Mark 15
1 As soon as it was early morning, having already formed a plan, the chief priests with the elders and scribes, indeed the whole council, bound Jesus, led Him away and handed Him over to Pilate.
Early in the morning, the chief priests met together with the elders and scribes and the entire Jewish council. Then they bound Jesus and led him away. They handed him over to Pilate.
2 Pilate asked Him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” So in answer He said to him, “You stated a fact!”
Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “You say so.”
3 But the chief priests kept accusing Him of many things.
The chief priests were presenting many charges against Jesus.
4 So Pilate asked Him again, saying: “Are you not going to answer? See how many things they are testifying against you!”
Pilate again asked him, “Do you give no answer? See how many charges they are bringing against you!”
5 But Jesus still gave no answer, so that Pilate marveled.
But Jesus no longer answered Pilate, and that amazed him.
6 Now at the feast he would release to them one prisoner, whomever they would request.
Now at the time of the feast, Pilate usually released to them one prisoner, a prisoner they requested.
7 Well there was one called Barabbas, who had been bound with his fellow insurrectionists, who in the insurrection had committed murder.
There with the rebels in prison, among the murderers held for their part in the rebellion, was a man named Barabbas.
8 Then the crowd began to call out and request that he do just as he always did for them.
The crowd came to Pilate and began to ask him to do for them as he had done in the past.
9 So Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?”
Pilate answered them and said, “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
10 (He knew that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy.)
For he knew that it was because of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him.
11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd, so that he should release Barabbas to them instead.
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to cry out that Barabbas should be released instead.
12 Pilate answered and said to them again, “What then do you want me to do to him you call ‘king of the Jews’?”
Pilate answered them again and said, “What then should I do with the King of the Jews?”
13 Again they shouted, “Crucify him!”
They shouted again, “Crucify him!”
14 But Pilate said to them, “But what evil did he do?” They just yelled all the louder, “Crucify him!”
Pilate said to them, “What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more and more, “Crucify him.”
15 So Pilate, wanting to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and Jesus, after a flogging, he handed over to be crucified.
Pilate wanted to satisfy the crowd, so he released Barabbas to them. He scourged Jesus and then handed him over to be crucified.
16 Then the soldiers led Him away into the courtyard (that is, the Praetorium) and assembled the whole garrison.
The soldiers led him inside the courtyard (which is the government headquarters), and they called together the whole cohort of soldiers.
17 They clothed Him with purple, plaited a crown of thorns and put it on Him,
They put a purple robe on Jesus, and they twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on him.
18 and began to ‘acclaim’ Him by saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
They began to salute him and say, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
19 They kept hitting Him on the head with a rod and spitting on Him, and kneeling down they would ‘worship’ Him.
They struck his head with a reed staff and they spat on him. They bent their knees before him to pretend to worship him.
20 When they had ridiculed Him, they took the purple off Him and put His own clothes on Him. Then they led Him out to crucify Him.
When they had mocked him, they took off of him the purple robe and put his own garments on him, and then led him out to crucify him.
21 A certain passer-by, Simon a Cyrenian (the father of Alexander and Rufus), coming in from the countryside, was compelled to carry His cross.
A certain man, Simon of Cyrene, was coming in from the country (he was the father of Alexander and Rufus), and they forced him to carry his cross.
22 They brought Him to a place Golgotha, which is translated, ‘Place of a Skull’.
The soldiers brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which interpreted means, “Place of a Skull”).
23 They offered Him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but He did not take it.
They offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not drink it.
24 After crucifying Him, they divided His clothes by casting lots for them, to see who would take what.
They crucified him and divided up his garments by casting lots to determine what piece each soldier would take.
25 It was the third hour when they crucified Him.
It was the third hour when they crucified him.
26 The statement of His ‘crime’ that had been written was: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
On a sign they wrote the charge against him, “The king of the Jews.”
27 With Him they also crucified two bandits, one on His right and one on His left.
With him they crucified two robbers, one on the right of him and one on his left.
28 So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And He was numbered with transgressors.”
29 Those who passed by kept ridiculing Him, wagging their heads and saying, “Hey! You who can destroy the temple and build it in three days,
Those who passed by insulted him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
30 save yourself and come down from the cross!”
save yourself and come down from the cross!”
31 Similarly, the chief priests, with the scribes, kept mocking among themselves saying: “He saved others; he can't save himself!
In the same way the chief priests were mocking him with each other, along with the scribes, and said, “He saved others, but he cannot save himself.
32 Let the Christ, the king of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe him.” Those who were crucified with Him insulted Him as well.
Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe,” and those who were crucified with him also taunted him.
33 Now when the sixth hour had come [noon], darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
At the sixth hour, darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
34 At the ninth hour Jesus called out strongly, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lima sabachthani?” which is translated, “O God, my God, why have You forsaken me?”
At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is interpreted, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
35 When some of the bystanders heard it they said, “Listen, he's calling Elijah.”
Some of those standing by heard his words and said, “Look, he is calling for Elijah.”
36 Then someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a reed and started offering it to Him to drink, saying, “You let him be! ‘Let's see if Elijah is coming to take him down’!”
Someone ran, put sour wine on a sponge, put it on a reed staff, and gave it to him to drink. The man said, “Let us see if Elijah comes to take him down.”
37 Then Jesus gave a loud shout and breathed out His spirit;
Then Jesus cried out with a loud voice and died.
38 and the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
The curtain of the temple was split in two from the top to the bottom.
39 Well when the centurion, who was standing opposite Him, saw that He breathed out His spirit after giving such a loud shout, he said, “This man really was God's Son!”
When the centurion who stood and faced Jesus saw that he had died in this way, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God.”
40 There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome
There were also women who looked on from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary (the mother of James the younger and of Joses), and Salome.
41 —they used to follow Him and minister to Him when He was in Galilee—and many other women who had come up with Him to Jerusalem.
When he was in Galilee they followed him and served him. Many other women also came up with him to Jerusalem.
42 Now when evening had come, because it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
When evening had come, because it was the Day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member who also himself was waiting for the Kingdom of God, came and boldly went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
Joseph of Arimathea came there. He was a respected member of the council, who was waiting for the kingdom of God. He boldly went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
44 Well Pilate was surprised that He was already dead; and summoning the centurion he asked him when He had died.
Pilate was amazed that Jesus was already dead; he called the centurion and asked him if Jesus was dead.
45 Upon the centurion's confirmation he granted the body to Joseph.
When Pilate learned from the centurion that Jesus was dead, he gave the body to Joseph.
46 Having bought linen, he took Him down, wrapped Him in the linen and laid Him in a tomb that had been cut out of rock; then he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
Joseph had bought a linen cloth. He took him down from the cross, wrapped him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of a rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.
47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses observed where He was placed.
Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw the place where Jesus was buried.
