Mark 15 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

Jesus before Pilate

15 ^(A)Early in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole ^[a](B)Council, immediately held a consultation; and binding Jesus, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate. ^{2 (C)}Pilate 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 ^[b]harshly. ⁴ Then Pilate questioned Him again, saying, “Do You not answer? See how many charges they bring against You!” ⁵ But Jesus ^(D)made no further answer; so Pilate was amazed.

^{6 (E)}Now 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 ^(F)to 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 ^[c]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 ^(G)scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

^{16 (H)}The soldiers took Him away into ^(I)the ^[d]palace (that is, the Praetorium), and they *called together the whole Roman ^[e](J)cohort. 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 ^[f]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 (K)}They *pressed into service a passer-by coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and ^(L)Rufus), to bear His cross.

The Crucifixion

^{22 (M)}Then they *brought Him to the place ^(N)Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull. ²³ They tried to give Him ^(O)wine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it. ²⁴ And they *crucified Him, and *^(P)divided up His garments among themselves, casting ^[g]lots for them to decide ^[h]what each man should take. ²⁵ It was the ^[i](Q)third hour ^[j]when they crucified Him. ²⁶ The inscription of the charge against Him ^[k]read, “^(R)THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

²⁷ They *crucified two robbers with Him, one on His right and one on His left. ²⁸ [^[l]And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And He was numbered with transgressors.”] ²⁹ Those passing by were ^[m]hurling abuse at Him, ^(S)wagging their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who are going to ^(T)destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, ³⁰ save Yourself, and come down from the cross!” ³¹ In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes, were mocking Him among themselves and saying, “^(U)He saved others; ^[n]He cannot save Himself. ³² Let this Christ, ^(V)the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe!” ^(W)Those who were crucified with Him were also insulting Him.

^{33 (X)}When the ^[o](Y)sixth hour came, darkness ^[p]fell over the whole land until the ^[q](Z)ninth hour. ³⁴ At the ^(AA)ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “^(AB)Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” ³⁵ When some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, “Behold, He is calling for Elijah.” ³⁶ Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, “^[r]Let us see whether Elijah will come to take Him down.” ^{37 (AC)}And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed His last. ^{38 (AD)}And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. ^{39 (AE)}When the centurion, who was standing ^[s]right in front of Him, saw ^[t]the way He breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was ^[u]the Son of God!”

^{40 (AF)}There were also some women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of ^[v]James ^(AG)the ^[w]Less and Joses, and ^(AH)Salome. ⁴¹ When He was in Galilee, they used to follow Him and ^[x](AI)minister to Him; and there were many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.

Jesus Is Buried

^{42 (AJ)}When evening had already come, because it was ^(AK)the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, ⁴³ Joseph of Arimathea came, a ^(AL)prominent member of the Council, who himself was ^(AM)waiting for the kingdom of God; and he ^(AN)gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴ Pilate wondered if He was dead by this time, and summoning the centurion, he questioned him as to whether He was already dead. ⁴⁵ And ascertaining this from ^(AO)the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. ⁴⁶ Joseph bought a linen cloth, took Him down, wrapped Him in the linen cloth and laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. ^{47 (AP)}Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were looking on to see where He was laid.

Footnotes

1. Mark 15:1 Or Sanhedrin
2. Mark 15:3 Or of many things
3. Mark 15:13 Or again
4. Mark 15:16 Or court
5. Mark 15:16 Or battalion
6. Mark 15:19 Or staff (made of a reed)
7. Mark 15:24 Lit a lot upon
8. Mark 15:24 Lit who should take what
9. Mark 15:25 I.e. 9 a.m.
10. Mark 15:25 Lit and
11. Mark 15:26 Lit had been inscribed
12. Mark 15:28 Early mss do not contain this v
13. Mark 15:29 Or blaspheming
14. Mark 15:31 Or can He not save Himself?
15. Mark 15:33 I.e. noon
16. Mark 15:33 Or occurred
17. Mark 15:33 I.e. 3 p.m.
18. Mark 15:36 Lit Permit that we see; or Hold off, let us see
19. Mark 15:39 Or opposite Him
20. Mark 15:39 Lit that He thus
21. Mark 15:39 Or a son of God or son of a god
22. Mark 15:40 Or Jacob
23. Mark 15:40 Lit little (either in stature or age)
24. Mark 15:41 Or wait on

Cross references

1. Mark 15:1 : Matt 27:1
2. Mark 15:1 : Matt 5:22
3. Mark 15:2 : Mark 15:2-5: Matt 27:11-14; Luke 23:2, 3; John 18:29-38
4. Mark 15:5 : Matt 27:12
5. Mark 15:6 : Mark 15:6-15: Matt 27:15-26; Luke 23:18-25; John 18:39-19:16
6. Mark 15:11 : Acts 3:14
7. Mark 15:15 : Matt 27:26
8. Mark 15:16 : Mark 15:16-20: Matt 27:27-31
9. Mark 15:16 : Matt 26:3; 27:27
10. Mark 15:16 : Acts 10:1
11. Mark 15:21 : Mark 15:21: Matt 27:32; Luke 23:26
12. Mark 15:21 : Rom 16:13
13. Mark 15:22 : Mark 15:22-32: Matt 27:33-44; Luke 23:33-43; John 19:17-24
14. Mark 15:22 : Luke 23:33; John 19:17
15. Mark 15:23 : Matt 27:34
16. Mark 15:24 : Ps 22:18; John 19:24
17. Mark 15:25 : Mark 15:33
18. Mark 15:26 : Matt 27:37
19. Mark 15:29 : Ps 22:7; 109:25; Matt 27:39
20. Mark 15:29 : Mark 14:58; John 2:19
21. Mark 15:31 : Matt 27:42; Luke 23:35
22. Mark 15:32 : Matt 27:42; Mark 15:26
23. Mark 15:32 : Matt 27:44; Mark 15:27; Luke 23:39-43
24. Mark 15:33 : Mark 15:33-41: Matt 27:45-56; Luke 23:44-49
25. Mark 15:33 : Matt 27:45f; Mark 15:25; Luke 23:44
26. Mark 15:33 : Matt 27:45f; Mark 15:25; Luke 23:44
27. Mark 15:34 : Matt 27:45f; Mark 15:25; Luke 23:44
28. Mark 15:34 : Ps 22:1; Matt 27:46
29. Mark 15:37 : Matt 27:50; Luke 23:46; John 19:30
30. Mark 15:38 : Ex 26:31-33; Matt 27:51; Luke 23:45
31. Mark 15:39 : Matt 27:54; Mark 15:45; Luke 23:47
32. Mark 15:40 : Mark 15:40-41: Matt 27:55f; Luke 23:49; John 19:25
33. Mark 15:40 : Luke 19:3
34. Mark 15:40 : Mark 16:1
35. Mark 15:41 : Matt 27:55f
36. Mark 15:42 : Mark 15:42-47: Matt 27:57-61; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42
37. Mark 15:42 : Matt 27:62
38. Mark 15:43 : Matt 27:57; Luke 23:50, 51; Acts 13:50; 17:12
39. Mark 15:43 : Matt 27:57; Luke 2:25, 38; 23:51; John 19:38
40. Mark 15:43 : John 19:38
41. Mark 15:45 : Mark 15:39
42. Mark 15:47 : Matt 27:56; Mark 15:40; 16:1