Mark 15

Mark 15:1

• As soon as it was

• morning the
• morning, the
• morning. The

• chief

• priests
• priests, after

• held a
• holding a

• consultation with the

• elders and
• elders,

• scribes, and the
• scribes and the

• whole

• council; and
• council. And
• council.

• they
• They

• bound
• tied
• tied up

• Jesus,
• Jesus and
• Jesus, and
• him,

• led
• took

• Him
• him

• away and
• away, and

• handed
• delivered
• turned

• him over to
• Him over to
• Him to
• him to
• him up to

• Pilate.

Mark 15:2

• Pilate
• And Pilate
• So Pilate

• asked
• questioned

• Him, “
• him, “
• Him,
• him, ‘
• Jesus, “

• Are

• you the
• You the

• king of the
• King of the

• Jews?’
• Jews?”
• Jews?” And

• He
• he
• Jesus

• answered
• answered, “So
• answered, “Yes,
• answered, ‘Yes,

• you
• him, “You
• I

• say.
• say.”
• say so.”
• have said it.”
• am.’
• am.”
• have said so.
• have said so.”

Mark 15:3

• The chief
• And the chief
• Then the chief
• The leading

• priests

• accused
• were accusing
• began to accuse
• brought
• kept accusing

• him of many
• Him of many
• many
• Jesus of many
• Him
• him

• things.
• things,
• accusations against him.
• repeatedly.
• charges against him.
• things, but He answered nothing.
• things, but he answered nothing.

Mark 15:4

• So Pilate
• so Pilate
• Then Pilate
• Pilate

• asked
• questioned

• Him
• him

• again,
• again. “
• again, ‘
• again, “

• Have
• Are
• saying, “Do

• You no
• you no
• n’t you
• you
• You

• answer?
• answer nothing?
• answer to
• going to answer?

• See how
• make? See how

• many

• things
• charges
• accusations

• they

• are bringing against
• bring against
• testify against
• are accusing

• You!”
• You!
• You?
• you!’
• you?”
• you!”
• you.”
• you of!”
• you of.”
• You of!”

Mark 15:5

• But Jesus
• But Jesus still

• made no further

• answer,
• answer;
• reply,

• so that Pilate

• was amazed.
• marveled.
• wondered.

Mark 15:6

• Now at the feast he used to

• release to
• release for

• them one

• prisoner, whom
• prisoner whom
• prisoner whom the
• prisoner
• prisoner—
• prisoner for
• prisoner to

• they
• people
• them, whomever they

• requested.
• asked for.
• wanted.
• asked.

Mark 15:7

• A man called
• A man named
• Now a man called

• Barabbas

• was in
• was

• prison with the
• prison, with the
• imprisoned with the

• rebels who
• insurrectionists who

• had committed

• murder in the
• murder during the
• murder during a
• murder during an

• riot.
• uprising.
• rebellion.
• insurrection.

Mark 15:8

• When the crowd
• And the crowd came up and

• began to
• began
• went up and began to

• ask him to do as
• ask Pilate to do as

• he usually did for them.

Mark 15:9

• Pilate
• So Pilate
• he
• And he
• and Pilate
• And Pilate

• answered them,
• answered them, ‘
• answered them, “
• asked them, “
• answered, “
• answered: “

• Do
• saying, “Do

• you

• want
• wish

• me to

• release to
• release for
• set free for

• you the
• you ‘the

• king of the
• King of the

• Jews?’
• Jews’?”
• Jews?”
• Jews?
• Jews for you?”

Mark 15:10

• He
• (For he
• For he
• Pilate

• knew that the

• chief
• leading

• priests had handed

• Him over because of
• him over because of

• envy.
• envy.)

Mark 15:11

• But the chief
• But the leading
• The chief

• priests,
• priests

• stirred up the
• incited the

• crowd to

• have
• ask

• Pilate to
• him
• him to

• release
• free
• let
• release for

• Barabbas for them
• Barabbas
• Barabbas to them
• Barabbas go
• them Barabbas
• Barabbas, not

• instead.
• free.
• Jesus.

Mark 15:12

• Pilate
• Then Pilate
• And Pilate again

• said to
• asked
• asked the
• spoke to

• them
• them,
• them, ‘
• them, “
• them, “What
• them, ‘What,

• Then what
• then
• then,

• shall
• should

• I

• do with the
• do with this

• Man
• man
• Man Whom
• man whom

• you

• call the ‘
• call the
• call

• king of the
• King of the

• Jews?’
• Jews’?”
• Jews?”
• Jews?

Mark 15:13

• They
• and they
• And they
• Again they

• shouted back, ‘
• shouted back, “
• cried out again, “
• cried out again,
• shouted, “
• yelled, “

• Crucify
• Nail
• Kill

• Him!
• him.’
• him!’
• Him!”
• him.
• him.”
• him!”
• Him to a cross.”
• him to a cross!”
• him to a cross!’
• him on a cross!”

Mark 15:14

• Pilate
• And Pilate
• Then Pilate

• said to
• asked

• them, “Why, what
• them, “Why? What

• evil
• wrong

• has

• He
• he

• done?’ But
• done?” But
• done?”

• they
• They

• shouted
• shouted all the
• cried out all the

• more
• more, “
• louder, “
• louder and louder, “

• Crucify
• Nail
• Kill

• Him!”
• him;’
• him.”
• him!’
• him!”
• Him to a cross!”
• him to a cross!”
• him to a cross!’
• him on a cross!”

Mark 15:15

• Pilate wanted to

• satisfy the
• please the

• crowd;
• crowd,
• people,
• crowd. So

• so he
• Pilate
• he

• released
• freed
• let
• set

• Barabbas to
• Barabbas for
• Barabbas

• them and, after
• them. And after
• them, and after
• them and
• them; and
• them.

• he had
• He had
• having
• had

• Jesus

• scourged,
• whipped.
• whipped,

• he handed

• him over to
• Him over to
• Him, to
• him to
• him, to

• be

• crucified.
• killed on a cross.
• nailed to a cross.

Mark 15:16

• The soldiers
• Then the soldiers
• And the soldiers
• Pilate’s soldiers
• So the soldiers

• led
• took

• Jesus into the
• him into the

• palace (that
• courtyard of the

• is, the

• governor’s residence) and
• Praetorium) and

• called together the

• whole
• rest of the

• cohort.
• company of soldiers.
• band,
• band.
• company.

Mark 15:17

• They
• And they

• dressed
• clothed

• him in
• Him in a
• him in a
• Him up in
• him up in
• him with
• Him with

• purple, and
• purple and,
• purple; and
• purple robe, and,
• purple robe and

• weaving a
• twisted together a
• twisting some

• crown of
• thorns into a crown,

• thorns,
• thorns and
• thorns, and
• they

• put
• placed
• they put

• it on
• it on his
• it on His

• Him.
• him,
• him.
• Him;
• head.
• head,

Mark 15:18

• [Translation pending]

Mark 15:19

• They
• And they
• Then they

• struck
• beat
• hit
• kept striking
• kept hitting

• Him on the
• him on the
• his
• him over the

• head with a

• reed and
• reed, and
• stick.
• stick,
• staff and
• staff, and
• stick and
• reed,

• spitting on
• spit on
• spat on
• They spit on

• him, and
• him; and
• Him.
• him.
• him,

• fell on their

• knees,
• knees and
• knees, and

• they paid homage to him.

Mark 15:20

• When they
• and, when they
• And when they
• After they

• had finished
• finished
• had

• mocked
• mocking
• making fun of
• made fun of

• him,
• Him,
• Jesus,

• they

• took off the
• took the

• purple
• purple robe off
• purple robe.

• robe, and
• robe and
• him, and
• Him and
• cloak and
• cloak, and
• They

• put

• his
• His

• own clothes on

• him.
• him again.

• Then they led

• him out to
• Him out to
• him off to

• crucify
• be nailed to a

• Him.
• him.
• cross.

Mark 15:21

• [Translation pending]

Mark 15:22

• They
• and they
• And they
• Then they

• brought
• took
• led
• bring

• Jesus to the
• him to the
• Jesus to a

• place called Golgotha. (

• Golgotha, which
• Golgotha, (which
• Golgotha (which
• Golgotha

• means “the
• means the
• means the “
• means The
• means “The
• means
• means ‘
• means “
• means,
• is translated “
• is translated, “
• is translated,
• is translated
• is, being interpreted, “The
• is, being interpreted, The

• place of a
• Place of a
• place of the
• Place of the

• skull;’
• Skull.”
• Skull.
• skull.
• skull’.
• skull.”
• Skull.’
• skull).
• skull”).
• Skull”).
• Skull).
• Skull.”)
• Skull.)

Mark 15:23

• [Translation pending]

Mark 15:24

• Then they
• And they
• They
• The soldiers

• crucified

• him, and
• Him and
• Him, and
• him and
• him.
• Him,
• him; they “
• him, they

• divided
• They divided
• they divided
• divided up
• they divided up
• They divided up
• parted

• his
• His

• clothes among
• garments among
• clothes.
• clothes,

• them,
• themselves,
• they
• They
• themselves by

• casting
• throwing
• cast

• lots” to
• lots to
• dice to
• lots for them to

• decide what each
• see who

• should
• would

• take;
• take.
• get.
• take what.
• get what.

Mark 15:25

• It

• was nine
• was about nine

• o’clock in the morning when they

• crucified
• nailed

• Him.
• him.
• him;
• Jesus to the cross.
• Him to the cross.
• him to the cross.

Mark 15:26

• The inscription of the
• And the inscription of the
• There was a sign with the
• And the inscription giving the
• and the inscription giving the

• charge against
• accusation
• accusation against

• Him
• him.
• him
• was

• read, “THE
• read, ‘The
• read: “The
• read—‘THE
• read: the
• read, “The
• was written, “The
• It read, “The
• It read, the

• king of the
• King of the
• KING OF THE

• jews.
• Jews.
• Jews’.
• JEWS.
• Jews.’
• JEWS.”
• Jews.”
• jews.”
• JEWS.’

Mark 15:27

• They
• And with him they
• With Him they
• With him they
• And they

• crucified two
• also crucified two

• outlaws with
• criminals with
• robbers with
• bandits with

• Him, one on
• him, one on

• his
• His

• right and one on

• his
• His

• left.
• left.”

Mark 15:28

• And the Scripture
• So the Scripture

• was

• fulfilled, which
• fulfilled which

• says, “And
• says: And
• says, “
• says,

• He was numbered with

• transgressors.”
• transgressors.

Mark 15:29

• And those who passed by
• Those who passed by

• reviled
• blasphemed

• him,
• Him,

• shaking
• wagging

• their

• heads, and
• heads and

• saying,
• saying, “

• Aha!

• You Who
• You who

• would destroy the
• are going to destroy the
• destroy the

• temple and
• Temple and
• temple, and

• build
• rebuild

• it in three
• it again in three

• days.
• days?
• days,
• days!

Mark 15:30

• Save Yourself and
• save yourself and
• save Yourself, and
• save yourself, and
• Save yourself and
• save thyself, and
• So save yourself!

• come down from the
• Come down from the
• Come down from that
• come down from that

• cross?”
• cross.
• cross!’
• cross.”
• cross.’
• cross!
• cross!”

Mark 15:31

• In the same
• So

• way the
• way, the

• chief

• priests and the
• priests with the
• priests, with the
• priests, along with the

• scribes,
• scribes

• were mocking
• mocked

• him to one another, saying, “He saved

• others.
• others,”
• others,
• others;
• others, but
• others but
• other people, but

• He
• he

• can
• ca

• not
• n’t

• save
• rescue

• Himself!
• himself!
• Himself.
• himself.

Mark 15:32

• Let the
• Let this
• If he is the

• Christ, the
• Messiah, the
• Messiah, this

• King of
• king of

• Israel, come down now from the

• cross that
• cross, that

• we may see and

• believe.’
• believe.”
• believe
• believe!

• Even those who

• were
• had been

• crucified with

• Him
• him
• him also
• Jesus
• Jesus also

• insulted
• taunted
• were reviling
• reviled

• Him.
• him.

Mark 15:33

• At noon,
• At noon
• When it was noon,
• And when the sixth

• darkness
• hour came, darkness

• came over the
• fell over the

• whole land until three in the

• afternoon;
• afternoon.

Mark 15:34

• At three o’clock Jesus
• And at the ninth hour, Jesus
• And at the ninth hour Jesus
• And, at three, Jesus
• and at three Jesus
• And at three Jesus
• At the ninth hour Jesus

• cried out with a
• cried out in a
• cried with a
• called out

• loud, ‘
• loud
• loudly: ‘
• loudly, “

• voice, “Elo-i,
• voice, ‘Eloi,
• voice, “Eloi,
• Eloi,
• voice, saying, “Eloi,

• Elo-i,
• Eloi,
• eloi,

• lema
• lama

• sabachthani?” Which
• sabachthani?’ which
• sabach-thani?” which
• sabachthani?” which
• sabachthani,” which
• sabachthani?”—which
• sabachthani.” This
• sabachthani?” This
• sabachthani?” (which

• means ‘
• means, ‘
• means “
• means, “
• is translated, “

• My God,

• my
• My

• God, why

• have
• did
• hast

• you
• You

• forsaken
• left
• abandoned
• abandon
• deserted

• Me?”
• me?”
• me?’
• Me alone?”
• me alone?’
• me alone?”
• me?”)
• me?”) .

Mark 15:35

• Some of the people standing there
• When some of the bystanders
• When some of the people standing there
• When some of those who stood by

• heard
• heard this.
• heard this,

• they said, “
• they said, ‘
• They said, ‘
• They said, “
• it said, “
• it, said, “
• it they said, “
• it, they said, “

• Listen!
• Listen,
• Behold,
• Look,
• Look!

• He
• he

• is
• ’s

• calling for
• calling

• Elijah!’
• Elijah.
• Elijah.’
• Elijah!”
• Elijah.”

Mark 15:36

• Someone ran and
• One of them ran and
• Then someone ran,
• Someone ran,
• And someone ran and
• One man ran
• One man ran,

• filled a
• soaked a

• sponge with
• sponge

• sour wine, put

• it on a
• it on the

• stick, and
• stick and
• reed and
• reed, and
• staff, and
• reed,

• gave
• held
• offered

• it to

• Him to
• him to
• Jesus to
• Him a

• drink. “
• drink,

• saying, “

• Let
• Leave

• Him
• him

• alone;
• alone.
• alone!

• Let
• let

• ’s
• us

• see if Elijah

• will come to
• comes to
• will come and
• is coming to

• take

• Him
• him

• down!’
• down.”
• down.’
• down.
• down!”
• down from the cross.”
• down from the cross!”

Mark 15:37

• But Jesus
• But Jesus,
• Then Jesus
• Jesus

• let out a

• loud.
• loud

• cry, and breathed His last.
• cry and breathed his last.
• cry, and breathed his last.
• cry and breathed His last.
• voice, and breathed His last.
• voice and breathed his last.
• cry and died.
• voice and died.

Mark 15:38

• and the veil of the
• And the veil of the
• And the curtain of the
• The curtain of the
• The curtain in the
• When Jesus died, the curtain in the
• The veil of the

• Temple
• temple
• Sanctuary
• sanctuary

• was

• torn in two, from
• torn in two from
• split in two from

• top to
• top to the

• bottom,
• bottom.

Mark 15:39

• And when the centurion, who
• And when the centurion who
• When the centurion, who
• The army officer who

• stood in
• stood
• was standing in

• front of
• facing

• him,
• Him,

• saw that in this way

• He
• he

• breathed

• his
• His

• last, he

• said, ‘
• said,
• said, “

• Truly this
• Truly, this
• Surely, this
• Surely this

• Man
• man

• was the

• Son of
• son of

• God.”
• God!
• God!”
• God.’

Mark 15:40

• There were
• And there were

• also

• women,
• women

• watching from a
• looking on from a
• looking on from

• distance, among whom
• distance, among
• distance. Among
• distance.
• distance,
• afar, among whom

• were
• them were
• including

• Mary
• Mary of

• Magdalene, and
• Magdalene and
• Magdalene,
• Magdala,
• Magdalene, Salome, and

• Mary the
• Mary (the

• mother of James the

• younger and of
• younger
• less and of
• less, and of
• Less and of
• younger and

• Joses, and
• James and of Joses, and
• Joseph, and
• James and Joses, and

• Salome,
• Salome—
• Salome;
• Salome.

Mark 15:41

• [Translation pending]

Mark 15:42

• It
• When evening
• When it

• was
• had

• already
• now

• come, because it was the
• evening, since it was the

• preparation day, that is, the day before the
• Preparation Day, that is, the day before the

• Sabbath,
• Sabbath—
• Sabbath.
• Sabbath),

Mark 15:43

• Joseph of

• Arimathea, a
• Arimathaea, a

• prominent
• respected

• member of the

• council who
• Council, who
• council, who

• was
• was also

• himself

• waiting for the
• looking forward to the
• awaiting the

• kingdom of God, came and boldly

• went to
• went in to

• Pilate, and
• Pilate and

• asked for the body of Jesus.

Mark 15:44

• Pilate,
• Pilate
• And Pilate

• was surprised to hear that
• was surprised that
• wondered if
• was amazed that

• He
• he
• Jesus

• was
• were
• had

• already

• dead.
• dead, so
• dead; so
• dead. So
• died
• died,
• died. So
• dead, and

• He
• he

• called the
• summoned the
• sent for the

• centurion and
• centurion,

• asked him if

• Jesus
• he

• had

• already
• been
• been dead for some

• dead,
• dead.
• dead;
• died.
• dead for some time.
• time.

Mark 15:45

• When he learned from the
• When he found out from the

• centurion, he

• granted the
• gave the

• body to
• corpse to

• Joseph.
• Joseph

Mark 15:46

• [Translation pending]

Mark 15:47

• Mary
• And Mary
• Mary of
• Now Mary

• Magdalene and
• Magdala and

• Mary the
• Mary, the

• mother of

• Joses,
• Joses
• Joseph, were
• Joseph were
• Joseph
• Joses were

• saw where
• saw the place where
• saw where the
• watching and saw where the
• watched where

• He
• he
• body
• Jesus
• Jesus’ body

• was

• laid.
• placed.
• buried.