Mark 15 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 Early in the morning, the chief priests met together with the elders and scribes and the entire Jewish council. Then they bound Jesus and led him away. They handed him over to Pilate.
1 Y LUEGO por la mañana, habiendo tenido consejo los príncipes de los sacerdotes con los ancianos, y con los escribas, y con todo el concilio, llevaron á Jesús atado, y le entregaron á Pilato.
2 Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “You say so.”
2 Y Pilato le preguntó: ¿Eres tú el Rey de los Judíos? Y respondiendo él, le dijo: Tú [lo] dices.
3 The chief priests were presenting many charges against Jesus.
3 Y los príncipes de los sacerdotes le acusaban mucho.
4 Pilate again asked him, “Do you give no answer? See how many charges they are bringing against you!”
4 Y le preguntó otra vez Pilato, diciendo: ¿No respondes algo? Mira de cuántas cosas te acusan.
5 But Jesus no longer answered Pilate, and that amazed him.
5 Mas Jesús ni aun con eso respondió; de modo que Pilato se maravillaba.
6 Now at the time of the feast, Pilate usually released to them one prisoner, a prisoner they requested.
6 Empero en el día de la fiesta les soltaba un preso, cualquiera que pidiesen.
7 There with the rebels in prison, among the murderers held for their part in the rebellion, was a man named Barabbas.
7 Y había uno, que se llamaba Barrabás, preso con sus compañeros de motín que habían hecho muerte en una revuelta.
8 The crowd came to Pilate and began to ask him to do for them as he had done in the past.
8 Y viniendo la multitud, comenzó á pedir [hiciese] como siempre les había hecho.
9 Pilate answered them and said, “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
9 Y Pilato les respondió, diciendo: ¿Queréis que os suelte al Rey de los Judíos?
10 For he knew that it was because of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him.
10 Porque conocía que por envidia le habían entregado los príncipes de los sacerdotes.
11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to cry out that Barabbas should be released instead.
11 Mas los príncipes de los sacerdotes incitaron á la multitud, que les soltase antes á Barrabás.
12 Pilate answered them again and said, “What then should I do with the King of the Jews?”
12 Y respondiendo Pilato, les dice otra vez: ¿Qué pues queréis que haga del que llamáis Rey de los Judíos?
13 They shouted again, “Crucify him!”
13 Y ellos volvieron á dar voces: Crucifícale.
14 Pilate said to them, “What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more and more, “Crucify him.”
14 Mas Pilato les decía: ¿Pues qué mal ha hecho? Y ellos daban más voces: Crucifícale.
15 Pilate wanted to satisfy the crowd, so he released Barabbas to them. He scourged Jesus and then handed him over to be crucified.
15 Y Pilato, queriendo satisfacer al pueblo, les soltó á Barrabás, y entregó á Jesús, después de azotarle, para que fuese crucificado.
16 The soldiers led him inside the courtyard (which is the government headquarters), and they called together the whole cohort of soldiers.
16 Entonces los soldados le llevaron dentro de la sala, es á saber, al Pretorio; y convocan toda la cohorte.
17 They put a purple robe on Jesus, and they twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on him.
17 Y le visten de púrpura; y poniéndole una corona tejida de espinas,
18 They began to salute him and say, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
18 Comenzaron luego á saludarle: ¡Salve, Rey de los Judíos!
19 They struck his head with a reed staff and they spat on him. They bent their knees before him to pretend to worship him.
19 Y le herían en la cabeza con una caña, y escupían en él, y le adoraban hincadas las rodillas.
20 When they had mocked him, they took off of him the purple robe and put his own garments on him, and then led him out to crucify him.
20 Y cuando le hubieron escarnecido, le desnudaron la púrpura, y le vistieron sus propios vestidos, y le sacaron para crucificarle.
21 A certain man, Simon of Cyrene, was coming in from the country (he was the father of Alexander and Rufus), and they forced him to carry his cross.
21 Y cargaron á uno que pasaba, Simón Cireneo, padre de Alejandro y de Rufo, que venía del campo, para que llevase su cruz.
22 The soldiers brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which interpreted means, “Place of a Skull”).
22 Y le llevan al lugar de Gólgotha, que declarado quiere decir: Lugar de la Calavera.
23 They offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not drink it.
23 Y le dieron á beber vino mezclado con mirra; mas él no lo tomó.
24 They crucified him and divided up his garments by casting lots to determine what piece each soldier would take.
24 Y cuando le hubieron crucificado, repartieron sus vestidos, echando suertes sobre ellos, qué llevaría cada uno.
25 It was the third hour when they crucified him.
25 Y era la hora de las tres cuando le crucificaron.
26 On a sign they wrote the charge against him, “The king of the Jews.”
26 Y el título escrito de su causa era: EL REY DE LOS JUDIOS.
27 With him they crucified two robbers, one on the right of him and one on his left.
27 Y crucificaron con él dos ladrones, uno á su derecha, y el otro á su izquierda.
28 Not in this translation
28 Y se cumplió la Escritura, que dice: Y con los inicuos fué contado.
29 Those who passed by insulted him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
29 Y los que pasaban le denostaban, meneando sus cabezas, y diciendo: ¡Ah! tú que derribas el templo de Dios, y en tres días lo edificas,
30 save yourself and come down from the cross!”
30 Sálvate á ti mismo, y desciende de la cruz.
31 In the same way the chief priests were mocking him with each other, along with the scribes, and said, “He saved others, but he cannot save himself.
31 Y de esta manera también los príncipes de los sacerdotes escarneciendo, decían unos á otros, con los escribas: A otros salvó, á sí mismo no se puede salvar.
32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe,” and those who were crucified with him also taunted him.
32 El Cristo, Rey de Israel, descienda ahora de la cruz, para que veamos y creamos. También los que estaban crucificados con él le denostaban.
33 At the sixth hour, darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
33 Y cuando vino la hora de sexta, fueron hechas tinieblas sobre toda la tierra hasta la hora de nona.
34 At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is interpreted, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
34 Y á la hora de nona, exclamó Jesús á gran voz, diciendo: Eloi, Eloi, ¿lama sabachthani? que declarado, quiere decir: Dios mío, Dios mío, ¿por qué me has desamparado?
35 Some of those standing by heard his words and said, “Look, he is calling for Elijah.”
35 Y oyéndole unos de los que estaban [allí], decían: He aquí, llama á Elías.
36 Someone ran, put sour wine on a sponge, put it on a reed staff, and gave it to him to drink. The man said, “Let us see if Elijah comes to take him down.”
36 Y corrió uno, y empapando una esponja en vinagre, y poniéndola en una caña, le dió á beber, diciendo: Dejad, veamos si vendrá Elías á quitarle.
37 Then Jesus cried out with a loud voice and died.
37 Mas Jesús, dando una grande voz, espiró.
38 The curtain of the temple was split in two from the top to the bottom.
38 Entonces el velo del templo se rasgó en dos, de alto á bajo.
39 When the centurion who stood and faced Jesus saw that he had died in this way, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God.”
39 Y el centurión que estaba delante de él, viendo que había espirado así clamando, dijo: Verdaderamente este hombre era el Hijo de Dios.
40 There were also women who looked on from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary (the mother of James the younger and of Joses), and Salome.
40 Y también estaban [algunas] mujeres mirando de lejos; entre las cuales estaba María Magdalena, y María la madre de Jacobo el menor y de José, y Salomé;
41 When he was in Galilee they followed him and served him. Many other women also came up with him to Jerusalem.
41 Las cuales, estando aún él en Galilea, le habían seguido, y le servían; y otras muchas que juntamente con él habían subido á Jerusalem.
42 When evening had come, because it was the Day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
42 Y cuando fué la tarde, porque era la preparación, es decir, la víspera del sábado,
43 Joseph of Arimathea came there. He was a respected member of the council, who was waiting for the kingdom of God. He boldly went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
43 José de Arimatea, senador noble, que también esperaba el reino de Dios, vino, y osadamente entró á Pilato, y pidió el cuerpo de Jesús.
44 Pilate was amazed that Jesus was already dead; he called the centurion and asked him if Jesus was dead.
44 Y Pilato se maravilló que ya fuese muerto; y haciendo venir al centurión, preguntóle si era ya muerto.
45 When Pilate learned from the centurion that Jesus was dead, he gave the body to Joseph.
45 Y enterado del centurión, dió el cuerpo á José:
46 Joseph had bought a linen cloth. He took him down from the cross, wrapped him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of a rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.
46 El cual compró una sábana, y quitándole, le envolvió en la sábana: y le puso en un sepulcro que estaba cavado en una peña; y revolvió una piedra á la puerta del sepulcro.
47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw the place where Jesus was buried.
47 Y María Magdalena, y María [madre] de José, miraban donde era puesto.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Alexander
Named in Mark 15:21 as a son of Simon of Cyrene.
Cited in the guide: Mark 15:21
Barabbas
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
James the younger
Called James the younger in Mark 15:40, the son of a Mary who watched at the crucifixion; the text does not say whether he is James son of Alphaeus or James the brother of Jesus.
Cited in the guide: Mark 15:40
Joseph of Arimathea
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
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
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
Named in Mark 15:21 as a son of Simon of Cyrene.
Cited in the guide: Mark 15:21
Salome
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
Simon of Cyrene
A man from Cyrene coming in from the country whom the soldiers forced to carry the cross of Jesus; Mark calls him the father of Alexander and Rufus.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 27:32; Mark 15:21; Luke 23:26
Cross references (43)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Matthew 27:1–2; Luke 22:66; Luke 23:1–5; Acts 3:13; John 18:28–38
- 2 Matthew 2:2; Matthew 27:11–14; 1 Timothy 6:13; Mark 15:26; Mark 15:18
- 3 Isaiah 53:7; John 19:12; John 19:6–7; Mark 14:60–61; Luke 23:2–5
- 4 John 19:10; Matthew 27:13; Matthew 26:62
- 5 Isaiah 53:7; Zechariah 3:8; Matthew 27:14; 1 Corinthians 4:9; Psalm 71:7
- 6 John 18:39–40; Acts 24:27; Acts 25:9; Matthew 27:15–26; Luke 23:16–25
- 7 Luke 23:18–19; Matthew 27:16; Luke 23:25
- 9 Matthew 27:17–21; John 19:14–16; John 19:4–5; John 18:39; Acts 3:13–15
- 10 Proverbs 27:4; 1 Samuel 18:8–9; Matthew 27:18; Genesis 4:4–6; Titus 3:3
- 11 Acts 3:14; Matthew 27:20; Hosea 5:1; John 18:40
- 12 Isaiah 9:6–7; Jeremiah 23:5–6; Matthew 27:22–23; Zechariah 9:9; John 19:14–16
- 14 Luke 23:41; Matthew 27:23–25; 1 Peter 1:19; Luke 23:4; Isaiah 53:3
- 15 Matthew 27:26; John 19:1; Isaiah 50:6; Mark 10:34; Psalm 129:3
- 16 Matthew 27:27–31; John 19:9; John 18:28; Matthew 26:3; Acts 10:1
- 17 Matthew 27:28–30; John 19:2–5; Luke 23:11
- 18 Matthew 27:42–43; Luke 23:36–37; Mark 15:29–32; Mark 15:2; Genesis 37:10
- 19 Mark 14:65; Isaiah 53:3–5; Psalm 35:15–17; Hebrews 12:2–3; Isaiah 50:6
- 20 John 19:16; Matthew 27:31
- 21 Matthew 27:32; Luke 23:26; Romans 16:13; Acts 13:1; Acts 11:20
- 22 Matthew 27:33–44; John 19:17–27; Luke 23:27–38
- 23 Matthew 27:34; Luke 22:18; John 19:28–30; Luke 23:36; Mark 14:25
- 24 Luke 23:34; John 19:23–24; Matthew 27:35–36; Isaiah 53:4–8; Psalm 22:16–18
- 25 John 19:14; Matthew 27:45; Mark 15:33; Luke 23:44; Acts 2:15
- 26 Matthew 27:37; John 19:18–22; Luke 23:37–38; Zechariah 9:9; Matthew 2:2
- 27 Luke 23:32–33; Matthew 27:38; John 19:18
- 29 Mark 14:58; Psalm 109:25; Lamentations 1:12; John 2:18–22; Lamentations 2:15
- 31 John 12:23–24; Matthew 27:41–43; Psalm 22:16–17; Psalm 2:1–4; 1 Peter 3:17–18
- 32 Matthew 27:44; Luke 23:39–43; Zephaniah 3:15; Isaiah 44:6; Matthew 1:17
- 33 Matthew 27:45; Luke 23:44–45; Amos 8:9–10; Mark 15:25; Isaiah 50:3–4
- 34 Psalm 22:1; Matthew 27:46; Hebrews 5:7; Psalm 27:9; Isaiah 41:17
- 35 Matthew 27:47–49; Matthew 17:11–13; Mark 9:11–13
- 36 Psalm 69:21; Mark 15:23; Luke 23:36; John 19:28–30
- 37 John 19:30; Luke 23:46; Matthew 27:50
- 38 Hebrews 10:19–23; Luke 23:45; Hebrews 9:3–12; Matthew 27:51–53; Leviticus 16:2–19
- 39 Luke 23:47–48; Matthew 27:54; Matthew 27:43; Acts 10:1; Acts 27:1–3
- 40 Matthew 27:55–56; Luke 23:49; Luke 8:2–3; Mark 16:9; Mark 15:47–16:1
- 41 Luke 8:2–3; Matthew 27:55–56
- 42 Luke 23:50–56; John 19:31; John 19:38–42; Matthew 27:57–62
- 43 Luke 2:38; Luke 2:25; Luke 23:51; John 19:38; Acts 17:12
- 44 John 19:31–37
- 45 John 19:38; Mark 15:39; Matthew 27:58
- 46 Isaiah 53:9; Matthew 27:59–60; John 11:38; Mark 16:3–4; Isaiah 22:16
- 47 Mark 15:40; Mark 16:1; Matthew 27:61; Luke 23:55–24:2; Matthew 28:1
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