Mark 15

21st Century King James Version

15 And straightway 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.

² And Pilate asked Him, “Art thou the King of the Jews?” And answering He said unto him, “Thou sayest it.”

³ And the chief priests accused Him of many things, but He answered nothing.

⁴ And Pilate asked Him again, saying, “Answerest thou nothing? Behold how many things they witness against thee.”

⁵ But Jesus yet answered nothing, so that Pilate marveled.

⁶ Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.

⁷ And there was one named Barabbas, who lay bound with those who had made insurrection with him, and who had committed murder in the insurrection.

⁸ And the multitude, crying aloud, began to desire Pilate to do as he had ever done unto them.

⁹ But Pilate answered them, saying, “Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?”

¹⁰ For he knew that the chief priests had delivered Him out of envy.

¹¹ But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.

¹² And Pilate answered and said again unto them, “What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?”

¹³ And they cried out again, “Crucify him!”

¹⁴ Then Pilate said unto them, “Why, what evil hath he done?” But they cried out the more exceedingly, “Crucify him!”

¹⁵ And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged Him, to be crucified.

¹⁶ And the soldiers led Him away into the hall called the Praetorium, and they called together the whole detachment.

¹⁷ And they clothed Him with purple, and they platted a crown of thorns and put it about His head,

¹⁸ and began to salute Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

¹⁹ And they smote Him on the head with a reed and spat upon Him and, bowing their knees, worshiped Him.

²⁰ And when they had mocked Him, they took off the purple from Him, and put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.

²¹ And they compelled one Simon, a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was passing by, coming from the country, to bear His cross.

²² And they brought Him unto the place called Golgotha (which is, being interpreted, The Place of a Skull).

²³ And they gave Him to drink wine mingled with myrrh, but He received it not.

²⁴ And when they had crucified Him, they parted His garments, casting lots for them to see what every man should take.

²⁵ And it was the third hour when they crucified Him.

²⁶ And the superscription of His accusation was written above: The King Of The Jews.

²⁷ And with Him they crucified two thieves, the one on His right hand and the other on His left.

²⁸ And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith, “And He was numbered with the transgressors.”

²⁹ And those who passed by railed at Him, wagging their heads and saying, “Ah, thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days,

³⁰ save thyself and come down from the cross!”

³¹ Likewise also the chief priests, mocking, said among themselves with the scribes, “He saved others; himself he cannot save!

³² Let Christ, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” And those who were crucified with Him reviled Him.

³³ And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

³⁴ And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is, being interpreted, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?”

³⁵ And some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, “Behold, he calleth Elijah.”

³⁶ And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed and gave it to Him to drink, saying, “Let him alone. Let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.”

³⁷ And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.

³⁸ And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.

³⁹ And when the centurion who stood opposite Him saw that He so cried out and gave up the ghost, he said, “Truly, this Man was the Son of God!”

⁴⁰ There were also women looking on afar off, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome

⁴¹ (who also, when He was in Galilee, had followed Him and ministered unto Him), and many other women who came up with Him unto Jerusalem.

⁴² And now when the evening had come, because it was the Preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

⁴³ Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable council member who also was waiting for the Kingdom of God, came and went in boldly unto Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

⁴⁴ And Pilate wondered if He were already dead; and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether He had been any while dead.

⁴⁵ And when he learned it from the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

⁴⁶ And Joseph bought fine linen, and took Him down and wrapped Him in the linen. And he laid Him in a sepulcher which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulcher.

⁴⁷ And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where He was laid.