Mark 15:1-47 LSB

[1] And early in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole Sanhedrin, immediately held council; and binding Jesus, led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate. [2] And Pilate questioned Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And He answered him and said, “You yourself say it.” [3] And the chief priests began to accuse Him of many things. [4] Then Pilate was questioning Him again, saying, “You answer nothing? See how many accusations they bring against You!” [5] But Jesus made no further answer; so Pilate marveled. [6] Now at the feast he used to release for them any one prisoner whom they requested. [7] And the man named Barabbas had been imprisoned with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the insurrection. [8] And the crowd went up and began asking him to do as he had been accustomed to do for them. [9] And Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?” [10] For he was aware that the chief priests had delivered Him over because of envy. [11] But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead. [12] And answering again, Pilate was saying to them, “Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?” [13] And they shouted again, “Crucify Him!” [14] But Pilate was saying to them, “Why? What evil did He do?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify Him!” [15] And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them, and after having Jesus scourged, he delivered Him over to be crucified. [16] So the soldiers took Him away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium), and they called together the whole Roman cohort. [17] And they dressed Him up in purple, and after twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on Him; [18] and they began to greet Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” [19] And they kept beating His head with a reed, and spitting on Him; and kneeling, they were bowing down before Him. [20] And after they had mocked Him, they took the purple robe off Him and put His own garments on Him. And they led Him out to crucify Him. [21] And they pressed into service a passer-by coming from the countryside, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), to carry His cross. [22] Then they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull. [23] And they tried to give Him wine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it. [24] And they crucified Him, and divided up His garments among themselves, casting lots for them to decide who should take what. [25] Now it was the third hour, and they crucified Him. [26] And the inscription of the charge against Him read, “THE KING OF THE JEWS.” [27] And they crucified two robbers with Him, one on His right and one on His left. [28] [And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And He was numbered with transgressors.”] [29] And those passing by were blaspheming Him, shaking their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who are going to destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days, [30] save Yourself by coming down from the cross!” [31] In the same way, mocking Him to one another, the chief priests also, along with the scribes, were saying, “He saved others; He cannot save Himself. [32] Let this Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe!” Those who were crucified with Him were also insulting Him. [33] And when the sixth hour came, darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour. [34] And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “ELOI, ELOI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?” which is translated, “MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?” [35] And when some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, “Look, He is calling for Elijah.” [36] And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, “Let us see whether Elijah will come to take Him down.” [37] And Jesus, uttering a loud cry, breathed His last. [38] And the veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. [39] And when the centurion, who was standing right in front of Him, saw the way He breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!” [40] And there were also some women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Less and Joses, and Salome, [41] who, when He was in Galilee, were following Him and serving Him; and there were many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem. [42] And when evening had already come, because it was Preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, [43] Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent Council member, who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. [44] And Pilate wondered if He had died by this time, and summoning the centurion, he questioned him as to whether He already died. [45] And ascertaining this from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. [46] And when Joseph had bought a linen cloth and took Him down, he wrapped Him in the linen cloth and laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out in the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. [47] And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were looking on to see where He had been laid.