Mark 15:1-20 ▼

1 And quickly the chief priests having made counsel with the more ancient and scribes and the whole council, having bound Jesus, led away, and delivered to Pilate.

2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And having answered, he said to him, Thou sayest.

3 And the chief priests accused him much.

4 And Pilate again asked him, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how much they accuse thee.

5 And Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate wondered.

6 And at the festival he loosed to them one in bonds, whomsoever they asked.

7 And there was he called Barabbas, bound with those exciting sedition, who did murder in the revolt.

8 And the crowd having cried, began to ask as he did always to them.

9 And Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye I loose to you the King of the Jews?

10 For he knew that through envy the chief priests had delivered him up:

11 And the chief priests moved the crowd, that he would rather loose Barabbas to them.

12 And Pilate having answered, again said to them, What then will ye I should do to him whom ye call King of the Jews?

13 And again they cried out, Crucify him.

14 And Pilate said to them, But what evil has he done? And they cried out more excessively, Crucify him.

15 And Pilate, willing to satisfy the crowd, loosed to them Barabbas, and delivered Jesus, having scourged, that he might be crucified.

16 And the soldiers led him away within the hall, which is the Pretorium; and they call together the whole band.

17 And they clothed him with purple, and put round him, having woven, a thorny crown.

18 And they began to greet him, Hail, O King of the Jews.

19 And they struck his head with a reed, and they spit upon him, and having placed the knees, they worshipped him.

20 And when they mocked him, they put off the purple from him, and clothed him with his own garments, and led him out that they might crucify him.