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1 And immediately, in the morning, the chief priests having made a consultation with the elders, and scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin, having bound Jesus, led [Him] away, and delivered [Him] to Pilate; 2 and Pilate questioned Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And He answering said to him, “You say [it].” 3 And the chief priests were accusing Him of many things, [but He answered nothing.] 4 And Pilate again questioned Him, saying, “You do not answer anything? Behold, how many things they testify against You!” 5 And Jesus no longer answered anything, so that Pilate wondered. 6 And at every celebration he was releasing to them one prisoner, whomsoever they were asking for; 7 and there was [one] named Barabbas, bound with those making insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection. 8 And the multitude having cried out, began to ask for themselves as he was always doing to them, 9 and Pilate answered them, saying, “Will you [that] I will release to you the King of the Jews?” 10 For he knew that the chief priests had delivered Him up because of envy; 11 and the chief priests moved the multitude that he might rather release Barabbas to them. 12 And Pilate answering, again said to them, “What, then, will you [that] I will do to Him whom you call King of the Jews?” 13 And they again cried out, “Crucify Him!” 14 And Pilate said to them, “Why—what evil did He do?” And they cried out the more vehemently, “Crucify Him!” 15 And Pilate, resolving to do that which [was] satisfactory to the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and delivered up Jesus—having scourged [Him]—that He might be crucified. 16 And the soldiers led Him away into the hall, which is [the] Praetorium, and call together the whole band, 17 and clothe Him with purple, and having plaited a garland of thorns, they put [it] on Him, 18 and began to greet Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 19 And they were striking Him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on Him, and having bent the knee, were prostrating to Him, 20 and when they [had] mocked Him, they took the purple from off Him, and clothed Him in His own garments, and they led Him forth, that they may crucify Him. 21 And they impress a certain one passing by—Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus—that he may carry His cross, 22 and they bring Him to the place [called] Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, “Place of [the] Skull”; 23 and they were giving Him wine mingled with myrrh to drink, and He did not receive [it]. 24 And having crucified Him, they were dividing His garments, casting a lot on them, what each may take; 25 and it was the third hour, and they crucified Him; 26 and the inscription of His accusation was written above: “THE KING OF THE JEWS.” 27 And they crucify two robbers with Him, one on the right hand and one on His left, 28 [[and the Writing was fulfilled that is saying, “And He was numbered with lawless ones.”]] 29 And those passing by were slandering Him, shaking their heads, and saying, “Ha! The [One] throwing down the temple, and building [it] in three days! 30 Save Yourself, and come down from the cross!” 31 And in like manner also the chief priests, mocking with one another, with the scribes, said, “He saved others; He is not able to save Himself. 32 The Christ! The King of Israel—let Him come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe”; and those crucified with Him were reproaching Him. 33 And the sixth hour having come, darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, 34 and at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a great voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabachthani?” Which is, being interpreted, “My God, My God, why did You forsake Me?” 35 And certain of those standing by, having heard, said, “Behold, He calls Elijah”; 36 and one having run, and having filled a sponge with vinegar, having also put [it] on a reed, was giving Him to drink, saying, “Let alone, let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.” 37 And Jesus having uttered a loud cry, yielded the spirit, 38 and the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, 39 and the centurion who was standing opposite Him, having seen that, having so cried out, He yielded the spirit, said, “Truly this Man was [the] Son of God.” 40 And there were also women beholding far off, among whom was also Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James the less, and of Joses, and Salome, 41 who also, when He was in Galilee, were following Him and were ministering to Him, and many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem. 42 And now evening having come, seeing it was the Preparation, that is, before Sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable counselor, who also himself was waiting for the Kingdom of God, came, boldly entered in to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. 44 And Pilate wondered if He were already dead, and having called near the centurion, questioned him if He were long dead, 45 and having known [it] from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. 46 And he, having brought fine linen, and having taken Him down, wrapped Him in the linen, and laid Him in a tomb that had been hewn out of a rock, and he rolled a stone to the door of the tomb, 47 and Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of Joses, were beholding where He is laid.

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  • Alexander

    Son of Simon of Cyrene

    Named in Mark 15:21 as a son of Simon of Cyrene.

    Cited in the guide: Mark 15:21

  • Barabbas

    Prisoner released instead of Jesus

    A notorious prisoner, an insurrectionist, whom the crowd chose to be released rather than Jesus.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 27:16; Matthew 27:17; Mark 15:7

  • Joseph of Arimathea

    Disciple who buried Jesus

    A rich man and member of the council from the Judean town of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus (secretly, for fear of the Jews), who asked Pilate for the body and laid it in a new…

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 27:57; Mark 15:43; Luke 23:50

  • Joses

    Son of Mary at the cross

    Named in Mark 15:40 and 15:47 (Joses; Joseph in Matthew 27:56) as a son of the Mary who watched the crucifixion; the text does not identify him with Joses the brother of Jesus in…

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40

  • Mary

    Mother of James and Joses

    A woman who followed Jesus from Galilee and was at the cross, called the mother of James the younger and of Joses (Joseph) and seen at the burial and at the tomb; the text does…

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40; Mark 15:47

  • Rufus

    Son of Simon of Cyrene

    Named in Mark 15:21 as a son of Simon of Cyrene.

    Cited in the guide: Mark 15:21

  • Salome

    Woman at the cross and tomb

    A woman who followed Jesus from Galilee, named at the crucifixion and with Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James who bought spices for the body; Matthew 27:56 names the…

    Cited in the guide: Mark 15:40; Mark 16:1

Cross references (43)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Matthew 27:1–2; Luke 22:66; Luke 23:1–5; Acts 3:13; John 18:28–38
  2. 2 Matthew 2:2; Matthew 27:11–14; 1 Timothy 6:13; Mark 15:26; Mark 15:18
  3. 3 Isaiah 53:7; John 19:12; John 19:6–7; Mark 14:60–61; Luke 23:2–5
  4. 4 John 19:10; Matthew 27:13; Matthew 26:62
  5. 5 Isaiah 53:7; Zechariah 3:8; Matthew 27:14; 1 Corinthians 4:9; Psalm 71:7
  6. 6 John 18:39–40; Acts 24:27; Acts 25:9; Matthew 27:15–26; Luke 23:16–25
  7. 7 Luke 23:18–19; Matthew 27:16; Luke 23:25
  8. 9 Matthew 27:17–21; John 19:14–16; John 19:4–5; John 18:39; Acts 3:13–15
  9. 10 Proverbs 27:4; 1 Samuel 18:8–9; Matthew 27:18; Genesis 4:4–6; Titus 3:3
  10. 11 Acts 3:14; Matthew 27:20; Hosea 5:1; John 18:40
  11. 12 Isaiah 9:6–7; Jeremiah 23:5–6; Matthew 27:22–23; Zechariah 9:9; John 19:14–16
  12. 14 Luke 23:41; Matthew 27:23–25; 1 Peter 1:19; Luke 23:4; Isaiah 53:3
  13. 15 Matthew 27:26; John 19:1; Isaiah 50:6; Mark 10:34; Psalm 129:3
  14. 16 Matthew 27:27–31; John 19:9; John 18:28; Matthew 26:3; Acts 10:1
  15. 17 Matthew 27:28–30; John 19:2–5; Luke 23:11
  16. 18 Matthew 27:42–43; Luke 23:36–37; Mark 15:29–32; Mark 15:2; Genesis 37:10
  17. 19 Mark 14:65; Isaiah 53:3–5; Psalm 35:15–17; Hebrews 12:2–3; Isaiah 50:6
  18. 20 John 19:16; Matthew 27:31
  19. 21 Matthew 27:32; Luke 23:26; Romans 16:13; Acts 13:1; Acts 11:20
  20. 22 Matthew 27:33–44; John 19:17–27; Luke 23:27–38
  21. 23 Matthew 27:34; Luke 22:18; John 19:28–30; Luke 23:36; Mark 14:25
  22. 24 Luke 23:34; John 19:23–24; Matthew 27:35–36; Isaiah 53:4–8; Psalm 22:16–18
  23. 25 John 19:14; Matthew 27:45; Mark 15:33; Luke 23:44; Acts 2:15
  24. 26 Matthew 27:37; John 19:18–22; Luke 23:37–38; Zechariah 9:9; Matthew 2:2
  25. 27 Luke 23:32–33; Matthew 27:38; John 19:18
  26. 29 Mark 14:58; Psalm 109:25; Lamentations 1:12; John 2:18–22; Lamentations 2:15
  27. 31 John 12:23–24; Matthew 27:41–43; Psalm 22:16–17; Psalm 2:1–4; 1 Peter 3:17–18
  28. 32 Matthew 27:44; Luke 23:39–43; Zephaniah 3:15; Isaiah 44:6; Matthew 1:17
  29. 33 Matthew 27:45; Luke 23:44–45; Amos 8:9–10; Mark 15:25; Isaiah 50:3–4
  30. 34 Psalm 22:1; Matthew 27:46; Hebrews 5:7; Psalm 27:9; Isaiah 41:17
  31. 35 Matthew 27:47–49; Matthew 17:11–13; Mark 9:11–13
  32. 36 Psalm 69:21; Mark 15:23; Luke 23:36; John 19:28–30
  33. 37 John 19:30; Luke 23:46; Matthew 27:50
  34. 38 Hebrews 10:19–23; Luke 23:45; Hebrews 9:3–12; Matthew 27:51–53; Leviticus 16:2–19
  35. 39 Luke 23:47–48; Matthew 27:54; Matthew 27:43; Acts 10:1; Acts 27:1–3
  36. 40 Matthew 27:55–56; Luke 23:49; Luke 8:2–3; Mark 16:9; Mark 15:47–16:1
  37. 41 Luke 8:2–3; Matthew 27:55–56
  38. 42 Luke 23:50–56; John 19:31; John 19:38–42; Matthew 27:57–62
  39. 43 Luke 2:38; Luke 2:25; Luke 23:51; John 19:38; Acts 17:12
  40. 44 John 19:31–37
  41. 45 John 19:38; Mark 15:39; Matthew 27:58
  42. 46 Isaiah 53:9; Matthew 27:59–60; John 11:38; Mark 16:3–4; Isaiah 22:16
  43. 47 Mark 15:40; Mark 16:1; Matthew 27:61; Luke 23:55–24:2; Matthew 28:1

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 15:31 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon LXXXVIII)

    … in the person of the Jews that Isaiah said this, "We saw Him, and He had no beauty nor comeliness." When it was said, "If He be the Son of God, let Him come down from the Cross. He saved others, Himself He cannot save." And smiting Him on the head with a reed, they said, "Prophesy unto us, thou …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 15:16 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily LXXXVII)

    "Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers; and they stripped Him, and put on Him a purple robe; and when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and they bowed the knee before …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  3. Quotes verse 15:23 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XIII)

    But what sort of gall put they into My mouth? They gave Him, it says, wine mingled with myrrh.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  4. Quotes verse 15:25 Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John (Chapter XIX — 1-16)

    And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour." The question, at what hour the Lord was crucified, because of the testimony supplied by another evangelist, who says, "And it was the third hour, and they crucified Him," we shall consider as we can, if the Lord please, when we are come to the passage itself …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)

  5. Quotes verse 15:44 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily LXXXVIII)

    Mark at any rate saith, that "Pilate marvelled if He were already dead:" and that the centurion for this cause above all believed, because He died with power.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)