Mark 15:1, 15, 22-25, 37, 39

Pilate Questions Jesus

1 Very early in the morning, the leading priests, the Jewish elders, 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.

Pilate Tries to Free Jesus

15 Pilate wanted to please the crowd. So he freed Barabbas for them. And Pilate told the soldiers to beat Jesus with whips. Then he gave Jesus to the soldiers to be killed on a cross.

Jesus Is Killed on a Cross

22 They led Jesus to the place called Golgotha. (Golgotha means the Place of the Skull.) 23 At Golgotha the soldiers tried to give Jesus wine to drink. This wine was mixed with myrrh. But he refused to drink it. 24 The soldiers nailed Jesus to a cross. Then they divided his clothes among themselves. They threw lots to decide which clothes each soldier would get. 25 It was nine o’clock in the morning when they nailed Jesus to the cross.

Jesus Dies

37 Then Jesus cried in a loud voice and died.

39 The army officer that was standing there before the cross saw what happened when Jesus died.[a] The officer said, “This man really was the Son of God!”