LO - Mark - 15

15:1  Early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the scribes, and all the Sanhedrin, after consulting together, bound Jesus, carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

15:2  Pilate, asking him, said, You are the king of the Jews? He answered, You say right.

15:3  Now the chief priests accused him of many things.

15:4  Again Pilate asked him, saying, Do you answer nothing? Observe how many crimes they arraign you for.

15:5  But Jesus answered no more, insomuch that Pilate was astonished.

15:6  Now, at the festival, he always released to them any one prisoner, whom they desired.

15:7  And there was one Barabbas, that had been imprisoned with his seditious associates, who in their sedition had committed murder.

15:8  And, with clamor, the multitude demanded of Pilate, what he used to grant them.

15:9  He answered them, saying, Shall I release to you the king of the Jews?

15:10  (For he knew that through envy, the chief priests had delivered him up.)

15:11  But the chief priests incited the multitude to insist on the release of Barabbas, in preference to Jesus.

15:12  Pilate again interposed, saying, What then would you have me do with him whom you call king of the Jews?

15:13  They cried, Crucify him.

15:14  Pilate asked them, Why? What evil has he done? But they cried the more vehemently, Crucify him.

15:15  Then Pilate, desirous to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and having caused Jesus to be scourged, delivered him up to be crucified.

15:16  And the soldiers brought him into the hall called pretorium, where, having convened all the band,

15:17  they arrayed him in purple, and crowned him with a wreath of thorns,

15:18  and saluted him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

15:19  Then they struck him on the head with a reed, and spit upon him, and paid him homage on their knees.

15:20  And when they had mocked him, the stripped him of the purple, and dressed him in his own clothes, and took him away to be crucified.

15:21  And they constrained one Simon, a Cyrenian, who passed by, in coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry the cross.

15:22  And they brought him to Golgotha, (that is to say, The Place of Skulls,)

15:23  where they gave him wine to drink, mingled with myrrh, which he would not receive.

15:24  When they had nailed him to the cross, they parted his garments, dividing by lot what every man should take.

15:25  Now it was the third hour, when they nailed him to the cross.

15:26  And the inscription, bearing the cause of his death, was in these words, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

15:27  They likewise crucified two robbers with him, one at his right hand, and the other at his left.

15:28  And the scripture was fulfilled, which says, "He was ranked with malefactors."

15:29  Meanwhile, they who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ah! you who could demolish the temple, and rebuild it in three days!

15:30  save yourself, and come down from the cross!

15:31  The chief priests likewise, with the scribes, deriding him, said among themselves, He saved others; can not he save himself?

15:32  Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe! Even those who were crucified with him reproached him.

15:33  Now from the sixth hour until the ninth, darkness covered all the land.

15:34  At the ninth hour, Jesus cried aloud saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabacthani! which signifies, My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me!

15:35  Some who were present, hearing this, said, Hark! he calls Elijah.

15:36  One at the same time ran, and dipped a sponge in vinegar, and having fastened it to a stick, presented it to him to drink, saying, Let alone, we shall see whether Elijah will come to take him down.

15:37  And Jesus sending forth a cry expired.

15:38  Then was the vail of the temple rent in two, from top to bottom.

15:39  And the centurion who stood opposite observing that he expired with so loud a cry, said, Surely, this man was a son of a god.

15:40  There were women also looking on at a distance, amongst whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger, and of Joses and Salome,

15:41  (these had followed him, and served him, when he was in Galilee,) and several others, who came with him to Jerusalem.

15:42  When it was evening, (because it was the preparation, that is, the eve of the Sabbath,)

15:43  Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable senator, who himself also expected the Reign of God, taking courage, repaired to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.

15:44  Pilate, amazed that he was so soon dead, sent for the centurion, and asked him whether Jesus had been dead any time.

15:45  And being informed by the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph;

15:46  who having bought linen, and taking Jesus down, wrapped him in the linen; and laid him in a tomb, hewn out of the rock.

15:47  Now Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.