Chapter 15
1 Immediately 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 .
2 Pilate asked him , " Are you the King of the Jews ?" He answered , " So you say ."
3 The chief priests accused him of many things .
4 Pilate again asked him , " Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you !"
5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marvelled .
6 Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner , whomever they asked of him .
7 There was one called Barabbas, bound with his fellow insurgents, men who in the insurrection had committed murder .
8 The multitude , crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them .
9 Pilate answered them , saying , " Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews ?"
10 For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up .
11 But the chief priests stirred up the multitude , that he should release Barabbas to them instead .
12 Pilate again asked them , " What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews ?"
13 They cried out again , " Crucify him !"
14 Pilate said to them , " Why , what evil has he done ?" But they cried out exceedingly , " Crucify him !"
15 Pilate , wishing to please the multitude , released Barabbas to them , and handed over Jesus , when he had flogged him , to be crucified .
16 The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium ; and they called together the whole cohort .
17 They clothed him with purple ; and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him .
18 They began to salute him , " Hail , King of the Jews !"
19 They struck his head with a reed and spat on him , and bowing their knees , did homage to him .
20 When 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 .
21 They 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 .
22 They brought him to the place called Golgotha , which is , being interpreted , " The place of a skull ."
23 They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink , but he didn’t take it .
24 Crucifying him , they parted his garments amongst them , casting lots on them , what each should take .
25 It was the third hour when they crucified him .
26 The superscription of his accusation was written over him : " THE KING OF THE JEWS ."
27 With him they crucified two robbers , one on his right hand , and one on his left .
28 The Scripture was fulfilled which says, "He was counted with transgressors."
29 Those who passed by blasphemed him , wagging their heads and saying , " Ha ! You who destroy the temple and build it in three days ,
30 save yourself , and come down from the cross !"
31 Likewise , also the chief priests mocking amongst themselves with the scribes said , " He saved others . He can ’ t save himself .
32 Let 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 .
33 When the sixth hour had come , there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour .
34 At 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 ?"
35 Some of those who stood by , when they heard it , said , " Behold , he is calling Elijah ."
36 One 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 ."
37 Jesus cried out with a loud voice , and gave up the spirit .
38 The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom .
39 When 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 !"
40 There were also women watching from afar , amongst whom were both Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses , and Salome ;
41 who , when he was in Galilee , followed him and served him ; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem .
42 When evening had now come , because it was the Preparation Day , that is , the day before the Sabbath ,
43 Joseph 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 .
44 Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead ; and summoning the centurion , he asked him whether he had been dead long .
45 When he found out from the centurion , he granted the body to Joseph .
46 He 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 .
47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses , saw where he was laid .