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He">b</a></span> answered him, <span class="red">“You say so.”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The high priests kept accusing him of many things. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So Pilate asked him again, “Don’t you have any answer? Look how many accusations they’re bringing against you!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But since Jesus no longer answered, Pilate was astonished.</p> <p class="heading">Jesus is Sentenced to Death</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/27.htm">Matthew 27:15-26</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/23.htm">Luke 23:13-25</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/john/18.htm">John 18:39-19:16</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>At every festival,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:6 i.e. Passover">c</a></span> Pilate<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:6 Lit. he">d</a></span> would release any one prisoner whom the people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:6 Lit. they">e</a></span> requested. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now there was a man in prison named Barabbas. He had been with the insurgents who had committed murder during the rebellion. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So the crowd came and began to request that Pilate<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:8 The Gk. lacks Pilate">f</a></span> do for them what he always did.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:8 i.e. release one condemned prisoner during Passover">g</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Pilate answered them, “Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>because he knew that the high priests had handed him over due to jealousy.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But the high priests stirred up the crowd to get him to release Barabbas for them instead. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So Pilate asked them again, “Then what should I do with the man you call<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:12 Other mss. lack the man you call">h</a></span> ‘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>“Crucify him!” they shouted back. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“Why?” Pilate asked them. “What has he done wrong?”</p> <p class="reg">But they shouted 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 Pilate, wanting to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas for them, but he had Jesus whipped and handed over to be crucified.</p> <p class="heading">The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/27.htm">Matthew 27:27-31</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/john/19.htm">John 19:2-3</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The soldiers led Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:16 Lit. him">i</a></span> into the courtyard of the palace (that is, the governor’s headquarters)<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:16 Lit. praetorium">j</a></span> and called out the whole guard. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>They dressed him in a purple robe, twisted some thorns into a victor’s crown, and placed it on his head.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:17 Lit. on him">k</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They began to greet him, “Long live the king of the Jews!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>They kept hitting him on the head with a stick, spitting on him, kneeling in front of him, and worshiping him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>When they had finished making fun of him, they stripped him of the purple robe, put his own clothes back on him, and led him away to crucify him.</p> <p class="heading">Jesus is Crucified</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/27.htm">Matthew 27:32-44</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/23.htm">Luke 23:26-43</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/john/19.htm">John 19:17-27</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>They forced a certain passer-by named<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:21 The Gk. lacks named">l</a></span> Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who happened to be coming in from the country, to carry Jesus’<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:21 Lit. his">m</a></span> cross. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>They took Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:22 Lit. him">n</a></span> to a place called Golgotha, which means Skull Place. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>They tried to give him wine mixed with myrrh, but he wouldn’t accept it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then they crucified him. They divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice to see what each one would get. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>It was nine in the morning<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:25 Lit. the third hour">o</a></span> when they crucified him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The written notice of the charge against him read, “The king of the Jews.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>They crucified two bandits<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:27 Or revolutionaries">p</a></span> with him, one on his right and the other on his left.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:27 Other mss. read on his left. Then the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “He was counted with criminals.”">q</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Those who passed by kept insulting<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:29 Or blaspheming">r</a></span> him, shaking their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who were going to destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>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>In the same way, the high priests, along with the scribes, were also making fun of him among themselves. They kept saying, “He saved others, but can’t save himself! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Let the Messiah,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:32 Or Christ">s</a></span> the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, since seeing is believing!” Even the men who were crucified with him kept insulting him.</p> <p class="heading">Jesus Dies on the Cross</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/27.htm">Matthew 27:45-56</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/23.htm">Luke 23:44-49</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/john/19.htm">John 19:28-30</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>At noon,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:33 Lit. At the sixth hour">t</a></span> darkness came over the whole land<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:33 Or earth">u</a></span> until three in the afternoon.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:33 Lit. the ninth hour">v</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>At three o’clock,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:34 Lit. the ninth hour">w</a></span> Jesus cried out with a loud voice, <span class="red">“Eloi, eloi,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:34 Eloi, eloi are Gk. transliterations for the Heb. My God, my God in Ps 22:1">x</a></span> lema sabachthani?”</span><span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:34 lema sabachthani is a Gk. transliteration for the Aram. rendering of the Heb. in Ps 22:1, which means Why have you forsaken me?">y</a></span> (which means, <span class="red">“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”</span>)<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:34 Cf. Ps 22:1">z</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>When some of the people standing there heard this, they said, “Listen! He’s calling for Elijah!”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:35 Elijah in Heb. sounds like Eloi.">aa</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>So someone ran and soaked a sponge in some sour wine. Then he put it on a stick and offered Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:36 Lit. him">bb</a></span> a drink, saying, “Wait! Let’s see if 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 gave a loud cry and breathed his last. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>The curtain<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:38 This curtain separated the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.">cc</a></span> in the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>When the centurion<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:39 A Roman centurion commanded about 100 men.">dd</a></span> who stood facing Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:39 Lit. him">ee</a></span> saw how he had cried out and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:39 Other mss. lack cried out and">ff</a></span> breathed his last, he said, “This man certainly 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>Now there were women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:40 Or Mary of Magdala">gg</a></span> Mary the mother of young James and Joseph, and Salome. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>They used to accompany him and care for him while he was in Galilee. Many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with him were there, too.</p> <p class="heading">Jesus is Buried</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/27.htm">Matthew 27:57-61</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/23.htm">Luke 23:50-56</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/john/19.htm">John 19:38-42</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>It was the Day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath. Since it was already evening, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Joseph of Arimathea, a highly respected member of the Council,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:43 Or Sanhedrin">hh</a></span> who was waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Pilate was amazed to hear<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:44 The Gk. lacks to hear">ii</a></span> that Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:44 Lit. he">jj</a></span> had already died, so he summoned the centurion to ask him if he was in fact dead. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>When he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he let Joseph have the corpse. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>Joseph<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:46 Lit. He">kk</a></span> bought some linen cloth, took the body<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:46 Lit. it">ll</a></span> down, wrapped it in the cloth, laid it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/15-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>Now Mary Magdalene<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:47 Or Mary of Magdala">mm</a></span> and Mary the mother of Joseph observed where the body<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:47 Lit. where it">nn</a></span> had been laid.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 15:1 Or <i>Sanhedrin</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 15:2 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 15:6 i.e. Passover<br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 15:6 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 15:6 Lit. <i>they</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 15:8 The Gk. lacks <i>Pilate</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 15:8 i.e. release one condemned prisoner during Passover<br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 15:12 Other mss. lack <i>the man you call</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 15:16 Lit. <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 15:16 Lit. <i>praetorium</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 15:17 Lit. <i>on him</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 15:21 The Gk. lacks <i>named</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 15:21 Lit. <i>his</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 15:22 Lit. <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 15:25 Lit. <i>the third hour</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 15:27 Or <i>revolutionaries</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 15:27 Other mss. read <i>on his left. Then the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “He was counted with criminals.”</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 15:29 Or <i>blaspheming</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 15:32 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 15:33 Lit. <i>At the sixth hour</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 15:33 Or <i>earth</i><br /><span class="fnb">v</span> 15:33 Lit. <i>the ninth hour</i><br /><span class="fnb">w</span> 15:34 Lit. <i>the ninth hour</i><br /><span class="fnb">x</span> 15:34<i>Eloi, eloi </i>are Gk. transliterations for the Heb. <i>My God, my God </i>in Ps 22:1<br /><span class="fnb">y</span> 15:34<i>lema sabachthani</i> is a Gk. transliteration for the Aram. rendering of the Heb. <i>in Ps 22:1, which means Why have you forsaken me?</i><br /><span class="fnb">z</span> 15:34 Cf. Ps 22:1<br /><span class="fnb">aa</span> 15:35<i>Elijah</i> in Heb. sounds like <i>Eloi</i>.<br /><span class="fnb">bb</span> 15:36 Lit. <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">cc</span> 15:38 This curtain separated the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.<br /><span class="fnb">dd</span> 15:39 A Roman centurion commanded about 100 men.<br /><span class="fnb">ee</span> 15:39 Lit. <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">ff</span> 15:39 Other mss. lack <i>cried out and</i><br /><span class="fnb">gg</span> 15:40 Or <i>Mary of Magdala</i><br /><span class="fnb">hh</span> 15:43 Or <i>Sanhedrin</i><br /><span class="fnb">ii</span> 15:44 The Gk. lacks <i>to hear</i><br /><span class="fnb">jj</span> 15:44 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">kk</span> 15:46 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">ll</span> 15:46 Lit. <i>it</i><br /><span class="fnb">mm</span> 15:47 Or <i>Mary of Magdala</i><br /><span class="fnb">nn</span> 15:47 Lit. <i>where it</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../mark/14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Mark 14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Mark 14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../mark/16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Mark 16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Mark 16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/mark/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>