Mark 15:18 - Prayer Tents

Mark 15

Jesus Before Pilate

15Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, reached a decision. They bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate.G2532G2112G1909G4404G749G4160G4824G3326G4245G2532G1122G2532G3650G4892G1210G2424G667G2532G3860G40912"Are you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate. "Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied.G2532G4091G1905G846G1488G4771G935G2453G1161G611G2036G846G4771G30043The chief priests accused him of many things.G2532G749G2723G846G4183G1161G846G611G37624So again Pilate asked him, "Aren't you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of."G1161G4091G1905G846G3825G3004G611G3756G3762G2396G4214G2649G46755But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed.G1161G2424G3765G611G3762G5620G4091G22966Now it was the custom at the Feast to release a prisoner whom the people requested.G1161G2596G1859G630G846G1520G1198G3746G1547A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising.G1161G2258G3004G912G1210G3326G4955G3748G4160G5408G1722G47148The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did.G2532G3793G310G756G154G2531G104G4160G8469"Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate,G1161G4091G611G846G3004G2309G630G5213G935G245310knowing it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him.G1063G1097G3754G749G3860G846G1223G535511But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas instead.G1161G749G383G3793G2443G3123G630G912G84612"What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?" Pilate asked them.G1161G4091G611G2036G3825G846G5101G2309G3767G4160G3739G3004G935G245313"Crucify him!" they shouted.G1161G2896G3825G4717G84614"Why? What crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!"G1161G4091G3004G846G1063G5101G2556G4160G1161G2896G4056G4717G84615Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.G1161G4091G1014G2425G4160G3793G630G912G846G2532G3860G2424G5417G2443G4717

The Soldiers Mock Jesus

16The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers.G1161G4757G520G846G520G2080G833G3603G4232G2532G4779G3650G468617They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him.G2532G1746G846G4209G2532G4120G4735G174G4060G84618And they began to call out to him, "Hail, king of the Jews!"G2532G756G782G846G5463G935G245319Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him.G2532G5180G846G2776G2563G2532G1716G846G2532G5087G1119G4352G84620And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.G2532G3753G1702G846G1562G4209G846G2532G1746G2398G2440G1746G846G2532G1806G846G1806G2443G4717G846

The Crucifixion of Jesus

21A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross.G2532G29G5100G4613G2956G3855G2064G575G68G3962G223G2532G4504G2443G142G846G471622They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull).G2532G5342G846G1909G5117G1115G3739G2076G3177G5117G289823Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.G2532G1325G846G4095G3631G4669G1161G2983G375624And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get.G2532G4717G846G1266G846G2440G906G2819G1909G846G5101G5101G14225It was the third hour when they crucified him.G1161G2258G5154G5610G2532G4717G84626The written notice of the charge against him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS.G2532G1923G846G156G2258G1924G935G245327They crucified two robbers with him, one on his right and one on his left.G2532G4862G846G4717G1417G3027G1520G1537G1188G2532G1520G1537G846G217628And the scripture was fulfilled which says, "He was counted with the lawless ones."G2532G1124G4137G3588G3004G2532G3049G3326G45929Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, "So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days,G2532G3899G987G846G2795G846G2776G2532G3004G3758G2647G3485G2532G3618G1722G5140G225030come down from the cross and save yourself!"G4982G4572G2532G2597G575G471631In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. "He saved others," they said, "but he can't save himself!G1161G3668G2532G749G1702G3004G4314G240G3326G1122G4982G243G1438G3756G1410G498232Let this Christ, this King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.G2597G5547G935G2474G2597G3568G575G4716G2443G1492G2532G4100G2532G4957G846G3679G846

The Death of Jesus

33At the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.G1161G1096G1623G5610G1096G1096G4655G1909G3650G1093G2193G1766G561034And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"—which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"G2532G1766G5610G2424G994G3173G5456G3004G1682G1682G2982G4518G3739G2076G3177G3450G2316G3450G2316G5101G1519G1459G316535When some of those standing near heard this, they said, "Listen, he's calling Elijah."G2532G5100G3936G191G3004G2400G5455G224336One man ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. "Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down," he said.G1161G1520G5143G2532G1072G4699G1072G3690G5037G4060G2563G4222G846G4222G3004G863G1492G1487G2243G2064G2507G846G250737With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.G1161G2424G863G3173G5456G160638The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.G2532G2665G3485G4977G1519G1417G575G509G2193G273639And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, heard his cry and saw how he died, he said, "Surely this man was the Son of God!"G1161G2760G3588G3936G1537G1727G846G1492G3754G3779G2896G1606G2036G230G3778G444G2258G5207G231640Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.G1161G2258G2532G1135G2334G3113G575G2532G1722G3739G2258G3137G3094G2532G3137G3384G2385G3398G2532G2500G2532G453941In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there.G3739G2532G3753G2258G1722G1056G190G846G2532G1247G846G2532G4183G243G3588G4872G846G1519G2414

The Burial of Jesus

42It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached,G2532G2235G3798G1096G1893G2258G3904G3603G2076G431543Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body.G2501G575G707G2158G1010G3739G2532G846G4327G2258G932G2316G2064G1525G5111G4314G4091G2532G154G4983G242444Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died.G1161G4091G2296G1487G2348G2235G2348G2532G4341G2760G1905G846G1487G599G3819G59945When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph.G2532G1097G575G2760G1433G4983G250146So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.G2532G59G4616G2532G2507G1750G846G4616G2532G2698G846G1722G3419G3739G2258G2998G1537G4073G2532G4351G3037G1909G2374G341947Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.G1161G3137G3094G2532G3137G2500G2334G4226G5087