Mark 15:1-27

Murdock(i) 1 And forthwith, in the morning, the chief priests with the Elders and the Scribes, and the whole Sanhedrim, held a consultation. And they bound Jesus, and led him away, and delivered him over to Pilate the president. 2 And Pilate asked him: Art thou the king of the Jews? He replied and said to him: Thou hast said. 3 And the chief priests accused him of many things. 4 And Pilate again questioned him, and said to him: Makest thou no reply? See how much they testify against thee! 5 But Jesus gave no answer; so that Pilate wondered. 6 And it was his custom, at each festival, to release to them one prisoner, whom they might desire. 7 And there was one named Bar Abas, who was confined with the movers of sedition, who had committed murder in the insurrection. 8 And the people clamored, and began to demand, that he should do to them as he was accustomed. 9 And Pilate answered, and said: Will ye, that I release to you the king of the Jews? 10 For Pilate knew that the chief priests, from envy, had delivered him up. 11 But the chief priests further persuaded the multitudes, that Bar Abas should be released to them. 12 And Pilate said to them: What will ye, therefore, that I do to him whom ye call king of the Jews? 13 And they again cried out: Crucify him. 14 And Pilate said to them: But what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more: Crucify him. 15 And Pilate was willing to gratify the wishes of the multitudes; and he released to them Bar Abas; and, having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to them to be crucified. 16 And the soldiers led him into the hall which was the Praetorium; and they called together the whole regiment; 17 and they clothed him in purple, and braided a crown of thorns and put upon him; 18 and began to salute him with, " Hail, king of the Jews!" 19 And they smote him on the head with a reed and spit in his face, and bowed upon their knees and worshipped him. 20 And having mocked him, they divested him of the purple, and clothed him in his own garments, and led him forth to crucify him. 21 And they compelled a passer-by, Simon the Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming from the fields, to bear his cross. 22 And they brought him to Golgotha, the place which is interpreted a Skull. 23 And they gave him to drink wine in which myrrh was mixed; and he would not receive it. 24 And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments; and cast the lot upon them, what each should take. 25 And it was the third hour when they crucified him. 26 And the cause of his death was written in the inscription: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 27 And they crucified with him two robbers, the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.