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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 NLT</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" /></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="../">NLT</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">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/mark/15.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Jesus’ Trial before Pilate</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Very early in the morning the leading priests, the elders, and the teachers of religious law—the entire high council<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a>—met to discuss their next step. They bound Jesus, led him away, and took him to Pilate, the Roman governor.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?”</p><p class="reg">Jesus replied, <span class="red">“You have said it.”</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then the leading priests kept accusing him of many crimes, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and Pilate asked him, “Aren’t you going to answer them? What about all these charges they are bringing against you?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But Jesus said nothing, much to Pilate’s surprise.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Now it was the governor’s custom each year during the Passover celebration to release one prisoner—anyone the people requested. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>One of the prisoners at that time was Barabbas, a revolutionary who had committed murder in an uprising. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The crowd went to Pilate and asked him to release a prisoner as usual.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Would you like me to release to you this ‘King of the Jews’?” Pilate asked. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>(For he realized by now that the leading priests had arrested Jesus out of envy.) <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But at this point the leading priests stirred up the crowd to demand the release of Barabbas instead of Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Pilate asked them, “Then what should I do with this man you call the king of the Jews?”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They shouted back, “Crucify him!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“Why?” Pilate demanded. “What crime has he committed?”</p><p class="reg">But the mob roared even louder, “Crucify him!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So to pacify the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He ordered Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip, then turned him over to the Roman soldiers to be crucified.</p><p class="hdg">The Soldiers Mock Jesus</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The soldiers took Jesus into the courtyard of the governor’s headquarters (called the Praetorium) and called out the entire regiment. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>They dressed him in a purple robe, and they wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then they saluted him and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And they struck him on the head with a reed stick, spit on him, and dropped to their knees in mock worship. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>When they were finally tired of mocking him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him away to be crucified.</p><p class="hdg">The Crucifixion</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>A passerby named Simon, who was from Cyrene,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> was coming in from the countryside just then, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus’ cross. (Simon was the father of Alexander and Rufus.) <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And they brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha (which means “Place of the Skull”). <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>They offered him wine drugged with myrrh, but he refused it.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then the soldiers nailed him to the cross. They divided his clothes and threw dice<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> to decide who would get each piece. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/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="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>A sign announced the charge against him. It read, “The King of the Jews.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Two revolutionaries<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery. “Ha! Look at you now!” they yelled at him. “You said you were going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Well then, save yourself and come down from the cross!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The leading priests and teachers of religious law also mocked Jesus. “He saved others,” they scoffed, “but he can’t save himself! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Let this Messiah, this King of Israel, come down from the cross so we can see it and believe him!” Even the men who were crucified with Jesus ridiculed him.</p><p class="hdg">The Death of Jesus</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Then at three o’clock Jesus called out with a loud voice, <span class="red"><span class="it">“Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?”</span></span> which means <span class="red">“My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a></span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was calling for the prophet Elijah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink. “Wait!” he said. “Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Then Jesus uttered another loud cry and breathed his last. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>And the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>When the Roman officer<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a> who stood facing him<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">h</span></a> saw how he had died, he exclaimed, “This man truly was the Son of God!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Some women were there, watching from a distance, including Mary Magdalene, Mary (the mother of James the younger and of Joseph<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">i</span></a>), and Salome. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>They had been followers of Jesus and had cared for him while he was in Galilee. Many other women who had come with him to Jerusalem were also there.</p><p class="hdg">The Burial of Jesus</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>This all happened on Friday, the day of preparation,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">j</span></a> the day before the Sabbath. As evening approached, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Joseph of Arimathea took a risk and went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. (Joseph was an honored member of the high council, and he was waiting for the Kingdom of God to come.) <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Pilate couldn’t believe that Jesus was already dead, so he called for the Roman officer and asked if he had died yet. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>The officer confirmed that Jesus was dead, so Pilate told Joseph he could have the body. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>Joseph bought a long sheet of linen cloth. Then he took Jesus’ body down from the cross, wrapped it in the cloth, and laid it in a tomb that had been carved out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone in front of the entrance. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where Jesus’ body was laid.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:1 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">the Sanhedrin;</span><span class="ft"> also in 15:43.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:21 </span><span class="it">Cyrene</span><span class="ft"> was a city in northern Africa.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:24 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">cast lots.</span><span class="ft"> See Ps 22:18.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:27a </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">Two criminals.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:27b </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts add verse 28, </span><span class="it">And the Scripture was fulfilled that said, “He was counted among those who were rebels.”</span><span class="ft"> See Isa 53:12; also compare Luke 22:37.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:34 </span><span class="ft">Ps 22:1.</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:39a </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">the centurion;</span><span class="ft"> similarly in 15:44, 45.</span><br><span class="fn">h</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:39b </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts add </span><span class="it">heard his cry and.</span><br><span class="fn">i</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:40 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">Joses;</span><span class="ft"> also in 15:47. See Matt 27:56.</span><br><span class="fn">j</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:42 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">It was the day of preparation.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of <a href="http://www.tyndale.com">Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.</a>, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. 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