15:1  Early in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole Council, immediately held a consultation; and binding Jesus, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate.

15:2  Pilate questioned Him, "Are You the King of the Jews? And He *answered him, "{It is as} you say.""

15:3  The chief priests {began} to accuse Him harshly.

15:4  Then Pilate questioned Him again, saying, "Do You not answer? See how many charges they bring against You!"

15:5  But Jesus made no further answer; so Pilate was amazed.

15:6  Now at {the} feast he used to release for them {any} one prisoner whom they requested.

15:7  The man named Barabbas had been imprisoned with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the insurrection.

15:8  The crowd went up and began asking him {to do} as he had been accustomed to do for them.

15:9  Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?"

15:10  For he was aware that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy.

15:11  But the chief priests stirred up the crowd {to ask} him to release Barabbas for them instead.

15:12  Answering again, Pilate said to them, "Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?"

15:13  They shouted back, "Crucify Him!"

15:14  But Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has He done? But they shouted all the more, "Crucify Him!""

15:15  Wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them, and after having Jesus scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.

15:16  The soldiers took Him away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium), and they *called together the whole {Roman} cohort.

15:17  They *dressed Him up in purple, and after twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on Him;

15:18  and they began to acclaim Him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

15:19  They kept beating His head with a reed, and spitting on Him, and kneeling and bowing before Him.

15:20  After they had mocked Him, they took the purple robe off Him and put His {own} garments on Him. And they *led Him out to crucify Him.

15:21  They *pressed into service a passer-by coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), to bear His cross.

15:22  Then they *brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull.

15:23  They tried to give Him wine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it.

15:24  And they *crucified Him, and *divided up His garments among themselves, casting lots for them {to decide} what each man should take.

15:25  It was the third hour when they crucified Him.

15:26  The inscription of the charge against Him read, "THE KING OF THE JEWS."

15:27  They *crucified two robbers with Him, one on His right and one on His left.

15:28  [And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "And He was numbered with transgressors.]"

15:29  Those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who {are going to} destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

15:30  save Yourself, and come down from the cross!"

15:31  In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes, were mocking {Him} among themselves and saying, "He saved others; He cannot save Himself.

15:32  "Let {this} Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe! Those who were crucified with Him were also insulting Him."

15:33  When the sixth hour came, darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour.

15:34  At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "ELOI, ELOI, LAMA SABACHTHANI? which is translated, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?""

15:35  When some of the bystanders heard it, they {began} saying, "Behold, He is calling for Elijah."

15:36  Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, "Let us see whether Elijah will come to take Him down."

15:37  And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed His last.

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

15:39  When the centurion, who was standing right in front of Him, saw the way He breathed His last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"

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

15:41  When He was in Galilee, they used to follow Him and minister to Him; and {there were} many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.

15:42  When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

15:43  Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent member of the Council, who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

15:44  Pilate wondered if He was dead by this time, and summoning the centurion, he questioned him as to whether He was already dead.

15:45  And ascertaining this from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

15:46  Joseph bought a linen cloth, took Him down, wrapped Him in the linen cloth and laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

15:47  Mary Magdalene and Mary the {mother} of Joses were looking on {to see} where He was laid.