Mark 15 (NET)

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:2²So Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He replied, “You say so.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:3³Then the chief priests began to accuse him repeatedly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:4⁴So Pilate asked him again, “Have you nothing to say? See how many charges they are bringing against you!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:5⁵But Jesus made no further reply, so that Pilate was amazed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:6⁶During the feast it was customary to release one prisoner to the people, whomever they requested.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:7⁷A man named Barabbas was imprisoned with rebels who had committed murder during an insurrection.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:8⁸Then the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to release a prisoner for them, as was his custom.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:9⁹So Pilate asked them, “Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:10¹⁰(For he knew that the chief priests had handed him over because of envy.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:11¹¹But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas instead.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:13¹³They shouted back, “Crucify him!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:14¹⁴Pilate asked them, “Why? What has he done wrong?” But they shouted more insistently, “Crucify him!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:16¹⁶So the soldiers led him into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence) and called together the whole cohort.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:17¹⁷They put a purple cloak on him and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:18¹⁸They began to salute him: “Hail, king of the Jews!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:22²²They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha (which is translated, “Place of the Skull”).Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:23²³They offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:24²⁴Then they crucified him and divided his clothes, throwing dice for them, to decide what each would take.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:25²⁵It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:26²⁶The inscription of the charge against him read, “The king of the Jews.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:27²⁷And they crucified two outlaws with him, one on his right and one on his left.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:30³⁰save yourself and come down from the cross!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:33³³Now when it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:35³⁵When some of the bystanders heard it they said, “Listen, he is calling for Elijah!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:37³⁷But Jesus cried out with a loud voice and breathed his last.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:38³⁸And the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:42⁴²Now when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:45⁴⁵When Pilate was informed by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 15:47⁴⁷Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s