Mark 15:1-25

Jesus before Pilate

1 ¹Early in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole ²Council, immediately held a consultation; and binding Jesus, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate.

2 ³Pilate questioned Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?" And He answered him, "It is as you say."

3 The chief priests began to accuse Him harshly.

4 Then Pilate questioned Him again, saying, "Do You not answer? See how many charges they bring against You!"

5 But Jesus ⁴made no * further answer; so Pilate was amazed.

6 ⁵Now at the feast he used to release for them any one prisoner whom they requested.

7 The man named Barabbas had been imprisoned with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the insurrection.

8 The crowd went up and began asking him to do as he had been accustomed to do for them.

9 Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?"

10 For he was aware that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy.

11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd ⁶to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead.

12 Answering again, Pilate said to them, "Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?"

13 They shouted back, "Crucify Him!"

14 But Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has He done?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify Him!"

15 Wishing to satisfy * the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them, and after having Jesus ⁷scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

16 ⁸The soldiers took Him away into ⁹the palace (that is, the Praetorium ), and they called together the whole Roman ¹⁰cohort.

17 They dressed Him up in purple, and after twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on Him;

18 and they began to acclaim Him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

19 They kept beating His head with a reed, and spitting on Him, and kneeling * and bowing before Him.

20 After they had mocked Him, they took the purple robe off Him and put His own garments on Him. And they led Him out to crucify Him.

21 ¹¹They pressed into service a passer-by coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and ¹²Rufus ), to bear His cross.

The Crucifixion

22 ¹³Then they brought Him to the place ¹⁴Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull.

23 They tried to give Him ¹⁵wine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it.

24 And they crucified Him, and ¹⁶divided up His garments among themselves, casting lots for them to decide what each man should take.

25 It was the ¹⁷third hour when they crucified Him.

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Cross References 17

1. Matthew 27:1
2. Matthew 5:22
3. Mark 15:2-5: {Matthew 27:11-14; Luke 23:2, 3; John 18:29-38}
4. Matthew 27:12
5. Mark 15:6-15: {Matthew 27:15-26; Luke 23:18-25; John 18:39-19:16}
6. Acts 3:14
7. Matthew 27:26
8. Mark 15:16-20: {Matthew 27:27-31}
9. Matthew 26:3; Matthew 27:27
10. Acts 10:1
11. Mark 15:21: {Matthew 27:32; Luke 23:26}
12. Romans 16:13
13. Mark 15:22-32: {Matthew 27:33-44; Luke 23:33-43; John 19:17-24}
14. Luke 23:33; John 19:17
15. Matthew 27:34
16. Psalms 22:18; John 19:24
17. Mark 15:33

Footnotes 10

[a]. Or "Sanhedrin"
[b]. Or "of many things"
[c]. Or "again"
[d]. Or "court"
[e]. Or "battalion"
[f]. Or "staff" (made of a reed)
[g]. Lit "a lot upon"
[h]. Lit "who should take what"
[i]. I.e. 9 a.m.
[j]. Lit "and"