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The Gospel According to Saint Mark, Chapter 15
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And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a
consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and
bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
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And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he
answering said unto them, Thou sayest it.
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And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered
nothing.
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And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing?
behold how many things they witness against thee.
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But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.
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Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever
they desired.
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And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that
had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the
insurrection.
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And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he
had ever done unto them.
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But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you
the King of the Jews?
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For he knew that the chief priests had
delivered him for envy.
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But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather
release Barabbas unto them.
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And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then
that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?
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And
they cried out again, Crucify him.
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Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And
they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
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And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas
unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be
crucified.
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And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium;
and they call together the whole band.
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And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns,
and put it about his head,
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And began to salute him, Hail, King
of the Jews!
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And they smote him on the head with a reed, and
did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
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And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him,
and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
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And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out
of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
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And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being
interpreted, The place of a skull.
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And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he
received it not.
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And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments,
casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
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And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
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And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE
KING OF THE JEWS.
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And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right
hand, and the other on his left.
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And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was
numbered with the transgressors.
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And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and
saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three
days,
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Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
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Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves
with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
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Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that
we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled
him.
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And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the
whole land until the ninth hour.
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And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,
Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my
God, why hast thou forsaken me?
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And some of them that stood by,
when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
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And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a
reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether
Elias will come to take him down.
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And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
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And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the
bottom.
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And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that
he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was
the Son of God.
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There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary
Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and
Salome;
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(Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and
ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto
Jerusalem.
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And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation,
that is, the day before the sabbath,
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Joseph of Arimathaea, an
honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came,
and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
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And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto
him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
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And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to
Joseph.
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And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in
the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock,
and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
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And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he
was laid.
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