Mark:15

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* And immediately in the morning the chief priests , having taken counsel with the elders and scribes and the whole sanhedrim , bound Jesus and carried [him ] away , and delivered [him ] up to Pilate . * And Pilate asked him , Art thou the King of the Jews ? And he answered and said to him , Thou sayest . * And the chief priests accused him urgently . * And Pilate asked him again , saying , Answerest thou nothing ? See of how many things they bear witness against thee . * But Jesus still answered nothing , so that Pilate marvelled . * But at [the ] feast he released to them one prisoner , whomsoever they begged [of him ]. * Now there was the [person ] named Barabbas bound with those who had made insurrection with [him ], [and ] that had committed murder in the insurrection . * And the crowd crying out began to beg [that he would do ] to them as he had always done . * But Pilate answered them saying , Will ye that I release to you the King of the Jews ? * for he knew that the chief priests had delivered him up through envy . * But the chief priests stirred up the crowd that he might rather release Barabbas to them . * And Pilate answering said to them again , What will ye then that I do [to him ] whom ye call King of the Jews ? * And they cried out again , Crucify him . * And Pilate said to them , What evil then has he done ? But they cried out the more urgently , Crucify him . * And Pilate , desirous of contenting the crowd , released to them Barabbas , and delivered up Jesus , when he had scourged him , that he might be crucified . * And the soldiers led him away into the court which is [called the ] praetorium , and they call together the whole band . * And they clothe him with purple , and bind round on him a crown of thorns which they had plaited . * And they began to salute him , Hail , King of the Jews ! * And they struck his head with a reed , and spat on him , and , bending the knee , did him homage . * And when they had mocked him , they took the purple off him , and put his own clothes on him ; and they lead him out that they may crucify him . * And they compel to go [with them ] a certain passer-by , Simon , a Cyrenian , coming from the field , the father of Alexander and Rufus , that he might carry his cross . * And they bring him to the place [called ] Golgotha , which , being interpreted , is Place of a skull . * And they offered him wine [to drink ] medicated with myrrh ; but he did not take [it ]. * And having crucified him , they part his clothes amongst [themselves ], casting lots on them , what each one should take . * And it was the third hour , and they crucified him . * And the superscription of what he was accused of was written up : The King of the Jews . * And with him they crucify two robbers , one on his right hand , and one on his left . * [And the scripture was fulfilled which says , And he was reckoned with the lawless .] * And they that passed by reviled him , shaking their heads , and saying , Aha , thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days , * save thyself , and descend from the cross . * In like manner the chief priests also , with the scribes , mocking with one another , said , He saved others ; himself he cannot save . * Let the Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross , that we may see and may believe . And they that were crucified with him reproached him . * And when [the ] sixth hour was come , there came darkness over the whole land until [the ] ninth hour ; * and at the ninth hour , Jesus cried with a loud voice , [saying ], Eloi , Eloi , lama sabachthani ? which is , being interpreted , My God , my God , why hast thou forsaken me ? * And some of those who stood by , when they heard [it ], said , Behold , he calls for Elias . * And one , running and filling a sponge with vinegar , fixed it on a reed , and gave him to drink , saying , Let alone , let us see if Elias comes to take him down . * And Jesus , having uttered a loud cry , expired . * And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom . * And the centurion who stood by over against him , when he saw that he had expired having thus cried out , said , Truly this man was Son of God . * And there were women also looking on from afar off , among whom were both Mary of Magdala , and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses , and Salome ; * who also , when he was in Galilee , followed him and ministered to him ; and many others who came up with him to Jerusalem . * And when it was already evening , since it was [the ] preparation , that is , [the day ] before a sabbath , * Joseph of Arimathaea , an honourable councillor , who also himself was awaiting the kingdom of God , coming , emboldened himself and went in to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus . * And Pilate wondered if he were already dead ; and having called to [him ] the centurion , he inquired of him if he had long died . * And when he knew from the centurion , he granted the body to Joseph . * And having bought fine linen , [and ] having taken him down , he swathed him in the fine linen , and laid him in a sepulchre which was cut out of rock , and rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre . * And Mary of Magdala and Mary the [mother ] of Joses saw where he was put .

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