15:1 Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, reached a decision. They bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate.
15:2 “Are you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate. “Yes, it is as you say,” Jesus replied.
15:3 The chief priests accused him of many things.
15:4 So again Pilate asked him, “Aren’t you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of.”
15:5 But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed.
15:6 Now it was the custom at the Feast to release a prisoner whom the people requested.
15:7 A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising.
15:8 The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did.
15:9 “Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate,
15:10 knowing it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him.
15:11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas instead.
15:12 “What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?” Pilate asked them.
15:13 “Crucify him!” they shouted.
15:14 “Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”
15:15 Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.
15:16 The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers.
15:17 They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him.
15:18 And they began to call out to him, “Hail, king of the Jews!”
15:19 Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him.
15:20 And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.
15:21 A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross.
15:22 They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull).
15:23 Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.
15:24 And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get.
15:25 It was the third hour when they crucified him.
15:26 The written notice of the charge against him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
15:27 They crucified two robbers with him, one on his right and one on his left.
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15:29 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, “So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days,
15:30 come down from the cross and save yourself!”
15:31 In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself!
15:32 Let this Christ, this King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.
15:33 At the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?”–which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
15:35 When some of those standing near heard this, they said, “Listen, he’s calling Elijah.”
15:36 One man ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down,” he said.
15:37 With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.
15:38 The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
15:39 And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, heard his cry and saw how he died, he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!”
15:40 Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
15:41 In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there.
15:42 It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached,
15:43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.
15:44 Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died.
15:45 When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph.
15:46 So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.
15:47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.
15:1 And immediately in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole Sanhedrin, and having bound Jesus, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate.
15:2 And Pilate questioned Him, Are You the King of the Jews? And answering him, He said, It is as you say.
15:3 And the chief priests accused Him of many things.
15:4 And Pilate again questioned Him, saying, Do You answer nothing? See how many things they are accusing You of.
15:5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.
15:6 Now at the feasts he released to them one prisoner whom they requested.
15:7 And there was one named Barabbas, bound with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the insurrection.
15:8 And the crowd came up and began to ask him to do even as he had been accustomed to do for them.
15:9 But Pilate answered them, saying, Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?
15:10 For he knew that it was because of envy that the chief priests had delivered Him up.
15:11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd that instead he should release Barabbas to them.
15:12 And Pilate again answered and said to them, What then do you want me to do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?
15:13 And again they cried out, Crucify Him!
15:14 But Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has He done? But they cried out the more, Crucify Him!
15:15 And Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released to them Barabbas and scourged Jesus and delivered Him up to be crucified.
15:16 And the soldiers led Him away within the courtyard, that is, the praetorium, and called together the whole cohort.
15:17 And they clothed Him in purple and wove a thorny crown and put it around His head.
15:18 And they began to salute Him: Rejoice, King of the Jews!
15:19 And they beat His head with a reed and spat at Him. And kneeling down, they bowed before Him.
15:20 And when they had mocked Him, they stripped Him of the purple and put His garments on Him. And they led Him out to crucify Him.
15:21 And they compelled a certain passerby coming from the country, Simon a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to take up His cross.
15:22 And they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is interpreted, the Place of a Skull.
15:23 And they tried to give Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it.
15:24 And they crucified Him and divided His garments, casting lots for them to see what each should take.
15:25 Now it was the third hour and they crucified Him.
15:26 And there was an inscription of the charge against Him inscribed: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
15:27 And with Him they crucified two robbers, one on His right and one on His left.
15:28 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And He was counted with the lawless.”
15:29 And those who were passing by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads and saying, Aha! You who destroy the temple and build it in three days,
15:30 Save Yourself and come down from the cross!
15:31 Likewise also the chief priests with the scribes mocked Him with one another and said, He saved others; Himself He cannot save.
15:32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe. Those who were crucified with Him also reproached Him.
15:33 And when the sixth hour came, darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour.
15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is interpreted, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
15:35 And some of those standing by heard this and said, Behold, He is calling for Elijah.
15:36 And someone ran and filled a sponge with vinegar, and putting it on a reed, gave it to Him to drink, saying, Let Him be. Let us see if Elijah is coming to take Him down.
15:37 And Jesus let out a loud cry and expired.
15:38 And the veil of the temple was split in two from top to bottom.
15:39 And the centurion standing by opposite Him, seeing that He expired in this way, said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
15:40 And there were also some women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of the younger James and of Joses, and Salome,
15:41 Who, when He was in Galilee, followed Him and ministered to Him, as well as many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.
15:42 And when evening had fallen, since it was the day of preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
15:43 Joseph, the honorable member of the Council, from Arimathea, who was also himself awaiting the kingdom of God, came; and gathering courage, he went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
15:44 And Pilate marveled that He had already died, and calling to him the centurion, he questioned him whether He had been dead long.
15:45 And when he found out from the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.
15:46 And Joseph purchased a piece of fine linen, took Him down, and wrapped Him in the fine linen. And he laid Him in a tomb which was hewn out of rock and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
15:47 And Mary the Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where He was laid.