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Mark 15:11Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:1-2Acts 3:13John 18:28-38Luke 22:66Luke 23:1-5Acts 4:25-28Ps 2:2Acts 4:5-6Luke 18:32-33Mark 10:33-34
Mark 15:22So Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He replied, “You say so.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 2:2Matt 27:11-141 Tim 6:13Mark 15:18Mark 15:26John 18:29-38John 19:19-22Luke 23:2-3Mark 15:12Mark 15:9
Mark 15:33Then the chief priests began to accuse him repeatedly.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 53:7John 18:29-31John 19:12John 19:6-7Luke 23:2-5Mark 14:60-61Mark 15:5Matt 27:12
Mark 15:44So Pilate asked him again, “Have you nothing to say? See how many charges they are bringing against you!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 19:10Matt 26:62Matt 27:13
Mark 15:55But Jesus made no further reply, so that Pilate was amazed.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 53:7Zech 3:81 Cor 4:9Matt 27:14Ps 71:7Isa 8:18John 19:9
Mark 15:66During the feast it was customary to release one prisoner to the people, whomever they requested.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 18:39-40Acts 24:27Acts 25:9Luke 23:16-25Matt 26:2Matt 26:5Matt 27:15-26John 19:16
Mark 15:77A man named Barabbas was imprisoned with rebels who had committed murder during an insurrection.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 23:18-19Luke 23:25Matt 27:16
Mark 15:88Then the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to release a prisoner for them, as was his custom.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Mark 15:99So Pilate asked them, “Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you?”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 3:13-15John 18:39John 19:14-16John 19:4-5Matt 27:17-21
Mark 15:1010(For he knew that the chief priests had handed him over because of envy.)Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 27:41 Sam 18:8-9Gen 4:4-6Matt 27:18Titus 3:31 John 3:12Acts 13:45Eccl 4:4Gen 37:11Jas 3:14-16
Mark 15:1111But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas instead.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 3:14Matt 27:20Hos 5:1John 18:40
Mark 15:1212So Pilate spoke to them again, “Then what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews?”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 9:6-7Jer 23:5-6Acts 5:31John 19:14-16Luke 23:2Luke 23:20-24Mark 11:9-11Mark 15:1-2Matt 2:2-4Matt 21:5
Mark 15:1313They shouted back, “Crucify him!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Mark 15:1414Pilate asked them, “Why? What has he done wrong?” But they shouted more insistently, “Crucify him!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 23:411 Pet 1:19Acts 19:34Acts 22:22-23Acts 7:54-57Heb 7:26Isa 53:3Isa 53:9John 18:38John 19:12-15
Mark 15:1515Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them. Then, after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 50:6John 19:1Matt 27:26Mark 10:34Prov 29:25Ps 129:31 Pet 2:24John 19:16Ps 57:11Acts 24:27
Mark 15:1616So the soldiers led him into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence) and called together the whole cohort.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:27-31John 19:9John 18:28Matt 26:3Acts 10:1John 18:33
Mark 15:1717They put a purple cloak on him and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:28-30John 19:2-5Luke 23:11
Mark 15:1818They began to salute him: “Hail, king of the Jews!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:42-43Gen 37:10Gen 37:20John 19:14-15Luke 23:36-37Mark 15:2Mark 15:29-32
Mark 15:1919Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Then they knelt down and paid homage to him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 14:65Isa 53:3-51 Kgs 19:18Esth 3:2-5Gen 24:52Gen 43:28Heb 12:2-3Heb 13:13Isa 45:23Isa 49:7
Mark 15:2020When they had finished mocking him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 19:16Matt 27:31
Mark 15:2121The soldiers forced a passerby to carry his cross, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country (he was the father of Alexander and Rufus).Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 23:26Matt 27:32Rom 16:13Acts 11:20Acts 13:1Acts 2:10Acts 6:9Luke 14:27
Mark 15:2222They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha (which is translated, “Place of the Skull”).Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:33-44John 19:17-27Luke 23:27-38
Mark 15:2323They offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:34John 19:28-30Luke 22:18Luke 23:36Mark 14:25Matt 26:19
Mark 15:2424Then they crucified him and divided his clothes, throwing dice for them, to decide what each would take.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 19:23-24Luke 23:34Matt 27:35-36Isa 53:4-8Ps 22:16-181 Pet 2:242 Cor 5:21Acts 5:30Deut 21:23Gal 3:13
Mark 15:2525It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 19:14Luke 23:44Mark 15:33Matt 27:45Acts 2:15
Mark 15:2626The inscription of the charge against him read, “The king of the Jews.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:37John 19:18-22Luke 23:37-38Matt 2:2Zech 9:9Isa 10:7Mark 15:2Prov 21:1Ps 2:6Deut 23:5
Mark 15:2727And they crucified two outlaws with him, one on his right and one on his left.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 23:32-33Matt 27:38John 19:18
Mark 15:2929Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 14:58Ps 109:25John 2:18-22Lam 1:12Lam 2:15Gen 37:19-20Matt 26:61Matt 27:39-40Ps 22:12-14Ps 22:7-8
Mark 15:3030save yourself and come down from the cross!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Mark 15:3131In the same way even the chief priests—together with the experts in the law —were mocking him among themselves: “He saved others, but he cannot save himself!Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 12:23-241 Pet 3:17-18John 11:47-52Luke 23:35-37Matt 27:41-43Ps 2:1-4Ps 22:16-17
Mark 15:3232Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!” Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 23:39-43Matt 27:442 Tim 2:18Isa 44:6Matt 1:17Zech 9:9Zeph 3:15
Mark 15:3333Now when it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:45Amos 8:9-10Luke 23:44-45Mark 15:25Isa 50:3-4Ps 105:28
Mark 15:3434Around three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani? ” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? ”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 22:1Matt 27:46Heb 5:7Ps 27:9Isa 41:17Ps 71:11Dan 9:21Ps 42:9Acts 10:3Luke 23:46
Mark 15:3535When some of the bystanders heard it they said, “Listen, he is calling for Elijah!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:47-49Mark 9:11-13Matt 17:11-13
Mark 15:3636Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to take him down!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 69:21Mark 15:23John 19:28-30Luke 23:36
Mark 15:3737But Jesus cried out with a loud voice and breathed his last.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 19:30Luke 23:46Matt 27:50
Mark 15:3838And the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 10:19-23Luke 23:45Heb 9:3-12Matt 27:51-53Lev 16:2-19Exod 26:31-34Heb 4:14-16Heb 6:192 Chr 3:8-14Exod 40:20-21
Mark 15:3939Now when the centurion, who stood in front of him, saw how he died, he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 23:47-48Matt 27:54Matt 27:43Acts 10:1Acts 27:1-3Mark 15:44-45Matt 8:5-10Acts 27:43
Mark 15:4040There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:55-56Luke 23:49Luke 8:2-3Mark 15:47-16:1Mark 16:9Matt 13:55Matt 27:61Matt 28:11 Cor 9:5John 19:25-27
Mark 15:4141When he was in Galilee, they had followed him and given him support. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were there too.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 8:2-3Matt 27:55-56
Mark 15:4242Now when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 23:50-56John 19:31John 19:38-42Matt 27:57-62
Mark 15:4343Joseph of Arimathea, a highly regarded member of the council, who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 2:25Luke 2:38Luke 23:51Acts 17:12John 19:38Matt 27:57Acts 13:50Acts 4:8-13Mark 10:23-27Mark 14:54
Mark 15:4444Pilate was surprised that he was already dead. He called the centurion and asked him if he had been dead for some time.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 19:31-37
Mark 15:4545When Pilate was informed by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 19:38Mark 15:39Matt 27:58
Mark 15:4646After Joseph bought a linen cloth and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone across the entrance of the tomb.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 53:9Matt 27:59-60Isa 22:16John 11:38Mark 16:3-4John 19:38-42Luke 23:53Matt 28:2
Mark 15:4747Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 15:40Mark 16:1Luke 23:55-24:2Matt 27:61Matt 28:1
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