Mark 15

Jesus Delivered to Pilate

1 *Matt. 27:1;Luke 22:66And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests *ch. 3:6held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And *Matt. 27:2they bound Jesus and *Luke 23:1;John 18:28led him away and *See ch. 10:33delivered him over to *Luke 3:1;13:1;Acts 3:13;4:27;1 Tim. 6:13Pilate. 2 *For ver. 2-5, see Matt. 27:11-14;Luke 23:2,3;John 18:29-38And Pilate asked him, *ver. 9, 12, 18, 26;Matt. 2:2;John 18:39;19:3;[ver. 32] "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, *[1 Tim. 6:13]; See Luke 22:70"You have said so."3 And the chief priests accused him of many things. 4 And Pilate again asked him, *[John 19:10]; See Matt. 26:63"Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you." 5 But Jesus *[See ver. 4above]made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

6 *For ver. 6-15, see Matt. 27:15-26;Luke 23:18-25;John 18:39,40;19:16Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked. 7 And among the rebels in prison, who had *Acts 3:14committed murder *[Acts 5:36,37]in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. 8 And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them. 9 And he answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?" 10 For he perceived that *[John 12:19]it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up. 11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead. 12 And Pilate again said to them, "Then what shall I do with *[John 19:15]the man you call the King of the Jews?" 13 And they cried out again, "Crucify him." 14 And Pilate said to them, "Why? *[Luke 23:41;John 8:46]What evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify him." 15 So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having *ch. 10:34;Isa. 50:6;53:5;[Luke 23:16;John 19:1]scourged*15:15 A Roman judicial penalty, consisting of a severe beating with a multi-lashed whip containing embedded pieces of bone and metal Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

16 *For ver. 16-20, see Matt. 27:27-31;John 19:2,3And the soldiers led him away inside *See Matt. 26:3the palace (that is, *John 18:28,33;19:9;Acts 23:35;Phil. 1:13(Gk.)the governor’s headquarters),*15:16 Greek the praetorium and they called together the whole *See Acts 10:1battalion.*15:16 Greek cohort; a tenth of a Roman legion, usually about 600 men17 And they clothed him in *Rev. 18:12,16;[Luke 23:11]a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. 18 And they began to salute him, *See ver. 2"Hail, King of the Jews!" 19 And they were striking his head with a reed and *See ch. 14:65spitting on him and *See Matt. 8:2kneeling down in homage to him. 20 And when they had *ch. 10:34mocked him, they stripped him of *[See ver. 17above] the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they *Isa. 53:7led him out to crucify him.

The Crucifixion

21 *Matt. 27:32;Luke 23:26;[John 19:17]And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. 22 *For ver. 22-38, see Matt. 27:33-51;Luke 23:32-38,44-46;John 19:17-19,23,24,28-30And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). 23 And they offered him wine mixed with *Matt. 2:11;See John 19:39myrrh, but he did not take it. 24 And they crucified him and *Ps. 22:18divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. 25 And *[John 19:14]it was the third hour*15:25 That is, 9 a.m. when they crucified him. 26 And the inscription of the charge against him read, *ver. 2"The King of the Jews." 27 And with him they crucified two *[John 18:40] robbers, *[ch. 10:37]one on his right and one on his left.*15:27 Some manuscripts insert verse 28: And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "He was numbered with the transgressors"29 And *Ps. 22:7;109:25;[Lam. 1:12] those who passed by derided him, *Job 16:4;Jer. 18:16;Lam. 2:15wagging their heads and saying, *Ps. 35:25;40:15"Aha! *ch. 14:58You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, 30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!" 31 So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, *[Luke 4:23] "He saved others; *[Matt. 26:53,54;John 10:18]he cannot save himself. 32 Let *See Matt. 1:17the Christ, *John 1:49;12:13;[ver. 26] the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may *John 20:29see and believe." *[Luke 23:39-43]Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

The Death of Jesus

33 And when the sixth hour*15:33 That is, noon had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.*15:33 That is, 3 p.m.34 And at the ninth hour Jesus *[Heb. 5:7] cried with a loud voice, *Cited from Ps. 22:1"Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"35 And some of the bystanders hearing it said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah." 36 And someone ran and filled a sponge with *Ruth 2:14sour wine, put it on a reed *Ps. 69:21and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down." 37 And Jesus *ver. 34uttered a loud cry and *[John 10:18]breathed his last. 38 And *Ex. 26:31-33;2 Chr. 3:14the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. 39 *For ver. 39-41, see Matt. 27:54-56;Luke 23:47,49And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he*15:39 Some manuscripts insert cried out and breathed his last, he said, *Matt. 27:43"Truly this man was the Son*15:39 Or a son of God!"

40 There were also *John 19:25women looking on *Ps. 38:11from a distance, among whom were *See Luke 8:2,3Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and *ch. 16:1;[Matt. 27:56]Salome. 41 When he was in Galilee, they followed him and *[See ver. 40above] ministered to him, and there were also many other women who *Luke 2:4came up with him to Jerusalem.

Jesus Is Buried

42 *For ver. 42-47, see Matt. 27:57-61;Luke 23:50-56;John 19:38-42And when evening had come, since it was *See Matt. 27:62the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathea, *Acts 13:50;17:12a respected member of the council, who *Luke 2:25,38was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 44 Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died.*15:44 Or Pilate wondered whether he had already died And summoning *ver. 39the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. 45 And when he learned from *[See ver. 44above]the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph. 46 And Joseph*15:46 Greek he bought *See ch. 14:51a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and *[Isa. 53:9] laid him in a tomb *Isa. 22:16that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled *ch. 16:4;[John 11:38]a stone against the entrance of the tomb. 47 *ver. 40Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.