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Mark 15
1And immediately in the morning the chief priests, having taken counsel with the elders and scribes and the whole sanhedrim, bound Jesus and carried [him] away, and delivered [him] up to Pilate.
2And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered and said to him, Thou sayest.
3And the chief priests accused him urgently.
4And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? See of how many things they bear witness against thee.
5But Jesus still answered nothing, so that Pilate marvelled.
6But at [the] feast he released to them one prisoner, whomsoever they begged [of him].
7Now there was the [person] named Barabbas bound with those who had made insurrection with [him], [and] that had committed murder in the insurrection.
8And the crowd crying out began to beg [that he would do] to them as he had always done.
9But Pilate answered them saying, Will ye that I release to you the King of the Jews?
10for he knew that the chief priests had delivered him up through envy.
11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd that he might rather release Barabbas to them.
12And Pilate answering said to them again, What will ye then that I do [to him] whom ye call King of the Jews?
13And they cried out again, Crucify him.
14And Pilate said to them, What evil then has he done? But they cried out the more urgently, Crucify him.
15And Pilate, desirous of contenting the crowd, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus, when he had scourged him, that he might be crucified.
16And the soldiers led him away into the court which is [called the] praetorium, and they call together the whole band.
17And they clothe him with purple, and bind round on him a crown of thorns which they had plaited.
18And they began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
19And they struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and, bending the knee, did him homage.
20And when they had mocked him, they took the purple off him, and put his own clothes on him; and they lead him out that they may crucify him.
21And they compel to go [with them] a certain passer-by, Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus, that he might carry his cross.
22And they bring him to the place [called] Golgotha, which, being interpreted, is Place of a skull.
23And they offered him wine [to drink] medicated with myrrh; but he did not take [it].
24And having crucified him, they part his clothes amongst [themselves], casting lots on them, what each one should take.
25And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
26And the superscription of what he was accused of was written up: The King of the Jews.
27And with him they crucify two robbers, one on his right hand, and one on his left.
28[And the scripture was fulfilled which says, And he was reckoned with the lawless.]
29And they that passed by reviled him, shaking their heads, and saying, Aha, thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days,
30save thyself, and descend from the cross.
31In like manner the chief priests also, with the scribes, mocking with one another, said, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
32Let the Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and may believe. And they that were crucified with him reproached him.
33And when [the] sixth hour was come, there came darkness over the whole land until [the] ninth hour;
34and at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, [saying], Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My
35And some of those who stood by, when they heard [it], said, Behold, he calls for Elias.
36And one, running and filling a sponge with vinegar, fixed it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone, let us see if Elias comes to take him down.
37And Jesus, having uttered a loud cry, expired.
38And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.
39And the centurion who stood by over against him, when he saw that he had expired having thus cried out, said, Truly this man was Son of
40And there were women also looking on from afar off, among whom were both Mary of Magdala, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
41who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him and ministered to him; and many others who came up with him to Jerusalem.
42And when it was already evening, since it was [the] preparation, that is, [the day] before a sabbath,
43Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable councillor, who also himself was awaiting the kingdom of
44And Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and having called to [him] the centurion, he inquired of him if he had long died.
45And when he knew from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
46And having bought fine linen, [and] having taken him down, he swathed him in the fine linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was cut out of rock, and rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre.
47And Mary of Magdala and Mary the [mother] of Joses saw where he was put.