he did not take it. 24 [a](A)Then they crucified him and divided his garments by casting lots for them to see what each should take. 25 It was nine o’clock in the morning[b] when they crucified him. 26 [c]The inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.” 27 With him they crucified two revolutionaries, one on his right and one on his left.(B) [28 ][d] 29 [e]Those passing by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying,(C) “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, 30 save yourself by coming down from the cross.” 31 Likewise the chief priests, with the scribes, mocked him among themselves and said, “He saved others; he cannot save himself. 32 Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.” Those who were crucified with him also kept abusing him.(D)

The Death of Jesus. 33 At noon darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 34 And at three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?”[f] which is translated, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”(E) 35 [g]Some of the bystanders who heard it said, “Look, he is calling Elijah.” 36 One of them ran, soaked a sponge with wine, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see if Elijah comes to take him down.” 37 Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last. 38 [h]The veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. 39 [i](F)When the centurion who stood facing him saw how he breathed his last he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

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Footnotes

  1. 15:24 See notes on Mt 27:35 and Jn 19:23–25a.
  2. 15:25 It was nine o’clock in the morning: literally, “the third hour,” thus between 9 a.m. and 12 noon. Cf. Mk 15:33, 34, 42 for Mark’s chronological sequence, which may reflect liturgical or catechetical considerations rather than the precise historical sequence of events; contrast the different chronologies in the other gospels, especially Jn 19:14.
  3. 15:26 The inscription…the King of the Jews: the political reason for the death penalty falsely charged by the enemies of Jesus. See further the notes on Mt 27:37 and Jn 19:19.
  4. 15:28 This verse, “And the scripture was fulfilled that says, ‘And he was counted among the wicked,’” is omitted in the earliest and best manuscripts. It contains a citation from Is 53:12 and was probably introduced from Lk 22:37.
  5. 15:29 See note on Mt 27:39–40.
  6. 15:34 An Aramaic rendering of Ps 22:2. See also note on Mt 27:46.
  7. 15:35 Elijah: a verbal link with Eloi (Mk 15:34). See note on Mk 9:9–13; cf. Mal 3:23–24. See also note on Mt 27:47.
  8. 15:38 See note on Mt 27:51–53.
  9. 15:39 The closing portion of Mark’s gospel returns to the theme of its beginning in the Gentile centurion’s climactic declaration of belief that Jesus was the Son of God. It indicates the fulfillment of the good news announced in the prologue (Mk 1:1) and may be regarded as the firstfruit of the passion and death of Jesus.
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