Mark 15:15–39

¹⁵And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them, and after having Jesus ^ascourged, he delivered Him over to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

^16aSo the soldiers took Him away into ^bthe ¹palace (that is, the ²Praetorium), and they ^*called together the whole Roman ^3ccohort.

¹⁷And they ^*dressed Him up in purple, and after twisting a crown of thorns, they ^*put it on Him;

¹⁸and they began to greet Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

¹⁹And they kept beating His head with a ¹reed, and spitting on Him; and kneeling, they were bowing down before Him.

²⁰And after they had mocked Him, they took the purple robe off Him and put His own garments on Him. And they ^*led Him out to crucify Him.

^21aAnd they ^*pressed into service a passer-by coming from the countryside, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and ^bRufus), to carry His cross.

The Crucifixion

^22aThen they ^*brought Him to the place ^bGolgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull.

²³And they tried to give Him ^awine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it.

²⁴And they ^*crucified Him, and ^*adivided up His garments among themselves, casting ¹lots for them to decide who should take what.

²⁵Now it was the ^1athird hour, and they crucified Him.

²⁶And the inscription of the charge against Him ¹read, “^aTHE KING OF THE JEWS.”

²⁷And they ^*crucified two robbers with Him, one on His right and one on His left.

²⁸¹[And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And He was numbered with transgressors.”]

²⁹And those passing by were blaspheming Him, ^ashaking their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who are going to ^bdestroy the ¹sanctuary and rebuild it in three days,

³⁰save Yourself by coming down from the cross!”

³¹In the same way, mocking Him to one another, the chief priests also, along with the scribes, were saying, “^aHe saved others; ¹He cannot save Himself.

³²“Let this ¹Christ, ^athe King of Israel, now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe!” ^bThose who were crucified with Him were also insulting Him.

^33aAnd when the ^1bsixth hour came, darkness ²fell over the whole land until the ^3cninth hour.

³⁴And at the ^aninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “^bEloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

³⁵And when some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, “Look, He is calling for Elijah.”

³⁶And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, “¹Let us see whether Elijah will come to take Him down.”

^37aAnd Jesus, uttering a loud cry, breathed His last.

^38aAnd the veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom.

^39aAnd when the centurion, who was standing ¹right in front of Him, saw ²the way He breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”