Mark 15:16–32

Mocked by the Military

¹⁶Then ^qthe soldiers led Him away into the courtyard (that is, headquarters ^r) and called the whole company together. ¹⁷They dressed Him in a purple ^srobe, twisted together a crown ^tof thorns, and put it on Him. ¹⁸And they began to salute Him, “Hail, ^uKing ^vof the Jews!” ¹⁹They kept hitting Him on the head with a reed and spitting on Him. Getting down on their knees, ^wthey were paying Him homage. ²⁰When they had mocked ^xHim, they stripped Him of the purple robe, put His clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.

Crucified between Two Criminals

²¹They ^yforced a man coming in from the country, who was passing by, to carry Jesus’ cross. ^zHe was Simon, a Cyrenian, ^athe father of Alexander and Rufus. ^b22And ^cthey brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means Skull Place ^d). ²³They tried to give Him wine ^emixed with myrrh, ^fbut He did not take it. ²⁴Then they crucified Him and divided His clothes, casting lots ^gfor them to decide what each would get. ²⁵Now it was nine in the morning ^hwhen they crucified Him. ²⁶The inscription of the charge written against Him was:

THE KING ⁱOF THE JEWS. ^j

²⁷They ^kcrucified two criminals ^lmwith Him, one on His right and one on His left. [²⁸So the Scripture was fulfilled that says: And He was counted among outlaws.] ^nop29Those ^qwho passed by were yelling insults ^rat ^sHim, shaking their heads, ^tand saying, “Ha! The One who would demolish the sanctuary and build it in three days, ^u30save Yourself by coming down from the cross!” ^v31In the same way, the chief priests with the scribes ^wwere mocking Him to one another and saying, “He saved others; He cannot save Himself! ³²Let the Messiah, ^xthe King ^yof Israel, ^zcome down now from the cross, ^aso that we may see and believe.” ^bEven those who were crucified with Him were taunting Him.