Mark 15

1And straightway in the morning, the chief priests holding a consultation with the ancients and the scribes and the whole council, binding Jesus, led him away and delivered him to Pilate.● 2And Pilate asked him: Art thou the king of the Jews? But he answering, saith to him: Thou sayest it.● 3And the chief priests accused him in many things.● 4And Pilate again asked him, saying: Answerest thou nothing? Behold in how many things they accuse thee.● 5But Jesus still answered nothing: so that Pilate wondered.● 6Now on the festival day he was wont to release unto them one of the prisoners, whomsoever they demanded.● 7And there was one called Barabbas, who was put in prison with some seditious men, who in the sedition had committed murder.● 8And when the multitude was come up, they began to desire that he would do as he had ever done unto them.● 9And Pilate answered them and said: Will you that I release to you the king of the Jews?● 10For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him up out of envy.● 11But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas to them.● 12And Pilate again answering, saith to them: What will you then that I do to the king of the Jews?● 13But they again cried out: Crucify him.● 14And Pilate saith to them: Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more: Crucify him.● 15And so Pilate being willing to satisfy the people, released to them Barabbas: and delivered up Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.● 16And the soldiers led him away into the court of the palace: and they called together the whole band.● 17And they clothed him with purple: and, platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon him.● 18And they began to salute him: Hail, king of the Jews.● 19And they struck his head with a reed: and they did spit on him. And bowing their knees, they adored him.● 20And after they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him and put his own garments on him: and they led him out to crucify him.● 21And they forced one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and of Rufus, to take up his cross.● 22And they bring him into the place called Golgotha, which being interpreted is, The place of Calvary.● 23And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh. But he took it not.● 24And crucifying him, they divided his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.● 25And it was the third hour: and they crucified him.● 26And the inscription of his cause was written over: THE KING OF THE JEWS.● 27And with him they crucify two thieves: the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.● 28And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith: And with the wicked he was reputed.● 29And they that passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads and saying: Vah, thou that destroyest the temple of God and in three days buildest it up again:● 30Save thyself, coming down from the cross.● 31In like manner also the chief priests, mocking, said with the scribes one to another: He saved others; himself he cannot save.● 32Let Christ the king of Israel come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him, reviled him.● 33And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole earth until the ninth hour.● 34And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying: Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabacthani? Which is, being interpreted: My God, My God, Why hast thou forsaken me?● 35And some of the standers by hearing, said: Behold he calleth Elias.● 36And one running and filling a sponge with vinegar and putting it upon a reed, gave him to drink, saying: Stay, let us see if Elias come to take him down.● 37And Jesus, having cried out with a loud voice, gave up the ghost.● 38And the veil of the temple was rent in two, from the top to the bottom.● 39And the centurion who stood over against him, seeing that crying out in this manner he had given up the ghost. said: Indeed this man was the son of God.● 40And there were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joseph and Salome,● 41Who also when he was in Galilee followed him and ministered to him, and many other women that came up with him to Jerusalem.● 42And when evening was now come (because it was the Parasceve, that is, the day before the sabbath),● 43Joseph of Arimathea, a noble counsellor, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus.● 44But Pilate wondered that he should be already dead. And sending for the centurion, he asked him if he were already dead.● 45And when he had understood it by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.● 46And Joseph, buying fine linen and taking him down, wrapped him up in the fine linen and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewed out of a rock. And he rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre.● 47And Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of Joseph, beheld where he was laid.●