Mark, Chapter 15
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And right away in the morning they bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
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And Pilate asked him, Are you the King of the Jews? And answering he says to him, You say.
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And the chief priests accused him of many things.
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And Pilate again asked him, saying, Do you answer nothing? Look how many things they accuse you of.
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But Jesus no more answered anything; insomuch that Pilate marveled.
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Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.
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And there was one called Barabbas, [lying] bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.
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And the multitude went up and began to ask him [to do] as he usually did for them.
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And Pilate answered them, saying, Do you⁺ want that I release to you⁺ the King of the Jews?
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For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.
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But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release Barabbas to them.
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And Pilate again answered and said to them, What then shall I do [with him] whom you⁺ call the King of the Jews?[fn]
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And they cried out again, Crucify him.
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And Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has he done? But they cried out exceedingly, Crucify him.
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And Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released to them Barabbas, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
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And the soldiers led him away inside the court, which is the Praetorium; and they call together the whole battalion.
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And they clothe him with purple, and platting a crown of thorns, they put it on him;
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and they began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
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And they struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees worshiped him.
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And when they had mocked him, they took off from him the purple, and put on him his garments. And they lead him out to crucify him.
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And they compel one passing by, Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go [with them], that he might bear his cross.
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And they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
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And they offered him wine mingled with myrrh: but he did not receive it.
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And they crucify him, and part his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take.[fn]
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And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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And those who passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! You who destroys the temple, and builds it in three days,
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save yourself, and come down from the cross.
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In like manner also the chief priests mocking [him] among themselves with the scribes said, He saved others; himself he can't save.
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Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe. And those who were crucified with him reproached him.[fn]
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And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani? Which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
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And some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, Look, he calls Elijah.
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And one ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let [him] be; let us see whether Elijah comes to take him down.
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And when the captain, who stood by across from him, saw that he so breathed his last, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
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And there were also women watching from far: among whom [were] both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
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who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and were serving him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
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And when evening was now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
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there came Joseph of Arimathaea, a councilor of honorable estate, who also himself was looking for the kingdom of God; and he boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
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And Pilate marveled if he were already dead: and calling to him the captain, he asked him how long ago he died.
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And when he learned it of the captain, he granted the corpse to Joseph.
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And he bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
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And Mary Magdalene and Mary the [mother] of Joses looked at where he was laid.
Footnotes
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*What then shall I do.* Follows CT (Level C). Some manuscripts read: *Then what do you⁺ want me to do.*
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Verse 15:25 has been removed. See Gospel Source-Criticism. Literally: "And it was the third hour, and they crucified him."
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CT is certain (Level A) that Chapter 15 Verse 28 is not part of the original text: And the scripture was fulfilled, which says, And he was reckoned with transgressors.
32
The following verse (the three-hour darkness) has been removed. See Gospel Source-Criticism. Literally: "And when the sixth hour came, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour."
37
Verse 15:38 (the tearing of the temple veil) has been removed. See Gospel Source-Criticism. Literally: "And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom."
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