MKJV - Mark - 15

15:1  And immediately in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And they bound Jesus and led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate.

15:2  And Pilate asked Him, Are you the king of the Jews? And answering He said to him, You say it.

15:3  And the chief priests accused Him of many things, but He answered nothing.

15:4  And Pilate asked Him again, saying, Do you answer nothing? Behold how many things they witness against you?

15:5  But Jesus still answered nothing, so that Pilate marveled.

15:6  And at that feast he released to them one prisoner, whomever they desired.

15:7  And there was one named Barabbas, bound with the insurgents, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

15:8  And the crowd, crying aloud, began to beg him to do as he had always done to them.

15:9  But Pilate answered them, saying, Do you desire that I release to you the King of the Jews?

15:10  For he knew that the chief priests had delivered Him because of envy.

15:11  But the chief priests moved the people that he should rather release Barabbas to them.

15:12  And Pilate answered and said again to them, What then do you desire that I should do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?

15:13  And they cried out again, Crucify him!

15:14  Then Pilate said to them, Why? What evil has he done? And they much more cried out, Crucify him!

15:15  And deciding to do the easiest to the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them, and having scourged Him, delivered up Jesus to be crucified.

15:16  And the soldiers led Him away inside the court, which is the praetorium. And they called together all the cohort.

15:17  And they clothed Him with purple and plaited a crown of thorns and put it around His head.

15:18  And they began to salute Him, Hail, King of the Jews!

15:19  And they struck Him on the head with a reed, and spat on Him, and placing the knees, they bowed to Him.

15:20  And when they had mocked Him, they took the purple off Him and put His own clothes on Him and led Him out to crucify Him.

15:21  And they made one who was passing by, Simon a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear His cross.

15:22  And they brought Him to Golgotha Place (which translated is, Place of a Skull).

15:23  And they gave Him wine mixed with myrrh to drink. But He did not take it.

15:24  And when they had crucified Him, they divided His garments, casting lots on them, as, to what each should take.

15:25  And it was the third hour, and they crucified Him.

15:26  And the inscription of His accusation was written over Him, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

15:27  And with Him they crucified two thieves, the one off the right, and one off the left.

15:28  And the Scripture was fulfilled which said, "And he was numbered with the lawless."

15:29  And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads and saying, Aha! You razing the temple and building it in three days,

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

15:31  And also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes, said to one another, He saved others but he cannot save himself.

15:32  Let Christ the King of Israel now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe. And they who were crucified with Him insulted Him.

15:33  And it being the sixth hour, darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.

15:34  And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? (which being translated is, My God, My God, why did You forsake Me?)

15:35  And hearing, some of those standing by said, Behold, he calls Elijah.

15:36  And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar and put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink. But they said, Let alone, let us see if Elijah comes to take him down.

15:37  And letting out a loud voice, Jesus expired.

15:38  And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

15:39  And when the centurion, who stood across from him, saw that He cried out so, and expired, he said, Truly this man was Son of God.

15:40  And also women were watching from a distance, among whom also was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less, and of Joses, and Salome,

15:41  (who also, when He was in Galilee, followed Him and ministered to Him), and many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.

15:42  And it, becoming evening already, since it was the Preparation, that is, the day before sabbath,

15:43  Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable counsellor, who also waited for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

15:44  And Pilate wondered if He were already dead. And calling the centurion, he asked him whether He had died already.

15:45  And when he knew it from the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

15:46  And he bought a linen cloth, and took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen, and laid Him in a tomb which was cut out of a rock, and rolled a stone to the door of the tomb.

15:47  And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where He was laid.