Mark 15
1 And straightway in the
morning the chief
priests held a
consultation with the
elders and scribes and the
whole council, and
bound Jesus, and carried him
away,
and delivered him to
Pilate. 2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the
King of the
Jews? And he
answering said unto
him, Thou sayest it.
3 And the chief
priests accused him of many
things: but he answered nothing. 4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest
thou nothing?
behold how many
things they
witness against
thee. 5 But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that
Pilate marvelled.
6 Now at that
feast he
released unto
them one prisoner, whomsoever they
desired.
7 And there
was one
named Barabbas, which lay
bound with them that had made insurrection with
him, who had
committed murder in the
insurrection. 8 And the
multitude crying
aloud began to
desire him to do
as he had
ever done unto
them. 9 But Pilate answered them, saying, Will
ye that I
release unto
you the
King of the
Jews? 10 For he
knew that the chief
priests had
delivered him for envy. 11 But the chief
priests moved the
people, that he should
rather release Barabbas unto
them. 12 And Pilate answered and
said again unto
them, What will
ye then that I shall
do unto him
whom ye
call the
King of the
Jews? 13 And they cried
out again, Crucify him. 14 Then Pilate said unto
them, Why, what evil hath he
done?
And they cried
out the more
exceedingly, Crucify him. 15 And so
Pilate, willing to
content the
people, released Barabbas unto
them, and delivered Jesus, when he had
scourged him,
to be
crucified.
16 And the
soldiers led him away into the
hall, called Praetorium; and they call
together the
whole band. 17 And they
clothed him with
purple, and platted a
crown of
thorns, and put it
about his head,
18 And began to
salute him, Hail,
King of the
Jews! 19 And they
smote him on the
head with a
reed, and did
spit upon
him, and bowing their
knees worshipped him. 20 And when they had
mocked him, they took
off the
purple from
him, and put his
own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. 21 And they
compel one Simon a
Cyrenian, who passed
by,
coming out
of the
country, the
father of
Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. 22 And they
bring him unto the
place Golgotha, which is, being
interpreted, The
place of a
skull. 23 And they
gave him to
drink wine mingled with
myrrh:
but he
received it
not. 24 And when they had
crucified him, they
parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every
man should
take.
25 And it
was the
third hour, and they
crucified him. 26 And the
superscription of
his accusation was written
over, THE
KING OF THE
JEWS. 27 And with him they
crucify two thieves; the
one on his right
hand, and the
other on his left. 28 And the
scripture was
fulfilled,
which saith,
And he was
numbered with the
transgressors. 29 And they that passed
by railed on
him, wagging their heads, and saying,
Ah, thou that
destroyest the
temple, and buildest it
in three days, 30 Save thyself, and come
down from the
cross. 31 Likewise also the chief
priests mocking said among themselves with the
scribes, He
saved others; himself he
cannot save.
32 Let Christ the
King of
Israel descend now from the
cross, that we may
see and believe.
And they that were
crucified with
him reviled him. 33 And when the
sixth hour was
come, there
was darkness over the
whole land until the
ninth hour. 34 And at the
ninth hour Jesus cried with a
loud voice, saying,
Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being
interpreted,
My God, my God, why hast thou
forsaken me? 35 And some of
them that stood
by, when they
heard it,
said,
Behold, he
calleth Elias. 36 And one ran and filled a
spunge full of
vinegar, and put it
on a
reed, and
gave him to
drink,
saying, Let
alone; let us
see whether Elias will
come to
take him down.
37 And Jesus cried with a
loud voice, and gave up the
ghost.
38 And the
veil of the
temple was
rent in twain from the
top to the
bottom. 39 And when the
centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he
so cried
out, and gave up the
ghost, he
said,
Truly this man was the
Son of
God. 40 There were also women looking on
afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the
mother of
James the
less and of
Joses, and Salome; 41 (Who
also, when he
was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;)
and many other women
which came
up with
him unto Jerusalem. 42 And now when the
even was
come,
because it
was the
preparation, that is, the day before the
sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an
honourable counsellor, which also waited for the
kingdom of
God, came, and went
in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the
body of
Jesus. 44 And Pilate marvelled if he
were already dead:
and calling unto him the
centurion, he
asked him whether he had
been any
while dead.
45 And when he
knew it
of the
centurion, he
gave the
body to
Joseph. 46 And he
bought fine
linen, and took him
down, and
wrapped him in the
linen, and laid him in a
sepulchre which was hewn out
of a
rock, and rolled a
stone unto the
door of the
sepulchre. 47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of
Joses beheld where he was
laid.