Mark 15
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And straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes, and
the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and
delivered him up to Pilate.
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And Pilate asked him, Art you the King of the Jews? And he answering says to him,
You say.
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And the chief priests accused him of many things.
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And Pilate again asked him, saying, Answer you nothing? behold how many things they
accuse you of.
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But Jesus no more answered anything; insomuch that Pilate marveled.
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Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.
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And there was one called Barabbas, [lying] bound with them that had made insurrection,
men who in the insurrection had committed murder.
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And the multitude went up and began to ask him [to do] as he was wont to do to them.
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And Pilate answered them, saying, Will you that I release to you the King of the Jews?
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For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.
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But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release Barabbas
to them.
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And Pilate again answered and said to them, What then shall I do to him whom you call
the King of the Jews?
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And they cried out again, Crucify him.
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And Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has he done? But they cried out exceedingly,
Crucify him.
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And Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released to them Barabbas, and delivered
Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
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And the soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they
call together the whole band.
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And they clothe him with purple, and platting a crown of thorns, they put it on him;
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and they began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
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And they smote his head with a reed, and spat upon him, and bowing their knees worshiped
him.
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And when they had mocked him, they took off from him the purple, and put on him his
garments. And they lead him out to crucify him.
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And they compel one passing by, Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, the father
of Alexander and Rufus, to go [with them], that he might bear his cross.
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And they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of
a skull.
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And they offered him wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.
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And they crucify him, and part his garments among them, casting lots upon them, what
each should take.
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And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
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And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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And with him they crucify two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.
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[And the scripture was fulfilled, which says, And he was reckoned with transgressors.]
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And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! You that
destroy the temple, and build it in three days,
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save yourself, and come down from the cross.
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In like manner also the chief priests mocking [him] among themselves with the scribes
said, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
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Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see
and believe. And they that were crucified with him reproached him.
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And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the
ninth hour.
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And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?
which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
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And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calls" Elijah.
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And one ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him
to drink, saying, Let be; let us see whether Elijah comes to take him down.
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And Jesus uttered a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
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And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.
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And when the centurion, who stood by over against him, saw that he so gave up the
ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
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And there were also women beholding from afar: among whom [were] both Mary Magdalene,
and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
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who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered to him; and many other women
that came up with him to Jerusalem.
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And when even was now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before
the sabbath,
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there came Joseph of Arimathaea, a councilor of honorable estate, who also himself
was looking for the kingdom of God; and he boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for
the body of Jesus.
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And Pilate marveled if he were already dead: and calling to him the centurion, he
asked him whether he had been any while dead.
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And when he learned it of the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.
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And he bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and
laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock; and he rolled a stone against
the door of the tomb.
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And Mary Magdalene and Mary the [mother] of Joses beheld where he was laid.