Mark 15 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

Jesus Delivered to Pilate

(Mat 27:1, 2, 11–14; Luk 23:1–5; Jhn 18:28–38 )

Mar 15:1And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate.

Mar 15:2

Mar 15:2And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.”

Mar 15:3

Mar 15:3And the chief priests accused him of many things.

Mar 15:4

Mar 15:4And Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you.”

Mar 15:5

Mar 15:5But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

(Mat 27:15–26; Luk 23:17–25; Jhn 18:39—19:16 )

Mar 15:6

Mar 15:6Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked.

Mar 15:7

Mar 15:7And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas.

Mar 15:8

Mar 15:8And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them.

Mar 15:9

Mar 15:9And he answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?”

Mar 15:10

Mar 15:10For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.

Mar 15:11

Mar 15:11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead.

Mar 15:12

Mar 15:12And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with the man you call the King of the Jews?”

Mar 15:13

Mar 15:13And they cried out again, “Crucify him.”

Mar 15:14

Mar 15:14And Pilate said to them, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him.”

Mar 15:15

Mar 15:15So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged[fn] Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

(Mat 27:27–31 )

Mar 15:16

Mar 15:16And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor’s headquarters),[fn] and they called together the whole battalion.[fn]

Mar 15:17

Mar 15:17And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

Mar 15:18

Mar 15:18And they began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Mar 15:19

Mar 15:19And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him.

Mar 15:20

Mar 15:20And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him.

The Crucifixion

(Mat 27:32–44; Luk 23:26–43; Jhn 19:17–27 )

Mar 15:21

Mar 15:21And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.

Mar 15:22

Mar 15:22And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).

Mar 15:23

Mar 15:23And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

Mar 15:24

Mar 15:24And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.

Mar 15:25

Mar 15:25And it was the third hour[fn] when they crucified him.

Mar 15:26

Mar 15:26And the inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.”

Mar 15:27

Mar 15:27And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left.[fn]

Mar 15:28

Mar 15:28 See Footnote

Mar 15:29

Mar 15:29And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

Mar 15:30

Mar 15:30save yourself, and come down from the cross!”

Mar 15:31

Mar 15:31So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, “He saved others; he cannot save himself.

Mar 15:32

Mar 15:32Let 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 reviled him.

The Death of Jesus

(Mat 27:45–56; Luk 23:44–49; Jhn 19:28–30 )

Mar 15:33

Mar 15:33And when the sixth hour[fn] had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.[fn]

Mar 15:34

Mar 15:34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Mar 15:35

Mar 15:35And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.”

Mar 15:36

Mar 15:36And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.”

Mar 15:37

Mar 15:37And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last.

Mar 15:38

Mar 15:38And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.

Mar 15:39

Mar 15:39And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he[fn] breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son[fn] of God!”

Mar 15:40

Mar 15:40There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

Mar 15:41

Mar 15:41When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ministered to him, and there were also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

Jesus Is Buried

(Mat 27:57–61; Luk 23:50–56; Jhn 19:38–42 )

Mar 15:42

Mar 15:42And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

Mar 15:43

Mar 15:43Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

Mar 15:44

Mar 15:44Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died.[fn] And summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead.

Mar 15:45

Mar 15:45And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph.

Mar 15:46

Mar 15:46And Joseph[fn] bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

Mar 15:47

Mar 15:47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

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ESV Footnotes

(15:15)

A Roman judicial penalty, consisting of a severe beating with a multi-lashed whip containing embedded pieces of bone and metal

(15:16)

Greek the praetorium

(15:16)

Greek cohort; a tenth of a Roman legion, usually about 600 men

(15:25)

That is, 9 a.m.

(15:27)

Some manuscripts insert verse 28: And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “He was numbered with the transgressors”

(15:33)

That is, noon

(15:33)

That is, 3 p.m.

(15:39)

Some manuscripts insert cried out and

(15:39)

Or a son

(15:44)

Or Pilate wondered whether he had already died

(15:46)

Greek he

BLB Footnotes

(15:28)

Some Greek manuscripts exclude this verse. The ESV related footnote for 15:27 states:
Some manuscripts insert verse 28: And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “He was numbered with the transgressors”

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