Mark 15:1
Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Yeshua, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
Mark 15:2
Pilate asked him, Are you the King of the Jews? He answered, So you say.
Mark 15:3
The chief priests accused him of many things.
Mark 15:4
Pilate again asked him, Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!
Mark 15:5
But Yeshua made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.
Mark 15:6
Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.
Mark 15:7
There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.
Mark 15:8
The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.
Mark 15:9
Pilate answered them, saying, Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?
Mark 15:10
For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.
Mark 15:11
But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Bar-Abba to them instead.
Mark 15:12
Pilate again asked them, What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?
Mark 15:13
They cried out again, Crucify him!
Mark 15:14
Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has he done? But they cried out exceedingly, Crucify him!
Mark 15:15
Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Yeshua, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.
Mark 15:16
The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.
Mark 15:17
They clothed him with purple, and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him.
Mark 15:18
They began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
Mark 15:19
They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.
Mark 15:20
When they had mocked him, they took the purple off of him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to crucify him.
Mark 15:21
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.
Mark 15:22
They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
וּמֵהַאי טַלָּא דְּגוּלְגַּלְתָּא דָּא, טַחֲנִין מָנָא לְצַדִּיקַיָּיא לְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי, וּבֵיהּ זְמִינִין מֵתַיָּיא לַאֲחַיָּיא
“From the dew in this skull (Gulgalta) manna is ground for the righteous for the World to Come, and through it the dead shall be revived.”
Zohar, Ha’azinu 117, Zohar.com
Mark 15:23
They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn’t take it.
Mark 15:24
Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take.
Mark 15:25
It was the third hour, and they crucified him.
Mark 15:26
The superscription of his accusation was written over him, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Mark 15:27
With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.
Mark 15:28
[[The Scripture was fulfilled, which says, He was numbered with transgressors.]]
Textual Variant: Scholars believe this is an early interpolation that became part of the traditional reading. The verse is omitted in several early manuscripts (Such as the Codex Sinaiticus or Vaticanus).
