Mark 15:1-47 MEV

[1] Early in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole Sanhedrin. And they bound Jesus and took Him away and handed Him over to Pilate. [2] Pilate asked Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?" He answered him, "You have said so." [3] The chief priests accused Him of many things, but He answered nothing. [4] So Pilate asked Him again, "Do You answer nothing? See how many things they testify against You." [5] But Jesus still answered nothing, so that Pilate was astonished. [6] Now at the feast he always released to them one prisoner, whomever they requested. [7] There was one named Barabbas, who had committed murder in the insurrection and was bound with the rebels. [8] The crowd began crying aloud, asking Pilate to do as he had always done for them. [9] He answered them, "Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?" [10] For he knew that the chief priests had handed Him over out of envy. [11] But the chief priests stirred the people, so that he should instead release Barabbas to them. [12] Pilate answered them again, "What then would you have me do to Him whom you call the King of the Jews?" [13] They again cried out, "Crucify Him!" [14] Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has He done?" But they cried out even more, "Crucify Him!" [15] So Pilate, resolving to satisfy the people, released Barabbas to them. And when he had scourged Jesus, he handed Him over to be crucified. [16] The soldiers led Him away to Praetorium Hall, and they called together the entire battalion. [17] They clothed Him with a purple robe. And they wove a crown of thorns and put it on His head, [18] and began to salute Him, "Hail, King of the Jews!" [19] They struck His head with a staff and spit on Him. And bowing their knees, they worshipped Him. [20] When they had mocked Him, they took the purple robe off of Him and put His own garments on Him. Then they led Him out to crucify Him. [21] They compelled a man named Simon from Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, as he was passing through from the country, to bear Jesus' cross. [22] They brought Him to the place called Golgotha, which means, "Place of a Skull." [23] They gave Him wine mingled with myrrh to drink, but He did not take it. [24] When they had crucified Him, they divided His garments, casting lots for them, to decide what each man should take. [25] Now it was the third hour, and they crucified Him. [26] The inscription of His accusation was written above: THE KING OF THE JEWS. [27] With Him they crucified two thieves, one on His right and the other on His left. [28] And the Scripture was fulfilled, which says, "He was numbered with the lawless ones." [29] Those who passed by blasphemed Him, shaking their heads and saying, "Ah, You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, [30] save Yourself, and come down from the cross!" [31] Likewise the chief priests mocked Him among themselves 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." Those who were crucified with Him also reviled Him. [33] When the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. [34] And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" [35] Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, "Listen, He is calling Elijah!" [36] One man ran and filled a sponge with vinegar, put it on a stick, and gave it to Him to drink, saying, "Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah will come to take Him down." [37] But Jesus cried with a loud voice and gave up the spirit. [38] And the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. [39] When the centurion who stood facing Him saw that He cried out and gave up the spirit, 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, and Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joseph, and Salome. [41] They also had followed Him and had ministered to Him when He was in Galilee. And many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem were there. [42] When the evening had come, because it was the Day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, [43] Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable member of the Council, who also waited for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and requested the body of Jesus. [44] Pilate wondered if He were already dead. And calling for the centurion, he asked him whether He had been dead for a while. [45] When he learned about it from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. [46] So he bought fine linen, and taking Him down, wrapped Him in the linen and laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. [47] Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where He was laid.