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

1And soone in the mornynge the hye prestes helde a councell wt the elders and scrybes and the whole councell, & bounde Iesus, and led him awaye, and delyuered him vnto Pylate. 2And Pylate axed him: Art thou the kynge of the Iewes? He answered, and sayde vnto him: Thou sayest it. 3And the hye prestes accused him sore. 4But Pylate axed him agayne, and sayde: Answerest thou nothinge? Beholde, how sore they laye to yi charge. 5Neuertheles Iesus answered nomore, in so moch yt Pylate marueyled.

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

6At that feast of Easter he was wonte to delyuer vnto them a presoner, whom so euer they wolde desyre. 7There was i preson with the sedicious, one called Barrabas, which in the vproure had committed murthur. 8And the people wente vp, and prayed him, that he wolde do, as he was wonte. 9Pylate answered them: wyl ye that I geue lowse vnto you the kynge of the Iewes? 10For he knew, that ye hye prestes had delyuered him of envye. 11But the hye prestes moued ye people, that he shulde rather geue Barrabas lowse vnto them.

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

12Pylate answered agayne, and sayde vnto them: What wil ye the that I do vnto him, whom ye accuse to be kynge of the Iewes? 13They cried agayne: Crucifie hi. 14Pylate sayde vnto the: What euell hath he done? But they cried yet moch more: Crucifie him. 15So Pylate thought to satisfie the people, and gaue Barrabas lowse vnto them, and delyuered the Iesus, to be scourgd & crucified.

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

16And the soudyers led him in to the como hall, and called the whole multitude together, 17and clothed him with purple, and plated a crowne of thorne, and crowned him withall, 18and beganne to salute him: Hayle kynge of the Iewes. 19And smote him vpon the heade with a rede, and spytted vpo him, and fell vpo the kne, & worshipped him. 20And wha they had mocked him, they toke ye purple of him, and put his clothes vpon him, & led him out, that they might crucifye him.

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 Symon of Cyren (which came from the felde, and was the father of Alexander and Ruffus) to beare his crosse.

22And they brought him to the place Golgatha, which is by interpretacion: a place of deed mens skulles. 23And they gaue him wyne myxted wt myrre, to drynke, & he toke it not. 24And whan they had crucified him, they parted his garmetes, & cast lottes therfore, what euery one shulde take. 25And it was aboute ye thirde houre, & they crucified him. 26And the tytle of his cause was wrytte ouer aboue him (namely:) The kynge of the Iewes.

27And they crucified him wt two murtherers, one at ye right hande, and one at the left. 28Then was the scrypture fulfilled, which sayeth: He was couted amonge the euell doers. 29And they that wete by, reuyled him, and wagged their heades, and sayde: Fye vpon the, how goodly breakest thou downe ye teple, & buyldest it agayne in thre dayes? 30Helpe yi self now, & come downe fro the crosse. 31The hye prestes also in like maner laughed him to scorne amonge the selues, with the scrybes, & sayde: He hath helped other, himself can he not helpe. 32Yf he be Christ and ye kynge of Israel, let him come downe now fro the crosse, yt we maye se it, & beleue. And they yt were crucified wt hi, checked hi also.

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

33And wha it was aboute the sixte houre, there was a darcknesse ouer the whole lode, tyll aboute ye nyenth houre. 34And aboute ye nyenth houre Iesus cried loude, and sayde: Eli, Eli, lamma asabthani? which is interpreted: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 35And some that stode by, whan they herde yt, they sayde: Beholde, he calleth Elias. 36Then rane there one, & fylled a spoge wt vyneger, & stickte it vpo a rede, & gaue hi to drynke, & sayde: Holde styll, let se, whether Elias wil come, and take him downe. 37But Iesus cried loude, and gaue vp the goost. 38And the vale of the teple rent in two peces, from aboue tyll beneth. 39The captayne that stode thereby ouer agaynst him, wha he sawe yt he gaue vp the goost with soch a crye, he sayde: Verely this man was Gods sonne.

40And there were wemen there also, which behelde this afarre of, amoge who was Mary Magdalene, & Mary of Iames ye litle, & the mother of Ioses, & Salome, 41which had folowed him wha he was in Galile, and mynistred vnto hi: & many other yt wete vp wt hi to Ierusalem.

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

42And at euen (for so moch as it was the daye of preparinge, which is the fore Sabbath) 43there came one Ioseph of Arimathia, a worshipfull Senatoure (which loked also for the kyngdome of God) & wete in boldely vnto Pilate, & axed ye body of Iesus. 44But Pylate marueyled yt he was deed all ready, & called ye captayne, & axed hi, whether he had loge bene deed. 45And wha he had gotten knowlege of the captayne, he gaue Ioseph ye body. 46And he bought a lynne cloth, & toke him downe, & wrapped hi in ye lynne clothe, & layed him in a sepulcre, which was hewe out of a rocke, & rolled a stone before ye dore of ye sepulcre. 47But Mary Magdalene and Mary Ioses behelde, where he was layed.


Coverdale Bible of 1535

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