Mark 15

1Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders, scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, bound Jesus, carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.Cross-references: Ps 2:2 · Matt 5:22 · Matt 20:18 · Matt 27:1 · Mark 10:33 · Luke 18:32 · +6 more

2Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered, “So you say.”Cross-references: Matt 2:2 · Matt 27:11 · Mark 15:9 · Mark 15:12 · Mark 15:18 · Mark 15:26 · +4 more

3The chief priests accused him of many things.Cross-references: Isa 53:7 · Matt 27:12 · Mark 14:60 · Mark 15:5 · Luke 23:2 · John 18:29 · +2 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

4Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!”Cross-references: Matt 26:62 · Matt 27:13 · John 19:10Examined: The Prophecy Loom →

5But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.Cross-references: Ps 71:7 · Isa 8:18 · Isa 53:7 · Zech 3:8 · Matt 27:14 · John 19:9 · +1 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

6Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whomever they asked of him.Cross-references: Matt 26:2 · Matt 26:5 · Matt 27:15 · Luke 23:16 · John 18:39 · John 19:16 · +2 more

7There was one called Barabbas, bound with his fellow insurgents, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.Cross-references: Matt 27:16 · Luke 23:18 · Luke 23:25

8The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.

9Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”Cross-references: Matt 27:17 · John 18:39 · John 19:4 · John 19:14 · Acts 3:13

10For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.Cross-references: Gen 4:4 · Gen 37:11 · 1Sam 18:8 · Prov 27:4 · Eccl 4:4 · Matt 27:18 · +5 more

11But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.Cross-references: Hos 5:1 · Matt 27:20 · John 18:40 · Acts 3:14

12Pilate again asked them, “What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?”Cross-references: Prov 2:6 · Isa 9:6 · Jer 23:5 · Zech 9:9 · Matt 2:2 · Matt 21:5 · +7 more

13They cried out again, “Crucify him!”

14Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, “Crucify him!”Cross-references: Ps 69:4 · Isa 53:3 · Isa 53:9 · Matt 27:4 · Matt 27:19 · Matt 27:23 · +15 more

15Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.Cross-references: Ps 57:11 · Ps 129:3 · Prov 29:25 · Isa 50:6 · Matt 20:19 · Matt 27:26 · +9 more

16The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.Cross-references: Matt 26:3 · Matt 27:27 · John 18:28 · John 18:33 · John 19:9 · Acts 10:1

17They clothed him with purple; and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him.Cross-references: Matt 27:28 · Luke 23:11 · John 19:2

18They began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”Cross-references: Gen 37:10 · Gen 37:20 · Matt 27:42 · Mark 15:2 · Mark 15:29 · Luke 23:36 · +1 more

19They struck his head with a reed and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.Cross-references: Gen 24:52 · Gen 43:28 · 1Ki 19:18 · Esth 3:2 · Job 13:9 · Job 30:8 · +23 more

20When they had mocked him, they took the purple cloak off him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to crucify him.Cross-references: Matt 27:31 · John 19:16

21They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them that he might bear his cross.Cross-references: Matt 27:32 · Luke 14:27 · Luke 23:26 · John 15:18 · Acts 2:10 · Acts 6:9 · +3 more

22They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, “The place of a skull.”Cross-references: Matt 27:33 · Luke 23:27 · John 19:17

23They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn’t take it.Cross-references: Matt 26:19 · Matt 27:34 · Mark 14:25 · Luke 22:18 · Luke 23:36 · John 19:28

24Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take.Cross-references: Deut 21:23 · Ps 22:16 · Isa 53:4 · Matt 27:35 · Luke 23:34 · John 19:23 · +4 moreExamined: The Historical Jesus →

25It was the third hour when they crucified him.Cross-references: Matt 27:45 · Mark 15:33 · Luke 23:44 · John 19:14 · Acts 2:15Examined: Quran & the Bible →

26The superscription of his accusation was written over him: “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”Cross-references: Deut 23:5 · Ps 2:6 · Ps 76:10 · Prov 21:1 · Isa 10:7 · Isa 46:10 · +6 moreExamined: The Historical Jesus →

27With him they crucified two robbers, one on his right hand, and one on his left.Cross-references: Matt 27:38 · Luke 23:32 · John 19:18Examined: The Prophecy Loom →

28The Scripture was fulfilled which says, “He was counted with transgressors.”Examined: The Prophecy Loom →

29Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads and saying, “Ha! You who destroy the temple and build it in three days,Cross-references: Gen 37:19 · Ps 22:7 · Ps 22:12 · Ps 35:15 · Ps 69:7 · Ps 69:19 · +8 more

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

31Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, “He saved others. He can’t save himself.Cross-references: Ps 2:1 · Ps 22:16 · Matt 27:41 · Luke 23:35 · John 11:47 · John 12:23 · +1 more

32Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him.” Those who were crucified with him also insulted him.Cross-references: Isa 44:6 · Zeph 3:15 · Zech 9:9 · Matt 1:17 · Matt 27:44 · Mark 14:61 · +8 more

33When the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.Cross-references: Ps 105:28 · Isa 50:3 · Amos 8:9 · Matt 27:45 · Mark 15:25 · Luke 23:44Examined: The Prophecy Loom →

34At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is, being interpreted, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”Cross-references: Ps 22:1 · Ps 27:9 · Ps 42:9 · Ps 71:11 · Isa 41:17 · Lam 1:12 · +7 more

35Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.”Cross-references: Matt 17:11 · Matt 27:47 · Mark 9:11

36One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down.”Cross-references: Ps 69:21 · Mark 15:23 · Luke 23:36 · John 19:28

37Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit.Cross-references: Matt 27:50 · Luke 23:46 · John 19:30

38The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom.Cross-references: Ex 26:31 · Ex 40:20 · Lev 16:2 · 2Chr 3:8 · Matt 27:51 · Luke 23:45 · +4 more

39When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”Cross-references: Matt 8:5 · Matt 27:43 · Matt 27:54 · Mark 15:44 · Luke 23:47 · Acts 10:1 · +2 more

40There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;Cross-references: Ps 38:11 · Matt 13:55 · Matt 27:55 · Matt 27:61 · Matt 28:1 · Mark 15:47 · +8 more

41who, when he was in Galilee, followed him and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.Cross-references: Matt 27:55 · Luke 8:2

42When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,Cross-references: Matt 27:57 · Luke 23:50 · John 19:31 · John 19:38

43Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for God’s Kingdom, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.Cross-references: Matt 19:30 · Matt 20:16 · Matt 27:57 · Mark 10:23 · Mark 14:54 · Mark 14:66 · +8 moreExamined: The Historical Jesus →

44Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.Cross-references: John 19:31Examined: The Historical Jesus →

45When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.Cross-references: Matt 27:58 · Mark 15:39 · John 19:38Examined: The Historical Jesus →

46He 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. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.Cross-references: Isa 22:16 · Isa 53:9 · Matt 27:59 · Matt 28:2 · Mark 16:3 · Luke 23:53 · +2 moreExamined: The Historical Jesus →

47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.Cross-references: Matt 27:61 · Matt 28:1 · Mark 15:40 · Mark 16:1 · Luke 23:55