Mark 15:20–40

²⁰After they had mocked^y him, they stripped him of the purple robe and put his clothes on him.

CRUCIFIED BETWEEN TWO CRIMINALS

They led him out to crucify him. ²¹They^z forced a man coming in from the country, who was passing by, to carry Jesus’s cross.^aa He was Simon of Cyrene,^ab the father of Alexander and Rufus.^ac

²²They^ad brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of the Skull^ae). ²³They tried to give him wine^af mixed with myrrh,^ag but he did not take it.

²⁴Then they crucified him and divided his clothes, casting lots^ah for them to decide what each would get. ²⁵Now it was nine in the morning^A when they crucified him. ²⁶The inscription of the charge written against him was: The King^ai of the Jews.^{aj 27}They^ak crucified two criminals^Bal with him, one on his right and one on his left.

²⁹Those^am who passed by were yelling insults^an at^A him, shaking their heads,^ao and saying, “Ha! The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,^{ap 30}save yourself by coming down from the cross!”^{aq 31}In the same way, the chief priests with the scribes^ar were mocking him among themselves and saying, “He saved others, but he cannot save himself! ³²Let the Messiah,^as the King^at of Israel,^au come down now from the cross,^av so that we may see and believe.”^aw Even those who were crucified with him taunted him.

THE DEATH OF JESUS

³³When^ax it was noon,^B darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.^{ay 34}And at three Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lemá sabachtháni?” which is translated, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”^Daz

³⁵When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “See, he’s calling for Elijah.”

³⁶Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, fixed it on a stick, offered him a drink,^ba and said, “Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down.”

³⁷Jesus let out a loud cry and breathed his last. ³⁸Then the curtain^bb of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. ³⁹When the centurion, who was standing opposite him, saw the way he^E breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”^Fa

⁴⁰There^b were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene,^c Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.