Category: Mark

[14:51] And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him,

[14:52] but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked.

[14:53] And they led Jesus to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together.

[14:54] And Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting with the guards and warming himself at the fire.

[14:55] Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none.

[14:56] For many bore false witness against him, but their testimony did not agree.

[14:57] And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying,

[14:58] “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.’”

[14:59] Yet even about this their testimony did not agree.

[14:60] And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?”

[14:61] But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”

[14:62] And Jesus said, “I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

[14:63] And the high priest tore his garments and said, “What further witnesses do we need?

[14:64] You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?” And they all condemned him as deserving death.

[14:65] And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to strike him, saying to him, “Prophesy!” And the guards received him with blows.

[14:66] And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came,

[14:67] and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus.”

[14:68] But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you mean.” And he went out into the gateway and the rooster crowed.

[14:69] And the servant girl saw him and began again to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them.”

[14:70] But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders again said to Peter, “Certainly you are one of them, for you are a Galilean.”

[14:71] But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak.”

[14:72] And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept.

[15:1] And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate.

[15:2] And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.”

[15:3] And the chief priests accused him of many things.

[15:4] And Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you.”

[15:5] But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

[15:6] Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked.

[15:7] And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas.

[15:8] And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them.

[15:9] And he answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?”

[15:10] For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.

[15:11] But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead.

[15:12] And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with the man you call the King of the Jews?”

[15:13] And they cried out again, “Crucify him.”

[15:14] And Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him.”

[15:15] So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

[15:16] And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor’s headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion.

[15:17] And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

[15:18] And they began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

[15:19] And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him.

[15:20] And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him.

[15:21] And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.

[15:22] And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).

[15:23] And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

[15:24] And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.

[15:25] And it was the third hour when they crucified him.

[15:26] And the inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.”

[15:27] And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left.

[15:29] And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

[15:30] save yourself, and come down from the cross!”

[15:31] So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, “He saved others; he cannot save himself.

[15:32] Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.” Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

[15:33] And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

[15:34] And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

[15:35] And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.”

[15:36] And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, 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 curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.

[15:39] And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

[15:40] There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

[15:41] When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ministered to him, and there were also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

[15:42] And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

[15:43] Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

[15:44] Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died. And summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead.

[15:45] And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph.

[15:46] And Joseph bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

[15:47] Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

[16:1] When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.

[16:2] And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb.

[16:3] And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?”

[16:4] And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large.

[16:5] And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed.

[16:6] And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.

[16:7] But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.”

[16:8] And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. [Some of the earliest manuscripts do not include 16:9–20.]