Mark 15:20-41

20When they finished mocking Him, they stripped the purple off Him and put His own clothes back on Him. And they led Him out to crucify Him.

21Now Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was coming in from the countryside. The soldiers force this passerby to carry Yeshua’s cross-beam.

22They bring Yeshua to the place called Golgotha (which is translated, Place of a Skull).

23They were offering Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He didn’t take it.

24Then they crucify Him and divide up His clothing among themselves, casting lots for them to see who should take what.

25Now it was the third hour when they nailed Him on the stake.

26And the inscription of the charge against Him was written above: “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

27And with Him they execute two outlaws, one on His right and one on His left.

28[footnote: Later mss. add: So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, 'He was counted with the sinners.' See Isa. 53:12.]

29Those passing by were jeering at Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Ha! You who are going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days,

30save Yourself by coming down from the stake!”

31Likewise the ruling kohanim, along with the Torah scholars, were also mocking Him among themselves. “He saved others,” they were saying, “but He can’t save Himself?

32Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down now from the stake, so we may see and believe!” Even those executed with Him were ridiculing Him.

33When the sixth hour had come, darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour.

34At the ninth hour Yeshua cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You abandoned Me?”

35When some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, “Look, He’s calling for Elijah.”

36Then someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He put it on a stick and was offering it to Yeshua to drink, saying, “Wait, let’s see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”

37But letting out a loud cry, Yeshua breathed His last.

38Then the curtain of the Temple was split in two, from top to bottom.

39When the centurion, who was standing in front of Him, saw the way Yeshua breathed His last, he said, “This Man really was the Son of God!”

40There were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Miriam from Magdala, Miriam the mother of Jacob the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

41They would follow Him and serve Him when He was in the Galilee. Many other women who had gone up together with Him to Jerusalem were there also.