Mark 15:1–23
15 And as soon as morning came, after* formulating a plan, the chief priests, with the elders and scribes and the whole Sanhedrin, tied up Jesus, led him* away, and handed him* over to Pilate. 2 And Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” And he answered him and* said, “You say so.” 3 And the chief priests began to accusea him of many things. 4 So Pilate asked him again, saying, “Do you not answer anything? See how many charges* they are bringing against you!” 5 But Jesus did not answer anything further, so that Pilate was astonished.
6 Now at each feast he customarily releasedb for them one prisoner whom they requested. 7 And the one named Barabbasc was imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder in the rebellion. 8 And the crowd came up and* began to ask him to do as he customarily didd for them. 9 So Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?” 10 (For he realized that the chief priests had handed him over because of envy.) 11 But the chief priests incited the crowd so that he would release for them Barabbas* instead. 12 So Pilate answered and said to them again, “Then what do you want me to do with the one whom you call the king of the Jews?” 13 And they shouted again, “Crucify him!” 14 And Pilate said to them, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they shouted even louder, “Crucify him!”
15 So Pilate, because he* wanted ⌊to satisfy⌋e the crowd, released for them Barabbas. And after* he had Jesus flogged, he handed him* over so that he could be crucified.
16 So the soldiers led him away into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence) and called together the whole cohort. 17 And they put a purple cloak on him, and after* weaving a crown of thorns they placed it* on him. 18 And they began to greet him, “Hail, king of the Jews!” 19 And they repeatedly struckf him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and ⌊they knelt down⌋g and* did obeisance to him. 20 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothesh on him, and they led him out so that they could crucify him.
21 And they forced a certain man who was passing by, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), who was coming from the country, to carry his cross. 22 And they brought him to the place Golgotha (which is translated “Place of a Skull”). 23 And they attempted to give* him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.