Mark 15:16-16:19

English Standard Version

Jesus Is Mocked

^16 (A)And the soldiers led him away inside ^(B)the palace (that is, ^(C)the governor's headquarters),^[a] and they called together the whole ^(D)battalion.^{[b] 17} And they clothed him in ^(E)a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. ¹⁸ And they began to salute him, ^(F)“Hail, King of the Jews!” ¹⁹ And they were striking his head with a reed and ^(G)spitting on him and ^(H)kneeling down in homage to him. ²⁰ And when they had ^(I)mocked him, they stripped him of ^(J)the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they ^(K)led him out to crucify him.

The Crucifixion

^21 (L)And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. ^22 (M)And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). ²³ And they offered him wine mixed with ^(N)myrrh, but he did not take it. ²⁴ And they crucified him and ^(O)divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. ²⁵ And ^(P)it was the third hour^[c] when they crucified him. ²⁶ And the inscription of the charge against him read, ^(Q)“The King of the Jews.” ²⁷ And with him they crucified two ^(R)robbers, ^(S)one on his right and one on his left.^{[d] 29} And ^(T)those who passed by derided him, ^(U)wagging their heads and saying, ^(V)“Aha! ^(W)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, ^(X)“He saved others; ^(Y)he cannot save himself. ³² Let ^(Z)the Christ, ^(AA)the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may ^(AB)see and believe.” ^(AC)Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

The Death of Jesus

³³ And when the sixth hour^[e] had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.^{[f] 34} And at the ninth hour Jesus ^(AD)cried with a loud voice, ^(AE)“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 ^(AF)sour wine, put it on a reed ^(AG)and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.” ³⁷ And Jesus ^(AH)uttered a loud cry and ^(AI)breathed his last. ³⁸ And ^(AJ)the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. ^39 (AK)And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he^[g] breathed his last, he said, ^(AL)“Truly this man was the Son^[h] of God!”

⁴⁰ There were also ^(AM)women looking on ^(AN)from a distance, among whom were ^(AO)Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and ^(AP)Salome. ⁴¹ When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ^(AQ)ministered to him, and there were also many other women who ^(AR)came up with him to Jerusalem.

Jesus Is Buried

^42 (AS)And when evening had come, since it was ^(AT)the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, ⁴³ Joseph of Arimathea, ^(AU)a respected member of the council, who ^(AV)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.^[i] And summoning ^(AW)the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. ⁴⁵ And when he learned from ^(AX)the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph. ⁴⁶ And Joseph^[j] bought ^(AY)a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and ^(AZ)laid him in a tomb ^(BA)that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled ^(BB)a stone against the entrance of the tomb. ^47 (BC)Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

The Resurrection

16 ^(BD)(BE)When the Sabbath was past, ^(BF)Mary Magdalene, ^(BG)Mary the mother of James, and ^(BH)Salome ^(BI)bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. ² And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. ³ And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away ^(BJ)the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” ⁴ And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—^(BK)it was very large. ⁵ And ^(BL)entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, ^(BM)dressed in ^(BN)a white robe, and ^(BO)they were alarmed. ⁶ And he said to them, ^(BP)“Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. ⁷ But go, tell his disciples and Peter that ^(BQ)he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, ^(BR)just as he told you.” ⁸ And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

[Some of the earliest manuscripts do not include 16:9–20.]^[k]

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

⁹ [[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, ^(BS)he appeared first to ^(BT)Mary Magdalene, ^(BU)from whom he had cast out seven demons. ^10 (BV)She went and told those who had been with him, ^(BW)as they ^(BX)mourned and wept. ¹¹ But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they ^(BY)would not believe it.

Jesus Appears to Two Disciples

^12 (BZ)After these things ^(CA)he appeared in ^(CB)another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. ^13 (CC)And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.

The Great Commission

¹⁴ Afterward ^(CD)he appeared ^(CE)to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their ^(CF)unbelief and ^(CG)hardness of heart, because ^(CH)they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. ¹⁵ And he said to them, ^(CI)“Go into all the world and ^(CJ)proclaim the gospel to ^(CK)the whole creation. ^16 (CL)Whoever believes and is ^(CM)baptized ^(CN)will be saved, but ^(CO)whoever ^(CP)does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷ And ^(CQ)these signs will accompany those who believe: ^(CR)in my name they will cast out demons; ^(CS)they will speak in new tongues; ^18 (CT)they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; ^(CU)they will lay their hands ^(CV)on the sick, and they will recover.”

¹⁹ So then the Lord Jesus, ^(CW)after he had spoken to them, ^(CX)was taken up into heaven and ^(CY)sat down at the right hand of God.