Mark 15

¹And forthwith in the morning the chief Priests with the Ancients and the Scribes & the whole Council, consulting together, binding Jesus led & delivered him to Pilate.

²And Pilate asked him: Art thou the King of the Jews? but he answering, said to him: Thou sayest,

³And the chief Priests accused him in many things.

⁴And Pilate again asked him, saying: Answerest thou nothing? See in how many things they accuse thee.

⁵But Jesus answered nothing more; so that Pilate marveled.

⁶And upon the festival day he was wont to release unto them one of the prisoners whomsoever they had demanded.

⁷And there was one called Barabbas, which was put in prison with seditious persons, who in a sedition had committed murder.

⁸And when the multitude was come up, they began to require, according as always he did 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 for envy had delivered him.

¹¹But the chief Priests moved the people, that he should release Barabbas rather to them.

¹²And Pilate again answering, said to them: What will you then that I do to the King of the Jews?

¹³But they again cried: Crucify him.

¹⁴And Pilate saith to them: Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried the more: Crucify him.

¹⁵And Pilate willing to satisfy the people, released to them Barabbas, and delivered Jesus, having whipped him, for to be crucified.

¹⁶And the soldiers led him into the court of the Palace, and they call together the whole band:

¹⁷and they clothe him in 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 smote his head with a reed: and they did spit on him. And bowing the knees, they adored him.

²⁰And after they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple, and put on him his own garments, and they lead him forth to crucify him.

²¹And they forced a certain man that passed by, Simon a Cyrenean coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to take up his cross.

²²And they bring him into the place Golgotha, which being interpreted is, The place of Calvary.

²³And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh; and he took it not.

²⁴And crucifying him, they divided his garments, casting lots upon them, who should take which.

²⁵And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.

²⁶And the title of his cause was superscribed, King of The Jews.

²⁷And with him they crucify two thieves; one on the right hand, and another on his left.

²⁸And the Scripture was fulfilled that saith: And with the wicked he was reputed.

²⁹And they that passed by, blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying: Vah, he that destroyeth the Temple, and in three days buildeth it:

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, railed at him.

³³And when it was the sixth hour, there was made darkness upon the whole earth until the ninth hour.

³⁴And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a mighty voice, saying: Eloi, Eloi, lamma-sabacthani? Which is being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

³⁵And certain of the standers about hearing, said: Behold, he calleth Elias.

³⁶And one running and filling a spunge with vinegar, and putting it about a reed, gave him drink, saying: Let be, let us see if Elias come to take him down.

³⁷And Jesus putting forth a mighty voice, gave up the ghost.

³⁸And the veil of the temple was rent in two, from the top to the bottom.

³⁹And the Centurion that stood over against him, seeing that so crying he had given up the ghost, said: Indeed this man was the Son of God.

⁴⁰And there were also women looking on a far off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less, and of Joseph, and Salome;

⁴¹and when he was in Galilee, they followed him, and ministered to him, and many other women that came up together with him to Jerusalem.

⁴²And when evening was now come (because it was the Parasceve, which is the Sabboth-eve)

⁴³came Joseph of Arimathæa a noble Senator, who himself also was expecting the Kingdom of God; and he went in boldly to Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus.

⁴⁴But Pilate marveled if he were now dead. And sending for the Centurion, asked him if he were now dead.

⁴⁵And when he understood by the Centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

⁴⁶And Joseph buying sindon, and taking him down, wrapped him in the sindon, and laid him in a monument, that was hewed out of a rock. And he rolled a stone to the door of the monument.

⁴⁷And Mary Magdalene and Mary of Joseph beheld where he was laid.