Mark 15 : 1 (NCV)
Very early in the morning, the leading priests, the older leaders, the teachers of the law, and all the Jewish council decided what to do with Jesus. They tied him, led him away, and turned him over to Pilate, the governor.
Mark 15 : 2 (NCV)
Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus answered, "Those are your words."
Mark 15 : 3 (NCV)
The leading priests accused Jesus of many things.
Mark 15 : 4 (NCV)
So Pilate asked Jesus another question, "You can see that they are accusing you of many things. Aren't you going to answer?"
Mark 15 : 5 (NCV)
But Jesus still said nothing, so Pilate was very surprised.
Mark 15 : 6 (NCV)
Every year at the time of the Passover the governor would free one prisoner whom the people chose.
Mark 15 : 7 (NCV)
At that time, there was a man named Barabbas in prison who was a rebel and had committed murder during a riot.
Mark 15 : 8 (NCV)
The crowd came to Pilate and began to ask him to free a prisoner as he always did.
Mark 15 : 9 (NCV)
So Pilate asked them, "Do you want me to free the king of the Jews?"
Mark 15 : 10 (NCV)
Pilate knew that the leading priests had turned Jesus in to him because they were jealous.
Mark 15 : 11 (NCV)
But the leading priests had persuaded the people to ask Pilate to free Barabbas, not Jesus.
Mark 15 : 12 (NCV)
Then Pilate asked the crowd again, "So what should I do with this man you call the king of the Jews?"
Mark 15 : 13 (NCV)
They shouted, "Crucify him!"
Mark 15 : 14 (NCV)
Pilate asked, "Why? What wrong has he done?" But they shouted even louder, "Crucify him!"
Mark 15 : 15 (NCV)
Pilate wanted to please the crowd, so he freed Barabbas for them. After having Jesus beaten with whips, he handed Jesus over to the soldiers to be crucified.
Mark 15 : 16 (NCV)
The soldiers took Jesus into the governor's palace (called the Praetorium) and called all the other soldiers together.
Mark 15 : 17 (NCV)
They put a purple robe on Jesus and used thorny branches to make a crown for his head.
Mark 15 : 18 (NCV)
They began to call out to him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
Mark 15 : 19 (NCV)
The soldiers beat Jesus on the head many times with a stick. They spit on him and made fun of him by bowing on their knees and worshiping him.
Mark 15 : 20 (NCV)
After they finished, the soldiers took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him out of the palace to be crucified.
Mark 15 : 21 (NCV)
A man named Simon from Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was coming from the fields to the city. The soldiers forced Simon to carry the cross for Jesus.
Mark 15 : 22 (NCV)
They led Jesus to the place called Golgotha, which means the Place of the Skull.
Mark 15 : 23 (NCV)
The soldiers tried to give Jesus wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he refused.
Mark 15 : 24 (NCV)
The soldiers crucified Jesus and divided his clothes among themselves, throwing lots to decide what each soldier would get.
Mark 15 : 25 (NCV)
It was nine o'clock in the morning when they crucified Jesus.
Mark 15 : 26 (NCV)
There was a sign with this charge against Jesus written on it: the king of the jews.
Mark 15 : 27 (NCV)
They also put two robbers on crosses beside Jesus, one on the right, and the other on the left.
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