Mark 15

Jesus before Pilate (15:1–15)

1 And immediately, in the morning, having held a hearing, the chief priests, with the elders and scriptorians and all the Sanhedrin, having bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate. 2 And Pilate questioned him: “Are you the king of the Jews?” And answering him, he says: “You say so.” 3 And the chief priests were repeatedly accusing him. 4 And again Pilate questioned him, saying, “You do not answer? Look, they accuse you of many things!” 5 But Jesus answered nothing, so that Pilate was amazed.

6 And at the feast, he used to release to them one prisoner whom they were requesting. 7 And there was one called Barabbas having been bound with the rebels who in the uprising had committed murder. 8 And having come up, the crowd began to ask him to do as he usually did for them. 9 But Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release the king of the Jews to you?” 10 (For he knew that it was because of envy that the chief priests had handed him over.) 11 And the chief priests incited the crowd, so that he might release Barabbas to them instead. 12 Again answering, Pilate was saying to them, “Then what do you want me to do to him that you call the King of the Jews?” 13 And again they shouted, “Crucify him!” 14 And Pilate was saying to them, “Why? What has he done wrong?” But they shouted all the more: “Crucify him!” 15 But Pilate, desiring to do what the crowd wanted, released Barabbas to them and handed over Jesus, having whipped him, that he might be crucified.

Jesus Is Crucified (15:16–32)

16 And the soldiers led him away into the courtyard of the governor’s house, and they called the entire band of soldiers together. 17 And they put a purple cloak on him and placed on him a thorn crown, having woven it. 18 And they began to salute him: “Hail, King of the Jews!” 19 And they hit his head with a staff, and they spit on him. And, kneeling down, they paid homage to him. 20 And when they had ridiculed him, they took the purple cloak off of him and put his own clothes on him and led him out to crucify him.

21 And they forced a passerby, Simon of Cyrene—the father of Alexander and Rufus—who was coming from the fields, to carry his cross. 22 And they bring him to a place called Golgotha (which means “the place of a skull”). 23 And they gave him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. 24 And having crucified him, “they divided his clothes, throwing dice for them” [to see] who should take what.

25 And it was about nine in the morning when they crucified him. 26 And the inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.” 27 And they crucified two outlaws with him, one on the right side and one on his left. [28] 29 And those passing by blasphemed him, shaking their heads and saying, “Ha! The one destroying the temple and building it in three days 30 save yourself by coming down from the cross!” 31 In the same way, the chief priests were mocking, together with the scriptorians, [and] saying among themselves, “He saved/healed others, but he does not have the power to save/heal himself. 32 Let the anointed one, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross so that we might see and trust!” And those being crucified with him insulted him.

Jesus Dies (15:33–41)

33 And at about noon, darkness came over all the land until about three o’clock. 34 And at around three o’clock, Jesus screamed with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?”—which means, “‘My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?’” 35 And some of those standing by, having heard, were saying, “Look, he calls Elijah.” 36 But someone, having run, and having filled a sponge with wine, having put it on a stick, was giving him a drink, saying, “Leave him be! Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down.” 37 And Jesus, having uttered a loud cry, breathed his last breath. 38 And the temple veil was torn in two—from top to bottom. 39 But the centurion, standing against him, having seen that he breathed his last breath, said, “Truly this man was God’s son!”

40 There were also women looking on from a distance, including Mary of Magdala and Mary the mother of Jacob the Younger and the mother of Joses and Salome, 41 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him and ministered to him. And many other women, those having come up with him to Jerusalem, [were there].

Jesus Is Buried (15:42–47)

42 And already evening had arrived. Since it was the day for preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath), 43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the council who also himself was looking forward to the kingdom of God, having come with boldness, went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. 44 And Pilate wondered if Jesus was already dead. And having summoned the centurion, he asked him if Jesus was now dead. 45 And learning [that Jesus was dead] from the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. 46 And having bought a linen cloth, having taken him down, he wrapped him in the linen cloth and placed him in a tomb, which was cut out of a rock. And he rolled a stone across the entrance to the tomb. 47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was placed.