Mark 14:72 Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times." And he began to weep.
Mark 15:1 Early in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole Council, immediately held a consultation; and binding Jesus, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate.
Mark 15:3 The chief priests began to accuse Him harshly.
Mark 15:4 Then Pilate questioned Him again, saying, "Do You not answer? See how many charges they bring against You!"
Mark 15:5 But Jesus made no further answer; so Pilate was amazed.
Mark 15:6 ¶ Now at the feast he used to release for them any one prisoner whom they requested.
Mark 15:7 The man named Barabbas had been imprisoned with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the insurrection.
Mark 15:8 The crowd went up and began asking him todo as he had been accustomed to do for them.
Mark 15:10 For he was aware that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy.
Mark 15:11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead.
Mark 15:12 Answering again, Pilate said to them, "Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?"
Mark 15:13 They shouted back, "Crucify Him!"
Mark 15:14 But Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has He done?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify Him!"
Mark 15:15 Wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them, and after having Jesus scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.
Mark 15:16 ¶ The soldiers took Him away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium), and they *called together the whole Roman cohort.
Mark 15:17 They *dressed Him up in purple, and after twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on Him;
Mark 15:18 and they began to acclaim Him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
Mark 15:19 They kept beating His head with a reed, and spitting on Him, and kneeling and bowing before Him.
Mark 15:20 After they had mocked Him, they took the purple robe off Him and put His own garments on Him. And they *led Him out to crucify Him.
Mark 15:21 ¶ They *pressed into service a passer-by coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), to bear His cross.