15And 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. ²And Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” And he answered him and^* said, “You say so.” ³And the chief priests began to accuse^a him of many things. ⁴So Pilate asked him again, saying, “Do you not answer anything? See how many charges^* they are bringing against you!” ⁵But Jesus did not answer anything further, so that Pilate was astonished.

Pilate Releases Barabbas

⁶Now at each feast he customarily released^b for them one prisoner whom they requested. ⁷And the one named Barabbas^c was imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder in the rebellion. ⁸And the crowd came up and^* began to ask him to do as he customarily did^d for them. ⁹So 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.) ¹¹But the chief priests incited the crowd so that he would release for them Barabbas^* instead. ¹²So 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?” ¹³And they shouted again, “Crucify him!” ¹⁴And Pilate said to them, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they shouted even louder, “Crucify him!”

¹⁵So 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.

Jesus Is Mocked

¹⁶So the soldiers led him away into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence) and called together the whole cohort. ¹⁷And they put a purple cloak on him, and after^* weaving a crown of thorns they placed it^* on him. ¹⁸And they began to greet him, “Hail, king of the Jews!” ¹⁹And they repeatedly struck^f him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and they knelt down^g and^* did obeisance to him. ²⁰And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes^h on him, and they led him out so that they could crucify him.

Jesus Is Crucified

²¹And 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.

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

Footnotes

*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“formulating”) which is understood as temporal
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
aThe imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to accuse”)
*The word “charges” is not in the Greek text but is implied
bThe imperfect tense has been translated as customary here (“customarily released”)
c“Barabbas” means “son of the father” in Aramaic
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came up”) has been translated as a finite verb
dThe imperfect tense has been translated as customary here (“customarily did”)
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“wanted”) which is understood as causal
eLiterally “to make sufficient”
*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“flogged”) which is understood as temporal
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“weaving”) which is understood as temporal
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
fThe imperfect tense has been translated as iterative here (“repeatedly struck”)
gLiterally “bending the knees”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“knelt down”) has been translated as a finite verb
hSome manuscripts have “his clothes” in place of “his own clothes”