Mark 15 - English Standard Version Anglicised (ESVUK)

Jesus Delivered to Pilate

15 ^(A)And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests ^(B)held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole Council. And ^(C)they bound Jesus and ^(D)led him away and ^(E)delivered him over to ^(F)Pilate. ^{2 (G)}And Pilate asked him, ^(H)“Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, ^(I)“You have said so.” ³ And the chief priests accused him of many things. ⁴ And Pilate again asked him, ^(J)“Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you.” ⁵ But Jesus ^(K)made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

^{6 (L)}Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked. ⁷ And among the rebels in prison, who had ^(M)committed murder ^(N)in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. ⁸ And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them. ⁹ And he answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?” ¹⁰ For he perceived that ^(O)it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up. ¹¹ But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead. ¹² And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with ^(P)the man you call the King of the Jews?” ¹³ And they cried out again, “Crucify him.” ¹⁴ And Pilate said to them, “Why, ^(Q)what evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him.” ¹⁵ So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having ^(R)scourged^[a] Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

^{16 (S)}And the soldiers led him away inside ^(T)the palace (that is, ^(U)the governor's headquarters),^[b] and they called together the whole ^(V)battalion.^{[c] 17} And they clothed him in ^(W)a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. ¹⁸ And they began to salute him, ^(X)“Hail, King of the Jews!” ¹⁹ And they were striking his head with a reed and ^(Y)spitting on him and ^(Z)kneeling down in homage to him. ²⁰ And when they had ^(AA)mocked him, they stripped him of ^(AB)the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they ^(AC)led him out to crucify him.

The Crucifixion

^{21 (AD)}And they compelled a passer-by, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. ^{22 (AE)}And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). ²³ And they offered him wine mixed with ^(AF)myrrh, but he did not take it. ²⁴ And they crucified him and ^(AG)divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. ²⁵ And ^(AH)it was the third hour^[d] when they crucified him. ²⁶ And the inscription of the charge against him read, ^(AI)“The King of the Jews.” ²⁷ And with him they crucified two ^(AJ)robbers, ^(AK)one on his right and one on his left.^{[e] 29} And ^(AL)those who passed by derided him, ^(AM)wagging their heads and saying, ^(AN)“Aha! ^(AO)You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, ³⁰ save yourself, and come down from the cross!” ³¹ So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, ^(AP)“He saved others; ^(AQ)he cannot save himself. ³² Let ^(AR)the Christ, ^(AS)the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may ^(AT)see and believe.” ^(AU)Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

The Death of Jesus

³³ And when the sixth hour^[f] had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.^{[g] 34} And at the ninth hour Jesus ^(AV)cried with a loud voice, ^(AW)“Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” ³⁵ And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.” ³⁶ And someone ran and filled a sponge with ^(AX)sour wine, put it on a reed ^(AY)and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.” ³⁷ And Jesus ^(AZ)uttered a loud cry and ^(BA)breathed his last. ³⁸ And ^(BB)the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. ^{39 (BC)}And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he^[h] breathed his last, he said, ^(BD)“Truly this man was the Son^[i] of God!”

⁴⁰ There were also ^(BE)women looking on ^(BF)from a distance, among whom were ^(BG)Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and ^(BH)Salome. ⁴¹ When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ^(BI)ministered to him, and there were also many other women who ^(BJ)came up with him to Jerusalem.

Jesus Is Buried

^{42 (BK)}And when evening had come, since it was ^(BL)the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, ⁴³ Joseph of Arimathea, ^(BM)a respected member of the Council, who ^(BN)was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴ Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died.^[j] And summoning ^(BO)the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. ⁴⁵ And when he learned from ^(BP)the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph. ⁴⁶ And Joseph^[k] bought ^(BQ)a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and ^(BR)laid him in a tomb ^(BS)that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled ^(BT)a stone against the entrance of the tomb. ^{47 (BU)}Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

Footnotes

1. Mark 15:15 A Roman judicial penalty, consisting of a severe beating with a multi-lashed whip containing embedded pieces of bone and metal
2. Mark 15:16 Greek the praetorium
3. Mark 15:16 Greek cohort; a tenth of a Roman legion, usually about 600 men
4. Mark 15:25 That is, 9 a.m.
5. Mark 15:27 Some manuscripts insert verse 28: And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “He was numbered with the transgressors”
6. Mark 15:33 That is, noon
7. Mark 15:33 That is, 3 p.m.
8. Mark 15:39 Some manuscripts insert cried out and
9. Mark 15:39 Or a son
10. Mark 15:44 Or Pilate wondered whether he had already died
11. Mark 15:46 Greek he

Cross references

1. Mark 15:1 : Matt. 27:1; Luke 22:66
2. Mark 15:1 : ch. 3:6
3. Mark 15:1 : Matt. 27:2
4. Mark 15:1 : Luke 23:1; John 18:28
5. Mark 15:1 : See ch. 10:33
6. Mark 15:1 : Luke 3:1; 13:1; Acts 3:13; 4:27; 1 Tim. 6:13
7. Mark 15:2 : For ver. 2-5, see Matt. 27:11-14; Luke 23:2, 3; John 18:29-38
8. Mark 15:2 : ver. 9, 12, 18, 26; Matt. 2:2; John 18:39; 19:3; [ver. 32]
9. Mark 15:2 : [1 Tim. 6:13]; See Luke 22:70
10. Mark 15:4 : [John 19:10]; See Matt. 26:63
11. Mark 15:5 : [See ver. 4 above]; [John 19:10]; See Matt. 26:63
12. Mark 15:6 : For ver. 6-15, see Matt. 27:15-26; Luke 23:18-25; John 18:39, 40; 19:16
13. Mark 15:7 : Acts 3:14
14. Mark 15:7 : [Acts 5:36, 37]
15. Mark 15:10 : [John 12:19]
16. Mark 15:12 : [John 19:15]
17. Mark 15:14 : [Luke 23:41; John 8:46]
18. Mark 15:15 : ch. 10:34; Isa. 50:6; 53:5; [Luke 23:16; John 19:1]
19. Mark 15:16 : For ver. 16-20, see Matt. 27:27-31; John 19:2, 3
20. Mark 15:16 : See Matt. 26:3
21. Mark 15:16 : John 18:28, 33; 19:9; Acts 23:35; Phil. 1:13 (Gk.)
22. Mark 15:16 : See Acts 10:1
23. Mark 15:17 : Rev. 18:12, 16; [Luke 23:11]
24. Mark 15:18 : See ver. 2
25. Mark 15:19 : See ch. 14:65
26. Mark 15:19 : See Matt. 8:2
27. Mark 15:20 : ch. 10:34
28. Mark 15:20 : [See ver. 17 above]; Rev. 18:12, 16; [Luke 23:11]
29. Mark 15:20 : Isa. 53:7
30. Mark 15:21 : Matt. 27:32; Luke 23:26; [John 19:17]
31. Mark 15:22 : For ver. 22-38, see Matt. 27:33-51; Luke 23:32-38, 44-46; John 19:17-19, 23, 24, 28-30
32. Mark 15:23 : Matt. 2:11; See John 19:39
33. Mark 15:24 : Ps. 22:18
34. Mark 15:25 : [John 19:14]
35. Mark 15:26 : ver. 2
36. Mark 15:27 : [John 18:40]
37. Mark 15:27 : [ch. 10:37]
38. Mark 15:29 : Ps. 22:7; 109:25; [Lam. 1:12]
39. Mark 15:29 : Job 16:4; Jer. 18:16; Lam. 2:15
40. Mark 15:29 : Ps. 35:25; 40:15
41. Mark 15:29 : ch. 14:58
42. Mark 15:31 : [Luke 4:23]
43. Mark 15:31 : [Matt. 26:53, 54; John 10:18]
44. Mark 15:32 : See Matt. 1:17
45. Mark 15:32 : John 1:49; 12:13; [ver. 26]
46. Mark 15:32 : John 20:29
47. Mark 15:32 : [Luke 23:39-43]
48. Mark 15:34 : [Heb. 5:7]
49. Mark 15:34 : Cited from Ps. 22:1
50. Mark 15:36 : Ruth 2:14
51. Mark 15:36 : Ps. 69:21
52. Mark 15:37 : ver. 34
53. Mark 15:37 : [John 10:18]
54. Mark 15:38 : Ex. 26:31-33; 2 Chr. 3:14
55. Mark 15:39 : For ver. 39-41, see Matt. 27:54-56; Luke 23:47, 49
56. Mark 15:39 : Matt. 27:43
57. Mark 15:40 : John 19:25
58. Mark 15:40 : Ps. 38:11
59. Mark 15:40 : See Luke 8:2, 3
60. Mark 15:40 : ch. 16:1; [Matt. 27:56]
61. Mark 15:41 : [See ver. 40 above]; See Luke 8:2, 3
62. Mark 15:41 : Luke 2:4
63. Mark 15:42 : For ver. 42-47, see Matt. 27:57-61; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42
64. Mark 15:42 : See Matt. 27:62
65. Mark 15:43 : Acts 13:50; 17:12
66. Mark 15:43 : Luke 2:25, 38
67. Mark 15:44 : ver. 39
68. Mark 15:45 : [See ver. 44 above]; ver. 39
69. Mark 15:46 : See ch. 14:51
70. Mark 15:46 : [Isa. 53:9]
71. Mark 15:46 : Isa. 22:16
72. Mark 15:46 : ch. 16:4; [John 11:38]
73. Mark 15:47 : ver. 40