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. |