Mark 15:18-27

18 And they began to salute him, ¹"Hail, King of the Jews!"

19 And they were striking his head with a reed and ²spitting on him and ³kneeling down in homage to him.

20 And when they had ⁴mocked him, they stripped him of ⁵the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they ⁶led him out to crucify him.

21 ⁷And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.

22 ⁸And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).

23 And they offered him wine mixed with ⁹myrrh, but he did not take it.

24 And they crucified him and ¹⁰divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.

25 And ¹¹it was the third hour^[a] when they crucified him.

26 And the inscription of the charge against him read, ¹²"The King of the Jews."

27 And with him they crucified two ¹³robbers, ¹⁴one on his right and one on his left.^[b]

Cross References 14

1. See ver. 2
2. See Mark 14:65
3. See Matthew 8:2
4. Mark 10:34
5. [See ver. 17 above]
6. Isaiah 53:7
7. Matthew 27:32; Luke 23:26; [John 19:17]
8. For ver. 22-38, see Matthew 27:33-51; Luke 23:32-38, 44-46; John 19:17-19, 23, 24, 28-30
9. Matthew 2:11; See John 19:39
10. Psalms 22:18
11. [John 19:14]
12. ver. 2
13. [John 18:40]
14. [Mark 10:37]

[a]. That is, 9 a.m.
[b]. Some manuscripts insert verse 28: And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "He was numbered with the transgressors"

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