Mark 15

ABU^{(i) 1} AND straightway, in the morning, the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole council, having held a consultation, bound Jesus and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate. ² And Pilate asked him: Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said to him: Thou sayest it. ³ And the chief priests accused him of many things. ⁴ And Pilate asked him again, saying: Answerest thou nothing? Behold what things they testify against thee. ⁵ But Jesus no longer made any answer; so that Pilate marveled. ⁶ And at the feast he released to them one prisoner, whomsoever they asked. ⁷ And there was the one called Barabbas, bound with his companions in sedition, who in the sedition had committed murder. ⁸ And coming up, the multitude began to make request, according as he had always done for them. ⁹ And Pilate answered them, saying: Will ye that I release to you the King of the Jews? ¹⁰ For he knew that through envy the chief priests had delivered him up. ¹¹ But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release to them Barabbas. ¹² And Pilate answering, said again to them: What will ye then that I shall do to him whom ye call the King of the Jews? ¹³ And they cried again: Crucify him. ¹⁴ And Pilate said to them: What evil then has he done? And they cried the more exceedingly: Crucify him. ¹⁵ And Pilate, wishing to satisfy the multitude, released to them Barabbas; and he delivered up Jesus, after scourging him, to be crucified. ¹⁶ And the soldiers led him away into the court, which is Praetorium; and they call together the whole band. ¹⁷ And they clothe him with purple, and having platted a crown of thorns, they put it on him. ¹⁸ And they began to salute him: Hail, King of the Jews! ¹⁹ And they smote him on the head with a reed, and spit upon him, and kneeling down, did homage to him. ²⁰ And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put on him his own garments. And they lead him out to crucify him. ²¹ And they compel one Simon, a Cyrenian, who was passing by, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. ²² And they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is interpreted, Place of a skull. ²³ And they gave him wine mingled with myrrh; but he took it not. ²⁴ And having crucified him, they divide his garments, casting lots upon them, what any one should take. ²⁵ And it was the third hour; and they crucified him. ²⁶ And the inscription of the accusation against him was written over: THE KING OF THE JEWS. ²⁷ And with him they crucify two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left. ²⁸ And the scripture was fulfilled, which says: And he was reckoned with transgressors. ²⁹ And they that passed by railed at him, wagging their heads, and saying: Aha, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days; ³⁰ save thyself, and come down from the cross. ³¹ Likewise also the chief priests, mocking one with another, together with the scribes, said: Others he saved, himself he can not save. ³² Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reproached him. ³³ And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. ³⁴ And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: Eloi, Eloi, lamasabachthani? Which is interpreted: My God, my God, why didst thou forsake me? ³⁵ And some of those standing by, hearing it, said: Behold, he calls Elijah. ³⁶ And one ran and filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying: Let alone; let us see whether Elijah comes to take him down. ³⁷ And Jesus, uttering a loud cry, expired. ³⁸ And the vail of the temple was rent in twain, from the top to the bottom. ³⁹ And the centurion who was standing near, over against him, seeing that he so cried out and expired, said: Truly this man was the Son of God. ⁴⁰ And there were also women looking on afar off; among whom was also Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome; ⁴¹ who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered to him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem. ⁴² And evening having now come, since it was the preparation (which is the day before the sabbath), ⁴³ Joseph from Arimathaea, an honorable counselor, who also was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴ And Pilate marveled, if he were already dead; and calling to him the centurion, he asked him if he had been long dead. ⁴⁵ And having learned it from the centurion, he gave the dead body to Joseph. ⁴⁶ And having bought fine linen, and taken him down, he wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre. ⁴⁷ And Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Joses, beheld where he was laid.