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Mark

Chapter 15

15:1``And immediately at daybreak,
the chief priests with the elders and the scribes/'experts in the law'
and the entire 'Sanhedrin Counsel',
having bound Jesus,
they carried Him away,
and handed Him over to Pilate.

15:2``Pilate asked Him {Jesus},
"As for You . . . are You the king of the Jews?"

And, He 'had an answer for'/'gave a discerning answer
from the ultimate source of Himself to' {apokrinomai} him, He says,
"You said it." {idiom: literally, "As for you . . . you are saying it."}

15:3``And the chief priests kept on accusing Him {Jesus}
of many things.

15:4``And, Pilate kept on asking Him {Jesus} saying,
"Are You absolutely not {ouk} answering even one thing?

Behold, how many things of which they are accusing you!"

15:5``But Jesus still answered not even one thing,
so that Pilate was amazed.

15:6``Now, at the feast,
it was his custom to release to them one prisoner
whom they would be desiring.

15:7``Now, there was the one commonly known as Barabbas
who was in chains with those who had participated in an insurrection,
those being of that class that had committed murder
in the insurrection referred to.

15:8``And, having gone up,
the crowd began to be asking him {Pilate}
to do just as he had always been accustomed to do for them.

15:9-10``And Pilate 'had an answer for'/'gave a discerning answer
from the ultimate source of himself to' {apokrinomai} them saying,
"Are you desiring that I release to you
the King of the Jews ?" 15:10``
(for 'it was gradually dawning upon him' {ginosko}
that because of envy the high/chief priests
had delivered/handed/betrayed {paradidomi} Him over.)

15:11``And, the high/chief priests stirred up the crowd
that he should rather release Barabbas to them.

15:12``But Pilate again 'had an answer'/'gave a discerning answer
from the ultimate source of himself' {apokrinomai}
them saying to them, "What then shall I do to Him
whom you are calling the King of the Jews?"

15:13``But they again cried, "Crucify Him, at one!"

15:14``But Pilate was saying to them,
"Why, what evil has He done?"

But they shouted more insistently, "Crucify him, at once!"

15:15``Then, Pilate, desiring after reflection,
to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas.

And, having scourged/flogged Jesus,
delivered {paradidomi} Him to be crucified.

15:16``And, the soldiers led Him {Jesus}
into the courtyard, which is the Praetorium/"governor's residence",
and they called together the whole company.

15:17``And, they clothed Him {Jesus} with purple
and having woven together
a crown {stephanos} of thorns {akanthinos},
they placed it about His {head}.

15:18``And, they began to be saluting Him {Jesus},
"Hail, King of the Jews!"

15:19``And, they kept on beating His head
with a staff made of a reed,
and they kept on spitting on Him {Jesus}
and bowing their knees,
they were worshipping Him {mocking Him}.

15:20``And, when they had mocked him,
they took off from Him the purple {cloak}
and put His own clothes on Him.

And, they led Him out in order that they might crucify Him.

15:21~~The soldiers drafted/'pressed into service'
a passer-by to carry His cross,
a man coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene,
the father of Alexander and Rufus.

{Note: Paul greets Rufus also in Romans 16:13.}

15:22``And, they bring Him {Jesus}
to the place called Golgotha
(which translated/interpreted - Place of the Skull).

15:23``And, they offered Him {Jesus}
wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take/receive it.

15:24``And, they crucified Him
and divide/distribute His clothes among themselves,
casting lots for them . . . {to decide} who would take what.

15:25``Now, it was the third hour {Jewish time}/
'nine o'clock in the morning {Gentile time}'
and they crucified Him.

15:26``And, there was
the inscription of His accusation written down,
"The King of the Jews."

15:27``And, with Him they crucified two brigands/robbers . . .
one on His right and one on His left.

15:28`` {Verse 28 is not in the best manuscripts:
'And the scripture was fulfilled,
which said, 'And He was numbered with the transgressors.' }

15:29-30``And, those passing by kept on reviling Him,
shaking their heads and saying,
"Aha! The One Who is destroying the temple
and building it in three days, 15:30``
save Yourself, coming down from the cross!"

15:31``In the same way,
the chief priests, mocking, were repeating to one another
with the scribes/'experts in the law'
"Others He saved . . .
but He absolutely is not {ouk} able/
'does not have the power' {dunamai}
to save Himself!

15:32``The Anointed One/Christ/Messiah . . . the King of Israel . . .
let Him come down from the cross now,
in order that we may see with discernment and believe!"

And, those who were crucified with Him were reviling Him.

15:33-34``And, the sixth hour {Jewish time}/noon {Gentile time}
having come, a darkness came over the entire land
until the 'ninth hour'/'three o'clock that afternoon'. 15:34``
Jesus shouted out with a loud voice,
"Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" . . .which interpreted means,
"My God, My God, why have You forsaken {egkataleipo} Me?"

15:35``And, certain ones of those standing by,
having heard, were saying,
"Behold . . . He is calling for Elijah!"

15:36``But having run, a certain one,
having filled a sponge with sour wine,
having put it on a stick/reed, was giving Him a drink, saying,
"Hold off. Let us see whether Elijah takes Him down!"

15:37``And, Jesus, having exhaled {aphiemi}
with a loud voice . . . expired/'breathed out his life/breath' {ekpneo}'.

15:38``And the temple curtain/veil {katapetasma}
was torn in two from top to bottom.

{Note; This is a 'back at the ranch verse'. When Jesus died, the curtain that separated the Holy of Holies from the rest of the holy area, was ripped in two - from the top down. This curtain was huge and thick. Only God could tear it. Jesus had fulfilled all the Levitical sacrifices and had abrogated them. The Holy of Holies was no more. Ritual was over - Reality had come!}

15:39``And, the centurion, who stood 'in front of'/by opposite' Him,
having seen that thus He breathed out His life, said,
"Truly, this Man was the/a Son of God!"

15:40-41``Now, there were also women,
looking on carefully and with interest,
viewing attentively from a distance.

Among whom also was Mary Magdalene,
and Mary the mother of 'James the younger'
and of Joses and Salome, 15:41``
who, when He was in Galilee,
were accustomed to follow Him and minister to Him,
and many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.

15:42-43``And, already evening had come.

Since it was the time of making rounds,
which is the day before the Sabbath, 15:43``
Joseph, the one from Arimathea,
having come, 'an honorable councilor'/
'a highly regarded member of the Sanhedrin council'
who also himself was waiting for the kingdom of God,
taking courage, went in to Pilate
and asked for the body of Jesus for himself.

15:44-45`` But Pilate wondered whether He was already dead.

And, having called the centurion,
he asked him if he had just died.15:45``

And, having come to know it from the centurion,
he freely gave the corpse to Joseph.

15:46``And, having purchased in the marketplace fine linen,
having taken Him {Jesus} down,
he wrapped Him with the fine linen
and placed Him in a tomb which had been cut out of the rock
and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

15:47``And, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses,
were attentively observing where He was laid.

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