15^cAnd as soon as it was morning, the chief priests ^dheld a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And ^ethey bound Jesus and ^fled him away and ^gdelivered him over to ^hPilate. ²ⁱAnd Pilate asked him, ^j“Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, ^k“You have said so.” ³And the chief priests accused him of many things. ⁴And Pilate again asked him, ^l“Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you.” ⁵But Jesus ^lmade no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

⁶^mNow at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked. ⁷And among the rebels in prison, who had ⁿcommitted murder ^oin the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. ⁸And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them. ⁹And he answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?” ¹⁰For he perceived that ^pit was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up. ¹¹But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead. ¹²And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with ^qthe man you call the King of the Jews?” ¹³And they cried out again, “Crucify him.” ¹⁴And Pilate said to them, “Why? ^rWhat evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him.” ¹⁵So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having ^sscourged¹ Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

¹⁶^tAnd the soldiers led him away inside ^uthe palace (that is, ^vthe governor’s headquarters),² and they called together the whole ^wbattalion.³ ¹⁷And they clothed him in ^xa purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. ¹⁸And they began to salute him, ^y“Hail, King of the Jews!” ¹⁹And they were striking his head with a reed and ^zspitting on him and ^akneeling down in homage to him. ²⁰And when they had ^bmocked him, they stripped him of ^xthe purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they ^cled him out to crucify him.

The Crucifixion

²¹^dAnd they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.

Read in Logos

Mark 15:2: And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.”

Footnotes

1A Roman judicial penalty, consisting of a severe beating with a multi-lashed whip containing embedded pieces of bone and metal
2Greek the praetorium
3Greek cohort; a tenth of a Roman legion, usually about 600 men

Cross references

c Matt. 27:1; Luke 22:66
dch. 3:6
e Matt. 27:2
f Luke 23:1; John 18:28
gSee ch. 10:33
h Luke 3:1; 13:1; Acts 3:13; 4:27; 1 Tim. 6:13
iFor ver. 2–5, see Matt. 27:11–14; Luke 23:2, 3; John 18:29–38
jver. 9, 12, 18, 26; Matt. 2:2; John 18:39; 19:3; [ver. 32]
k[1 Tim. 6:13]; See Luke 22:70
l[John 19:10]; See Matt. 26:63
l[See ver. 4 above]
mFor ver. 6–15, see Matt. 27:15–26; Luke 23:18–25; John 18:39, 40; 19:16
n Acts 3:14
o[Acts 5:36, 37]
p[John 12:19]
q[John 19:15]
r[Luke 23:41; John 8:46]
sch. 10:34; Isa. 50:6; 53:5; [Luke 23:16; John 19:1]
tFor ver. 16–20, see Matt. 27:27–31; John 19:2, 3
uSee Matt. 26:3
v John 18:28, 33; 19:9; Acts 23:35; Phil. 1:13 (Gk.)
wSee Acts 10:1
x Rev. 18:12, 16; [Luke 23:11]
ySee ver. 2
zSee ch. 14:65
aSee Matt. 8:2
bch. 10:34
x[See ver. 17 above]
c Isa. 53:7
d Matt. 27:32; Luke 23:26; [John 19:17]