Mark 15:1–21

¹And immediately, in the morning, the chief priests having made a consultation, with the elders, and scribes, and the whole sanhedrim, having bound Jesus, did lead away, and delivered him to Pilate; ²and Pilate questioned him, ‘Art thou the king of the Jews?’ and he answering said to him, ‘Thou dost say it.’ ³And the chief priests were accusing him of many things, but he answered nothing. ⁴And Pilate again questioned him, saying, ‘Thou dost not answer anything! lo, how many things they do testify against thee!’ ⁵and Jesus did no more answer anything, so that Pilate wondered. ⁶And at every feast he was releasing to them one prisoner, whomsoever they were asking; ⁷and there was one named Barabbas, bound with those making insurrection with him, who had in the insurrection committed murder. ⁸And the multitude having cried out, began to ask for themselves as he was always doing to them, ⁹and Pilate answered them, saying, ‘Will ye that I shall release to you the king of the Jews?’ ¹⁰for he knew that because of envy the chief priests had delivered him up; ¹¹and the chief priests did move the multitude, that he might rather release Barabbas to them. ¹²And Pilate answering, again said to them, ‘What, then, will ye that I shall do to him whom ye call king of the Jews?’ ¹³and they again cried out, ‘Crucify him.’ ¹⁴And Pilate said to them, ‘Why—what evil did he?’ and they cried out the more vehemently, ‘Crucify him;’

¹⁵And Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus—having scourged him—that he might be crucified. ¹⁶And the soldiers led him away into the hall, which is Praetorium, and call together the whole band, ¹⁷and clothe him with purple, and having plaited a crown of thorns, they put it on him, ¹⁸and began to salute him, ‘Hail, King of the Jews.’ ¹⁹And they were smiting him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and having bent the knee, were bowing to him, ²⁰and when they had mocked him, they took the purple from off him, and clothed him in his own garments, and they led him forth, that they may crucify him. ²¹And they impress a certain one passing by—Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus—that he may bear his cross.