Mark · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Mark 15 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Και ευθύς το πρωΐ συνεβουλεύθησαν οι αρχιερείς μετά των πρεσβυτέρων και γραμματέων και όλον το συνέδριον, και δέσαντες τον Ιησούν έφεραν και παρέδωκαν εις τον Πιλάτον.
1 Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders, scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, bound Jesus, carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
2 Και ηρώτησεν αυτόν ο Πιλάτος· Συ είσαι ο βασιλεύς των Ιουδαίων; Ο δε αποκριθείς είπε προς αυτόν· Συ λέγεις.
2 Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered, “So you say.”
3 Και κατηγόρουν αυτόν οι αρχιερείς πολλά.
3 The chief priests accused him of many things.
4 Ο δε Πιλάτος πάλιν ηρώτησεν αυτόν, λέγων· Δεν αποκρίνεσαι ουδέν; ίδε πόσα σου καταμαρτυρούσιν.
4 Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!”
5 Ο δε Ιησούς έτι δεν απεκρίθη ουδέν, ώστε ο Πιλάτος εθαύμαζε.
5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.
6 Κατά δε την εορτήν απέλυεν εις αυτούς ένα δέσμιον, όντινα εζήτουν·
6 Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whomever they asked of him.
7 ήτο δε ο λεγόμενος Βαραββάς δεδεμένος μετά των συνωμοτών, οίτινες εν τη στάσει έπραξαν φόνον.
7 There was one called Barabbas, bound with his fellow insurgents, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.
8 Και αναβοήσας ο όχλος, ήρχισε να ζητή να κάμη καθώς πάντοτε έκαμνεν εις αυτούς.
8 The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.
9 Ο δε Πιλάτος απεκρίθη προς αυτούς, λέγων· Θέλετε να σας απολύσω τον βασιλέα των Ιουδαίων;
9 Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
10 Επειδή ήξευρεν ότι διά φθόνον παρέδωκαν αυτόν οι αρχιερείς.
10 For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.
11 Οι αρχιερείς όμως διήγειραν τον όχλον να ζητήσωσι να απολύση εις αυτούς μάλλον τον Βαραββάν.
11 But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.
12 Και ο Πιλάτος αποκριθείς πάλιν, είπε προς αυτούς· Τι λοιπόν θέλετε να κάμω τούτον, τον οποίον λέγετε βασιλέα των Ιουδαίων;
12 Pilate again asked them, “What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?”
13 Οι δε πάλιν έκραξαν· Σταύρωσον αυτόν.
13 They cried out again, “Crucify him!”
14 Ο δε Πιλάτος έλεγε προς αυτούς· Και τι κακόν έπραξεν; οι δε περισσότερον έκραξαν· Σταύρωσον αυτόν.
14 Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, “Crucify him!”
15 Ο Πιλάτος λοιπόν, θέλων να κάμη εις τον όχλον το αρεστόν, απέλυσεν εις αυτούς τον Βαραββάν και παρέδωκε τον Ιησούν, αφού εμαστίγωσεν αυτόν, διά να σταυρωθή.
15 Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.
16 Οι δε στρατιώται έφεραν αυτόν ένδον της αυλής, το οποίον είναι το πραιτώριον, και συγκαλούσιν όλον το τάγμα των στρατιωτών·
16 The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.
17 και ενδύουσιν αυτόν πορφύραν και πλέξαντες ακάνθινον στέφανον, βάλλουσι περί την κεφαλήν αυτού,
17 They clothed him with purple; and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him.
18 και ήρχισαν να χαιρετώσιν αυτόν, λέγοντες· Χαίρε, βασιλεύ των Ιουδαίων·
18 They began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
19 και έτυπτον την κεφαλήν αυτού με κάλαμον και ενέπτυον εις αυτόν, και γονυπετούντες προσεκύνουν αυτόν.
19 They struck his head with a reed and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.
20 Και αφού ενέπαιξαν αυτόν, εξέδυσαν αυτόν την πορφύραν και ενέδυσαν αυτόν τα ιμάτια αυτού και έφεραν αυτόν έξω, διά να σταυρώσωσιν αυτόν.
20 When they had mocked him, they took the purple cloak off him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to crucify him.
21 Και αγγαρεύουσι τινά Σίμωνα Κυρηναίον διαβαίνοντα, ενώ ήρχετο από του αγρού, τον πατέρα του Αλεξάνδρου και Ρούφου, διά να σηκώση τον σταυρόν αυτού.
21 They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them that he might bear his cross.
22 Και φέρουσιν αυτόν εις τον τόπον Γολγοθά, το οποίον μεθερμηνευόμενον είναι, Κρανίου τόπος.
22 They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, “The place of a skull.”
23 Και έδιδον εις αυτόν να πίη οίνον μεμιγμένον με σμύρναν· αλλ' εκείνος δεν έλαβε.
23 They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn’t take it.
24 Και αφού εσταύρωσαν αυτόν, διεμερίζοντο τα ιμάτια αυτού, βάλλοντες κλήρον επ' αυτά τι έκαστος να λάβη.
24 Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take.
25 Ήτο δε ώρα τρίτη και εσταύρωσαν αυτόν.
25 It was the third hour when they crucified him.
26 Και η επιγραφή της κατηγορίας αυτού ήτο επιγεγραμμένη, Ο βασιλεύς των Ιουδαίων.
26 The superscription of his accusation was written over him: “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
27 Και μετ' αυτού σταυρόνουσι δύο ληστάς, ένα εκ δεξιών και ένα εξ αριστερών αυτού.
27 With him they crucified two robbers, one on his right hand, and one on his left.
28 Και επληρώθη η γραφή η λέγουσα· Και μετά ανόμων ελογίσθη.
28 The Scripture was fulfilled which says, “He was counted with transgressors.”
29 Και οι διαβαίνοντες εβλασφήμουν αυτόν, κινούντες τας κεφαλάς αυτών και λέγοντες· Ουά, ο χαλών τον ναόν και διά τριών ημερών οικοδομών,
29 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads and saying, “Ha! You who destroy the temple and build it in three days,
30 σώσον σεαυτόν και κατάβα από του σταυρού.
30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!”
31 Ομοίως δε και οι αρχιερείς, εμπαίζοντες προς αλλήλους μετά των γραμματέων, έλεγον· Άλλους έσωσεν, εαυτόν δεν δύναται να σώση.
31 Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, “He saved others. He can’t save himself.
32 Ο Χριστός ο βασιλεύς του Ισραήλ ας καταβή τώρα από του σταυρού, διά να ίδωμεν και πιστεύσωμεν. Και οι συνεσταυρωμένοι μετ' αυτού ωνείδιζον αυτόν.
32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him.” Those who were crucified with him also insulted him.
33 Ότε δε ήλθεν η έκτη ώρα, σκότος έγεινεν εφ' όλην την γην έως ώρας εννάτης·
33 When the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
34 και την ώραν την εννάτην εβόησεν ο Ιησούς μετά φωνής μεγάλης, λέγων· Ελωΐ, Ελωΐ, λαμά σαβαχθανί; το οποίον μεθερμηνευόμενον είναι, Θεέ μου, Θεέ μου, διά τι με εγκατέλιπες;
34 At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is, being interpreted, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
35 Και τινές των παρεστώτων ακούσαντες, έλεγον· Ιδού, τον Ηλίαν φωνάζει.
35 Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.”
36 Δραμών δε εις και γεμίσας σπόγγον από όξους και περιθέσας αυτόν εις κάλαμον, επότιζεν αυτόν, λέγων· Αφήσατε, ας ίδωμεν αν έρχηται ο Ηλίας να καταβιβάση αυτόν.
36 One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down.”
37 Ο δε Ιησούς, εκβαλών φωνήν μεγάλην, εξέπνευσε.
37 Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit.
38 Και το καταπέτασμα του ναού εσχίσθη εις δύο από άνωθεν έως κάτω.
38 The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom.
39 Ιδών δε ο εκατόνταρχος ο παριστάμενος απέναντι αυτού ότι ούτω κράξας εξέπνευσεν, είπεν· Αληθώς ο άνθρωπος ούτος ήτο Υιός Θεού.
39 When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
40 Ήσαν δε και γυναίκες από μακρόθεν θεωρούσαι, μεταξύ των οποίων ήτο και Μαρία η Μαγδαληνή και Μαρία η μήτηρ του Ιακώβου του μικρού και του Ιωσή, και η Σαλώμη,
40 There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
41 αίτινες και ότε ήτο εν τη Γαλιλαία ηκολούθουν αυτόν και υπηρέτουν αυτόν, και άλλαι πολλαί, αίτινες συνανέβησαν μετ' αυτού εις Ιεροσόλυμα.
41 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
42 Και ότε έγεινεν ήδη εσπέρα, διότι ήτο παρασκευή, τουτέστι προσάββατον,
42 When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
43 ήλθεν Ιωσήφ ο από Αριμαθαίας, έντιμος βουλευτής, όστις και αυτός περιέμενε την βασιλείαν του Θεού, και τολμήσας εισήλθε προς τον Πιλάτον και εζήτησε το σώμα του Ιησού.
43 Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for God’s Kingdom, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.
44 Ο δε Πιλάτος εθαύμασεν αν ήδη απέθανε· και προσκαλέσας τον εκατόνταρχον, ηρώτησεν αυτόν αν προ πολλού απέθανε·
44 Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.
45 και μαθών παρά του εκατοντάρχου, εχάρισε το σώμα εις τον Ιωσήφ.
45 When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
46 Και ούτος, αγοράσας σινδόνα και καταβιβάσας αυτόν, ετύλιξε με την σινδόνα και έθεσεν αυτόν εν μνημείω, το οποίον ήτο λελατομημένον εκ πέτρας, και προσεκύλισε λίθον επί την θύραν του μνημείου.
46 He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
47 Η δε Μαρία η Μαγδαληνή και Μαρία η μήτηρ του Ιωσή έβλεπον που τίθεται.
47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.
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)
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- 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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"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 …
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But what sort of gall put they into My mouth? They gave Him, it says, wine mingled with myrrh.
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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 …
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