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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Mark 15 NET Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/mark/15.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/mark/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NET Bible</a> > Mark 15</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../mark/14.htm" title="Mark 14">◄</a> Mark 15 <a href="../mark/16.htm" title="Mark 16">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/mark/15.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">Jesus Brought Before Pilate</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>So Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He replied, “You say so.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then the chief priests began to accuse him repeatedly. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So Pilate asked him again, “Have you nothing to say? See how many charges they are bringing against you!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But Jesus made no further reply, so that Pilate was amazed.</p> <p class="title">Jesus and Barabbas</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>During the feast it was customary to release one prisoner to the people, whomever they requested. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>A man named Barabbas was imprisoned with rebels who had committed murder during an insurrection. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to release a prisoner for them, as was his custom. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So Pilate asked them, “Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>(For he knew that the chief priests had handed him over because of envy.) <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas instead. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So Pilate spoke to them again, “Then what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They shouted back, “Crucify him!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Pilate asked them, “Why? What has he done wrong?” But they shouted more insistently, “Crucify him!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them. Then, after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.</p> <p class="title">Jesus is Mocked</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So the soldiers led him into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence) and called together the whole cohort. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>They put a purple cloak on him and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They began to salute him: “Hail, king of the Jews!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Then they knelt down and paid homage to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>When they had finished mocking him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.</p> <p class="title">The Crucifixion</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The soldiers forced a passerby to carry his cross, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country (he was the father of Alexander and Rufus). <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha (which is translated, “Place of the Skull”). <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>They offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then they crucified him and <i>divided his clothes, throwing dice</i> for them, to decide what each would take. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The inscription of the charge against him read, “The king of the Jews.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And they crucified two outlaws with him, one on his right and one on his left. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>[[EMPTY]] <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>save yourself and come down from the cross!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>In the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law – were mocking him among themselves: “He saved others, but he cannot save himself! <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!” Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.</p> <p class="title">Jesus’ Death</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Now when it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Around three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “<i>Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?</i>” which means, “<b><i>My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?</i></b>” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>When some of the bystanders heard it they said, “Listen, he is calling for Elijah!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to take him down!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>But Jesus cried out with a loud voice and breathed his last. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>And the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Now when the centurion, who stood in front of him, saw how he died, he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>When he was in Galilee, they had followed him and given him support. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were there too.</p> <p class="title">Jesus’ Burial</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Now when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath), <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Joseph of Arimathea, a highly regarded member of the council, who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Pilate was surprised that he was already dead. He called the centurion and asked him if he had been dead for some time. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>When Pilate was informed by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>After Joseph bought a linen cloth and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone across the entrance of the tomb. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/15-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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