Marcos 15
Jesús ante Pilato
1 Tan pronto como amaneció, los jefes de los sacerdotes, con los *ancianos, los *maestros de la ley y el *Consejo en pleno, llegaron a una decisión. Ataron a Jesús, se lo llevaron y se lo entregaron a Pilato.
2 —¿Eres tú el rey de los judíos? —le preguntó Pilato.
—Tú mismo lo dices —respondió. 3 Los jefes de los sacerdotes se pusieron a acusarlo de muchas cosas.
4 —¿No vas a contestar? —le preguntó de nuevo Pilato—. Mira de cuántas cosas te están acusando.
5 Pero Jesús ni aun con eso contestó nada, de modo que Pilato se quedó asombrado.
6 Ahora bien, durante la fiesta él acostumbraba soltarles un preso, el que la gente pidiera. 7 Y resulta que un hombre llamado Barrabás estaba encarcelado con los rebeldes condenados por haber cometido homicidio en una insurrección. 8 Subió la multitud y le pidió a Pilato que le concediera lo que acostumbraba.
9 —¿Quieren que les suelte al rey de los judíos? —replicó Pilato, 10 porque se daba cuenta de que los jefes de los sacerdotes habían entregado a Jesús por envidia.
11 Pero los jefes de los sacerdotes incitaron a la multitud para que Pilato les soltara más bien a Barrabás.
12 —¿Y qué voy a hacer con el que ustedes llaman el rey de los judíos? —les preguntó Pilato.
13 —¡Crucifícalo! —gritaron.
14 —¿Por qué? ¿Qué crimen ha cometido?
Pero ellos gritaron aún más fuerte: —¡Crucifícalo! 15 Como quería satisfacer a la multitud, Pilato les soltó a Barrabás; a Jesús lo mandó azotar, y lo entregó para que lo crucificaran.
Los soldados se burlan de Jesús
16 Los soldados llevaron a Jesús al interior del palacio (es decir, al pretorio) y reunieron a toda la tropa. 17 Le pusieron un manto de color púrpura; luego trenzaron una corona de espinas, y se la colocaron.
18 —¡Salve, rey de los judíos! —lo aclamaban.
19 Lo golpeaban en la cabeza con una caña y le escupían. Doblando la rodilla, le rendían homenaje. 20 Después de burlarse de él, le quitaron el manto y le pusieron su propia ropa. Por fin, lo sacaron para crucificarlo.
La crucifixión
21 A uno que pasaba por allí de vuelta del campo, un tal Simón de Cirene, padre de Alejandro y de Rufo, lo obligaron a llevar la cruz. 22 Condujeron a Jesús al lugar llamado Gólgota (que significa: Lugar de la Calavera). 23 Le ofrecieron vino mezclado con mirra, pero no lo tomó. 24 Y lo crucificaron. Repartieron su ropa, echando suertes para ver qué le tocaría a cada uno.
25 Eran las nueve de la mañanas cuando lo crucificaron. 26 Un letrero tenía escrita la causa de su condena: «El Rey de los judíos.» 27 Con él crucificaron a dos bandidos,s uno a su derecha y otro a su izquierda.s 29 Los que pasaban meneaban la cabeza y *blasfemaban contra él.
—¡Eh! Tú que destruyes el *templo y en tres días lo reconstruyes —decían—, 30 ¡baja de la cruz y sálvate a ti mismo!
31 De la misma manera se burlaban de él los jefes de los sacerdotes junto con los maestros de la ley.
—Salvó a otros —decían—, ¡pero no puede salvarse a sí mismo! 32 Que baje ahora de la cruz ese *Cristo, el rey de Israel, para que veamos y creamos.
También lo insultaban los que estaban crucificados con él.
Muerte de Jesús
33 Desde el mediodía y hasta la media tarde quedó toda la tierra en oscuridad. 34 A las tres de la tardes Jesús gritó a voz en cuello:
—Eloi, Eloi, ¿lama sabactani? (que significa: “Dios mío, Dios mío, ¿por qué me has desamparado?”).s
35 Cuando lo oyeron, algunos de los que estaban cerca dijeron:
—Escuchen, está llamando a Elías. 36 Un hombre corrió, empapó una esponja en vinagre, la puso en una caña y se la ofreció a Jesús para que bebiera.
—Déjenlo, a ver si viene Elías a bajarlo —dijo. 37 Entonces Jesús, lanzando un fuerte grito, expiró.
38 La cortina del *santuario del templo se rasgó en dos, de arriba abajo. 39 Y el centurión, que estaba frente a Jesús, al oír el grito ys ver cómo murió, dijo:
—¡Verdaderamente este hombre era el Hijos de Dios!
40 Algunas mujeres miraban desde lejos. Entre ellas estaban María Magdalena, María la madre de *Jacobo el menor y de José, y Salomé. 41 Estas mujeres lo habían seguido y atendido cuando estaba en Galilea. Además había allí muchas otras que habían subido con él a Jerusalén.
Sepultura de Jesús
42 Era el día de preparación (es decir, la víspera del *sábado). Así que al atardecer, 43 José de Arimatea, miembro distinguido del *Consejo, y que también esperaba el reino de Dios, se atrevió a presentarse ante Pilato para pedirle el cuerpo de Jesús. 44 Pilato, sorprendido de que ya hubiera muerto, llamó al centurión y le preguntó si hacía mucho ques había muerto. 45 Una vez informado por el centurión, le entregó el cuerpo a José. 46 Entonces José bajó el cuerpo, lo envolvió en una sábana que había comprado, y lo puso en un sepulcro cavado en la roca. Luego hizo rodar una piedra a la entrada del sepulcro. 47 María Magdalena y María la madre de José vieron dónde lo pusieron.
MARK 15
Pilate Questions Jesus
(Matthew 27.1,2,11-14; Luke 23.1-5; John 18.28-38)
1 Early the next morning the chief priests, the nation's leaders, and the teachers of the Law of Moses met together with the whole Jewish council. They tied up Jesus and led him off to Pilate.
2 He asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
“Those are your words,” Jesus answered.
3 The chief priests brought many charges against Jesus. 4 Then Pilate questioned him again, “Don't you have anything to say? Don't you hear what crimes they say you have done?”
5 But Jesus did not answer, and Pilate was amazed.The Death Sentence
(Matthew 27.15-26; Luke 23.13-25; John 18.39—19.16)
6 During Passover, Pilate always freed one prisoner chosen by the people. 7 And at that time there was a prisoner named Barabbas. He and some others had been arrested for murder during a riot.
8 The crowd now came and asked Pilate to set a prisoner free, just as he usually did.
9 Pilate asked them, “Do you want me to free the king of the Jews?”
10 Pilate knew that the chief priests had brought Jesus to him because they were jealous.
11 But the chief priests told the crowd to ask Pilate to free Barabbas.
12 Then Pilate asked the crowd, “What do you want me to do with this man you say ist the king of the Jews?”
13 They yelled, “Nail him to a cross!”
14 Pilate asked, “But what crime has he done?”
“Nail him to a cross!” they yelled even louder.
15 Pilate wanted to please the crowd, so he set Barabbas free. Then he ordered his soldiers to beat Jesus with a whip and nail him to a cross.Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus
(Matthew 27.27-30; John 19.2,3)
16 The soldiers led Jesus inside the courtyard of the fortresst and called together the rest of the troops. 17 They put a purple robet on him, and on his head they placed a crown they had made out of thorn branches. 18 They made fun of Jesus and shouted, “Hey, you king of the Jews!”
19 Then they beat him on the head with a stick. They spit on him and knelt down and pretended to worship him.
20 When the soldiers had finished making fun of Jesus, they took off the purple robe. They put his own clothes back on him and led him off to be nailed to a cross.
21 t Simon from Cyrene happened to be coming in from a farm, and they forced him to carry Jesus' cross. Simon was the father of Alexander and Rufus.Jesus Is Nailed to a Cross
(Matthew 27.31-44; Luke 23.27-43; John 19.17-27)
22 The soldiers took Jesus to Golgotha, which means “Place of a Skull.”t
23 There they gave him some wine mixed with a drug to ease the pain, but he refused to drink it.
24 t They nailed Jesus to a cross and gambled to see who would get his clothes. 25 It was about nine o'clock in the morning when they nailed him to the cross. 26 On it was a sign that told why he was nailed there. It read, “This is the King of the Jews.”
27-28 t The soldiers also nailed two criminals on crosses, one to the right of Jesus and the other to his left.t
29 t People who passed by said terrible things about Jesus. They shook their heads and shouted, “Ha! So you're the one who claimed you could tear down the temple and build it again in three days.
30 Save yourself and come down from the cross!”
31 The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses also made fun of Jesus. They said to each other, “He saved others, but he can't save himself.
32 If he is the Messiah, the king of Israel, let him come down from the cross! Then we will see and believe.” The two criminals also said cruel things to Jesus.The Death of Jesus
(Matthew 27.45-56; Luke 23.44-49; John 19.28-30)
33 About noon the sky turned dark and stayed that way until around three o'clock.
34 t Then about that time Jesus shouted, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?”t which means, “My God, my God, why have you deserted me?”
35 Some of the people standing there heard Jesus and said, “He is calling for Elijah.”t 36 t One of them ran and grabbed a sponge. After he had soaked it in wine, he put it on a stick and held it up to Jesus. He said, “Let's wait and see if Elijah will comet and take him down!”
37 Jesus shouted and then died.
38 t At once the curtain in the templet tore in two from top to bottom.
39 A Roman army officer was standing in front of Jesus. When the officer saw how Jesus died, he said, “This man really was the Son of God!”
40-41 t Some women were looking on from a distance. They and many others had come with Jesus to Jerusalem. But even before this they had been his followers and had helped him while he was in Galilee. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of the younger James and of Joseph were two of these women. Salome was also one of them.Jesus Is Buried
(Matthew 27.57-61; Luke 23.50-56; John 19.38-42)
42 It was now the evening before the Sabbath, and the Jewish people were getting ready for that sacred day.
43 A man named Joseph from Arimathea was brave enough to ask Pilate for the body of Jesus. Joseph was a highly respected member of the Jewish council, and he was also waiting for God's kingdom to come.
44 Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, and he called in the army officer to find out if Jesus had been dead very long.
45 After the officer told him, Pilate let Joseph have Jesus' body.
46 Joseph bought a linen cloth and took the body down from the cross. He had it wrapped in the cloth, and he put it in a tomb that had been cut into solid rock. Then he rolled a big stone against the entrance to the tomb.
47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph were watching and saw where the body was placed.