Mark 15:15–39

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

Jesus Is Mocked

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

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

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

¹⁹They kept beating His head with a ¹reed, and spitting on Him, and kneeling and bowing before Him.

²⁰After 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.

^21aThey pressed into service a passer-by coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and ^bRufus), to bear His cross.

The Crucifixion

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

²³They 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 ²what each man should take.

²⁵It was the ^1athird hour ²when they crucified Him.

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

²⁷They crucified two robbers with Him, one on His right and one on His left.

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

²⁹Those passing by were ¹hurling abuse at Him, ^awagging their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who are going to ^bdestroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

³⁰save Yourself, and come down from the cross!”

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

³²“Let this Christ, ^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.

^33aWhen the ^1bsixth hour came, darkness ²fell over the whole land until the ³ninth hour.

³⁴At 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?”

³⁵When some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, “Behold, He is calling for Elijah.”

³⁶Someone 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 uttered a loud cry, and breathed His last.

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

^39aWhen the centurion, who was standing ¹right in front of Him, saw ²the way He breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was ³the Son of God!”