Mark 15
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Jesus Delivered to Pilate
(Matthew 27:1–2)

1And anone in the dawnyng, the hye priestes held a councel, with the elders, and the scribes, and the whole congregation, and bound Iesus, and ledde hym away, and deliuered hym to Pilate. 2And Pilate asked hym: Art thou the kyng of the Iewes? And he aunswered and sayde vnto hym: thou sayest it? 3And the hye priestes accused hym of many thynges. 4So Pilate asked hym agayne, saying: Aunswerest thou nothyng? Beholde, howe many thynges they witnesse agaynst thee. 5Iesus yet aunswered nothyng, so that Pilate marueyled.

The Crowd Chooses Barabbas
(Matthew 27:15–23; Luke 23:13–25)

6At that feast, Pilate dyd delyuer vnto them a prisoner, whomsoeuer they woulde desire. 7And there was one, that was named Barabbas, which lay bounde, with them that made insurrection: Which men had committed murther also in the insurrection. 8And the people crying aloude, began to desire hym that he woulde do, according as he had euer done vnto them. 9Pilate aunswered them, saying: Wyll ye that I let loose vnto you the kyng of the Iewes? 10For he knewe, that the hye priestes had delyuered hym of enuie. 11But the hye priestes moued the people, that he shoulde rather delyuer Barabbas vnto them.

Pilate Delivers Up Jesus
(Matthew 27:24–26)

12Pilate aunswered agayne, and sayde vnto them: What wyll ye then that I do vnto hym, whom ye call the kyng of the Iewes? 13And they cryed agayne, crucifie hym. 14Pilate sayde vnto them: What euyll hath he done? And they cryed the more feruently, crucifie hym. 15And so Pilate, wyllyng to content the people, let loose Barabbas vnto them, and deliuered vp Iesus, when he had scourged hym, for to be crucified.

The Soldiers Mock Jesus
(Isaiah 50:4–11; Matthew 27:27–31; Luke 22:63–65; John 19:1–15)

16And the souldiers led hym away, into the hall, called Prętorium, and called together the whole bande of souldiers: 17And they clothed hym with purple, and they platted a crowne of thornes, and crowned hym withall, 18And began to salute hym: Hayle kyng of the Iewes. 19And they smote hym on the head with a reede, & did spit vpon him, and bowed their knees, and worshipped hym. 20And when they had mocked hym, they toke the purple of hym, and put his owne clothes on hym, and led hym out to crucifie hym.

The Crucifixion
(Psalm 22:1–31; Matthew 27:32–44; Luke 23:26–43; John 19:16–27)

21And they compelled one that passed by, called Simon of Cyrene (commyng out of the fielde, the father of Alexander and Rufus) to beare his crosse.

22And they brought hym to a place named Golgotha, which is, if a man interprete it, the place of dead mens sculles. 23And they gaue hym to drynke, wyne myngled with myrre: but he receaued it not. 24And when they had crucified hym, they parted his garmentes, castyng lottes vpon them, what euery man shoulde take. 25And it was the thyrde houre, and they crucified hym. 26And the title of his cause was written: THE KYNG OF THE IEWES.

27And they crucifed with hym two thieues: the one on the ryght hande, and the other on his left. 28And the Scripture was fulfylled which sayth: He was counted among the wycked. 29And they that went by, rayled on him, wagging their heades, and saying: A wretche, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three dayes, 30Saue thy selfe, and come downe from the crosse. 31Lykewyse also mocked hym the hye priestes among them selues, with the scribes, and sayde: He saued other men, hym selfe he can not saue. 32Let Christe the kyng of Israel descende nowe from the crosse, that we may see, and beleue. And they that were crucified with hym, checked hym also.

The Death of Jesus
(Psalm 22:1–31; Matthew 27:45–56; Luke 23:44–49; John 19:28–30)

33And when the sixth houre was come, darknesse arose ouer all the earth, vntill the nynth houre. 34And at the nynth houre, Iesus cryed with a loude voyce, saying: Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, yf one interprete it, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 35And some of them that stoode by, whe they hearde that, sayde: Beholde, he calleth for Elias. 36And one ran, and fylled a spunge full of vineger, and put it on a reede, & gaue hym to drynke, saying: let hym alone, let vs see whether Elias wyll come and take hym downe. 37But Iesus cryed with a loude voyce, and gaue vp the ghost. 38And the vayle of the temple dyd rent in two peeces, from the toppe to the bottome. 39And when the Centurion, which stoode before hym, sawe, that he so cryed, and gaue vp the ghost, he sayde: Truely this man was the sonne of God.

40There were also women a good way of, beholdyng hym: among whom was Marie Magdalene, and Marie the mother of Iames the litle, and of Ioses, and Salome. 41Which also when he was in Galilee, had folowed hym, and ministred vnto hym: and many other women, which came vp with hym vnto Hierusalem.

The Burial of Jesus
(Isaiah 53:9–12; Matthew 27:57–61; Luke 23:50–56; John 19:38–42)

42And nowe when the euen was come, (because it was the day of preparyng, that goeth before the Sabboth) 43Ioseph of the citie of Aramathia, a noble councellour, which also loked for the kyngdome of God, came, and went in boldely vnto Pilate, and begged of hym the body of Iesu. 44And Pilate marueyled that he was alredy dead: and called vnto hym the Centurion, and asked of hym, whether he had ben any whyle dead. 45And when he knewe the trueth of the Centurion, he gaue the body to Ioseph. 46And he bought a lynnen cloth, & toke hym downe, and wrapped hym in the lynnen cloth, & layde him in a sepulchre, that was hewe out of the rocke, & roulled a stone vnto the doore of ye sepulchre. 47And Marie Magdalene, and Marie Ioses, behelde where he was layde.


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