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		Mark 15:1 Early in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes and the whole Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), immediately consulted together; and they bound Jesus, they took Him away [violently] and handed Him over to Pilate. [Is 53:8]
		Mark 15:2 Pilate questioned Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?" And He replied to him, "It is as you say." [Matt 27:11-14; Luke 23:2, 3; John 18:29-37]
		Mark 15:3 The chief priests began accusing Him of many things.
		Mark 15:4 Then Pilate again asked Him, "Have You no answer [to give]? See how many charges they are bringing against You!"
		Mark 15:5 But Jesus gave no further answer; so Pilate was perplexed. [Is 53:7]
		Mark 15:6 ¶ Now at the [Passover] feast Pilate used to set free for them any one prisoner whom they requested. [Matt 27:15-26; Luke 23:18-25; John 18:39-19:16]
		Mark 15:7 The man called Barabbas was imprisoned with the insurrectionists (revolutionaries) who had committed murder in the civil rebellion.
		Mark 15:8 The crowd came up and began asking Pilate to do as he usually did for them.
		Mark 15:9 Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to set free for you the King of the Jews?"
		Mark 15:10 For he was aware that the chief priests had turned Jesus over to him because of envy and resentment.
		Mark 15:11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to get him to release Barabbas for them instead.
		Mark 15:12 Again Pilate answered, "Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?"
		Mark 15:13 They screamed back, "Crucify Him!"
		Mark 15:14 But Pilate asked them, "Why, what has He done that is evil?" But they screamed all the more, "Crucify Him!"
		Mark 15:15 So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, set Barabbas free for them; and after having Jesus scourged, he handed Him over [to his soldiers] to be crucified. [Is 53:5]
		Mark 15:16 ¶ The soldiers led Him away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium), and they called together the entire [Roman] battalion [of 600 soldiers]. [Matt 27:27-31]
		Mark 15:17 They dressed Him up in [a ranking Roman officer's robe of] purple, and after twisting [together] a crown of thorns, they placed it on Him;
		Mark 15:18 and they began saluting and mocking Him: "Hail, King of the Jews!"
		Mark 15:19 They kept beating Him on the head with a reed and spitting on Him, and kneeling and bowing in [mock] homage to Him. [Is 50:6]
		Mark 15:20 After they had mocked Him, they took off the purple robe and put His own clothes on Him. And they led Him out [of the city] to crucify Him.
		Mark 15:21 ¶ They forced into service a passer-by coming in from the countryside, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), to carry His cross. [Matt 27:32; Luke 23:26]
		Mark 15:22 ¶ Then they brought Him to the place [called] Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull. [Matt 27:33-44; Luke 23:33-43; John 19:17-24]
		Mark 15:23 They tried to give Him wine mixed with myrrh [to dull the pain], but He would not take it.
		Mark 15:24 And they crucified Him, and divided up His clothes among themselves, casting lots for them to see who should take what. [Ps 22:18]
		Mark 15:25 It was the third hour (9:00 a.m.) when they crucified Him. [Ps 22:14-16]
		Mark 15:26 The inscription of the accusation against Him had been written [above Him]: "THE KING OF THE JEWS."
		Mark 15:27 ¶ They crucified two robbers with Him, one on His right and one on His left.
		Mark 15:28 [And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "He was counted with the transgressors."] [Is 53:12]
		Mark 15:29 Those who were passing by were insulting Him with abusive and insolent language, wagging their heads [as a sign of contempt], and saying, "Ha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in [only] three days, [John 2:19]
		Mark 15:30 save Yourself by coming down from the cross!"
		Mark 15:31 In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes, were ridiculing and mocking Him among themselves and saying, "He saved others [from death]; He cannot save Himself! [Ps 22:7, 8]
		Mark 15:32 "Let the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe and trust [in Him]!" Those who were crucified with Him were also insulting Him.
		Mark 15:33 ¶ When the sixth hour (noon) came, darkness covered the whole land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.). [Matt 27:45-56; Luke 23:44-49]
		Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "ELOI, ELOI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?"--which is translated, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?" [Ps 22:1]
		Mark 15:35 Some of the bystanders heard Him and said, "Look! He is calling for Elijah!"
		Mark 15:36 Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave Him a drink, saying, "Let us see whether Elijah is coming to take Him down." [Ps 69:21; Matt 27:48, 50; Luke 23:36; John 19:29, 30]
		Mark 15:37 But Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed out His last [voluntarily, sovereignly dismissing and releasing His spirit from His body in submission to His Father's plan].
		Mark 15:38 And the veil [of the Holy of Holies] of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
		Mark 15:39 When the centurion, who was standing opposite Him, saw the way He breathed His last [being fully in control], he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"
		Mark 15:40 ¶ Now some women also were watching from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome. [John 19:25]
		Mark 15:41 When Jesus was in Galilee, they used to accompany him and minister to Him; and there were also many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.
		Mark 15:42 ¶ When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, [Deut 21:22, 23; Matt 27:57-61; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42]
		Mark 15:43 Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent and respected member of the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God--and he courageously dared to go in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
		Mark 15:44 Pilate wondered if He was dead by this time [only six hours after being crucified], and he summoned the centurion and asked him whether He was already dead.
		Mark 15:45 And when he learned from the centurion [that Jesus was in fact dead], he gave the body to Joseph [by granting him permission to remove it].
		Mark 15:46 So Joseph purchased a [fine] linen cloth [for wrapping the body], and after taking Jesus down [from the cross], he wrapped Him in the linen cloth and placed Him in a tomb which had been cut out of rock. Then he rolled a [large, wheel-shaped] stone against the entrance of the tomb. [Is 53:9]
		Mark 15:47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were [carefully] watching to see where He was laid.

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