Mark:15

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* And immediately in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council , and bound Jesus , and carried him away , and delivered him to Pilate . * And Pilate asked him , Are you the King of the Jews ? And he said to him , You say so . * And the chief priests accused him of many things : but he answered nothing . * And Pilate asked him again , saying , Have you no answer to make ? behold how many things they testify against you . * But Jesus made no further answer ; so that Pilate was amazed . * Now at the feast he released to them one prisoner , whomever they requested . * And there was one named Barabbas , who was in prison with his fellow rebels , who had committed murder in the insurrection . * And the multitude approached and began asking him to do for them as he usually did . * Pilate answered them , saying , Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews ? * For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him out of envy . * But the chief priests incited the people to have him release Barabbas to them . * And Pilate answered and said again to them , What then shall I do with him whom you call the King of the Jews ? * And they cried out again , Crucify him . * Then Pilate said to them , Why , what evil has he done ? And they cried out all the louder , Crucify him . * And so Pilate , wanting to satisfy the people , released Barabbas to them , and delivered Jesus , when he had scourged him , to be crucified . * And the soldiers led him away into the hall , called the Praetorium ; and they called together the whole band of soldiers . * And they clothed him with purple , and weaved a crown of thorns , and put it on him , * And began to acclaim him , Hail , King of the Jews ! * And they struck him on the head with a cane , and spat upon him , and bowed their knees in worship to him . * And when they had mocked him , they took the purple off of him , and put his own clothes on him , and led him out to crucify him . * And they compelled Simon , a Cyrenian who was passing by on his way in from the country , the father of Alexander and Rufus , to bear his cross . * And they brought him to the place called Golgotha , which means , The place of a skull . * And they gave him wine to drink mingled with myrrh : but he would not take it . * And when they had crucified him , they divided his garments , casting lots for them , to decide what each man should take . * And it was the third hour when they crucified him . * And the inscription of the accusation against him was written above him , THE KING OF THE JEWS . * And with him they crucified two thieves ; one on his right hand , and the other on his left . * [And the scripture was fulfilled , which says , And he was numbered with the transgressors .] * And those who passed by kept abusing him , wagging their heads , and saying , Ah , you who would destroy the temple , and build it in three days , * Save yourself , and come down from the cross . * Likewise , the chief priests mocked him among themselves and with the scribes , He saved others ; but he cannot save himself . * Let Christ , the King of Israel , descend now from the cross , that we may see and believe . And those who were crucified with him also reviled him . * And when the sixth hour had come , there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour . * And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice , saying , Eloi , Eloi , lama sabachthani ? which means , My God , my God , why have you forsaken me ? * And some of those who stood by , when they heard it , said , Behold , he is calling Elijah . * And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar , and put it on a reed , and gave it to him to drink , saying , Wait ; let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down . * And Jesus cried out with a loud voice , and breathed his last . * And the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom . * And when the centurion , who stood facing him , saw how he breathed his last , he said , Truly this man was the Son of God . * There were also women looking on from afar : among whom was Mary Magdalene , and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses , and Salome ; * (Who , when he was in Galilee , followed him , and ministered to him ;) and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem . * And when the evening had come , because it was the preparation day , that is , the day before the sabbath , * Joseph of Arimathaea , an honoured member of the council , who also waited for the kingdom of God , came , and went in boldly to Pilate , and asked for the body of Jesus . * And Pilate wondered if he was dead so soon : and calling the centurion , he asked him if he was already dead . * And when he learned from the centurion that it was so , he gave the body to Joseph . * So he bought a fine linen cloth , and took him down , and wrapped him in the linen , and laid him in a tomb which was cut out of the rock , and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb . * Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses watched where he was laid .

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