Mark Chapter 15
The Two Trials Before Pilate
1 At daylight, the chief priests held session with the elders, scribes, and full Sanhedrin. They bound Jesus and led him away to Pilate. 2 Pilate asked him, “Are you the ‘King of the Jews’?”
“Yes.”
3 The chief priests accused him of all kinds of things.
4 Pilate asked him again, “You’re not saying anything? Look at all the things they’re accusing you of.” 5 Jesus still didn’t answer. Pilate was surprised.
6 At each festival, Pilate would release a prisoner that they asked for. 7 A prisoner called Barabbas was incarcerated with insurgents thatpl had committed murder in the uprising. 8 The crowd came forward and started asking Pilate to do as he customarily did for them.
9 Pilate answered, “Do you want me to release ‘the King of the Jews’?” (10He knew the high priests had delivered him over because they envied him.)
11 But the high priests stirred up the crowd to ask for Barabbas instead.
12 Pilate answered again, “What do you want me to do then with the one you call ‘the King of the Jews’?”
13 “Crucify him!”
14 “What’s he done?”
They shouted louder, “Crucify him!”
15 Pilate wanted to quiet the crowd, so he released Barabbas and delivered Jesus to be flogged and crucified.
Mk 15:1-15
Torture by the Roman Soldiers
16 The soldiers took him into the court—The Praetorium—and got the whole cohort together. 17 They dressed him in purple and twisted together a crown made out of thorns and put it on him. 18 They began to acclaim him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 19 and were beating him on the head with a reed, spitting on him, and kneeling and bowing to him. 20 When they were done making fun of him, they took off the purple robe and dressed him in his own clothes, and tookp him away to crucify him.
Mk 15:16-20
The Way to Golgotha
21 They conscriptedp Simon, a Cyrenian coming in from the countryside—father of Alexander and Rufus—to carry his cross. 22 They tookp him to Golgotha (“The Skull”), 23 and offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he didn’t take it. 24 When they’d crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots for what each soldier would take.
Mk 15:21-24
The Death of Messiah
25 It was 9 o’clock when they crucified him. 26 Pilate inscribed his accusation above him, “The King of the Jews.” 27 They also crucifiedp two insurgents with him, one on each side. [ 28 ]ms
2 9 The people going past threw insults at him and shook their heads, “Ha! You that tear down the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days, 30 save yourself; come down from the cross!”
31 The chief priests along with scribes made fun of him too, “He saved other people; he can’t save himself! 32 Messiah, King of Israel, come down now from the cross so we can see and believe!” Even the ones crucified with him were insulting him.
33 At noon it got dark over the whole country till 3. 34 At 3 o’clock Jesus cried out very loud, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani (My God, my God, why have you deserted me) [Ps 22:1]?” 35 Some of the people standing nearby heard it, “He’s calling for Elijah.”
36 One man ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave him a drink, “Let’s see if Elijah will come and take him down.”
37 Jesus let out a loud cry and quit breathing.
Mk 15:25-37
Miracles Accompanying Messiah’s Death
38 The curtain in the sanctuary tore in two, top to bottom. 39 When the centurion standing beside him saw the way he quit breathing, he said, “This man really was God’s Son.”
40 Some women watching from a distance included Mary the Magdalene; Mary, mother of James the Less and Joses; and Salome. 41 When he was in Galilee, they traveled with him and helped him. There were some other women that came up with him to Jerusalem.
Mk 15:38-41
The Burial of Jesus
and Watch at the Tomb
42 When evening came, since it was Preparation, the day before Sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathea—a respected member of the Sanhedrin, who was waiting for God’s kingdom—gathered the courage to go to Pilate and ask for Jesus’ body. 44 Pilate was surprised that he’d already died. He called the centurion to ask him if Jesus was dead already. 45 When he understood from him that Jesus was dead, he let Joseph have the body. 46 Joseph had bought a linen sheet; he took Jesus down and wrapped him in it. He put him in a rock-hewn tomb and rolled a stone over the entrance. 47 Mary the Magdalene and Mary, mother of Joseph, watched where they laid him.
Mk 15:42-47