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         <div class="label">15</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Before Pilate</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.15.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Are you the king of the Jews?&#8221; asked Pilate.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.15.2"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You have said so,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.15.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The chief priests accused him of many things. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So again Pilate asked him, &#8220;Aren&#8217;t you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.15.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.15.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Now it was the custom at the festival to release a prisoner whom the people requested. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.15.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?&#8221; asked Pilate, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">knowing it was out of self-interest that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas instead.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.15.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?&#8221; Pilate asked them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.15.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Crucify him!&#8221; they shouted.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.15.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Why? What crime has he committed?&#8221; asked Pilate.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.15.14"><span class="content">But they shouted all the louder, &#8220;Crucify him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.15.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Soldiers Mock Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.15.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And they began to call out to him, &#8220;Hail, king of the Jews!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Crucifixion of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.15.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means &#8220;the place of the skull&#8221;). </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.15.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.15.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.15.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.15.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.15.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The written notice of the charge against him read: </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">the king of the jews</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.15.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">They crucified two rebels with him, one on his right and one on his left. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.15.28"><span class="label">[28]</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:28 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts include here words similar to Luke 22:37.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.15.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, &#8220;So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.15.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">come down from the cross and save yourself!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.15.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. &#8220;He saved others,&#8221; they said, &#8220;but he can&#8217;t save himself! </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.15.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Let this Messiah, this king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.&#8221; Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Death of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.15.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.15.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.15.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, </span><span class="tl"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> (which means </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">).</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:34 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 22:1</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.15.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.15.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">When some of those standing near heard this, they said, &#8220;Listen, he&#8217;s calling Elijah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.15.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MRK.15.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. &#8220;Now leave him alone. Let&#8217;s see if Elijah comes to take him down,&#8221; he said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MRK.15.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MRK.15.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MRK.15.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MRK.15.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MRK.15.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:39 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">saw that he died with such a cry</span></span></span><span class="content"> he said, &#8220;Surely this man was the Son of God!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MRK.15.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MRK.15.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:40 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Joses, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Joseph</span><span class="fqa">; </span><span class="ft">also in verse 47</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Salome. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MRK.15.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Burial of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MRK.15.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MRK.15.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached, </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MRK.15.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus&#8217; body. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MRK.15.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MRK.15.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MRK.15.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="MRK.15.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where he was laid.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">49</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 49</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 49:1-20 is numbered 49:2-21.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.49.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear this, all you peoples;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.49.1"><span class="content">listen, all who live in this world,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.49.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.49.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">both low and high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.49.2"><span class="content">rich and poor alike:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.49.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.49.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">My mouth will speak words of wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.49.3"><span class="content">the meditation of my heart will give you understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.49.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.49.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will turn my ear to a proverb;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.49.4"><span class="content">with the harp I will expound my riddle:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.49.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.49.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Why should I fear when evil days come,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.49.5"><span class="content">when wicked deceivers surround me&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.49.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.49.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">those who trust in their wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.49.6"><span class="content">and boast of their great riches?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.49.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.49.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">No one can redeem the life of another</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.49.7"><span class="content">or give to God a ransom for them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.49.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.49.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the ransom for a life is costly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.49.8"><span class="content">no payment is ever enough&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.49.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.49.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">so that they should live on forever</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.49.9"><span class="content">and not see decay.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.49.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.49.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For all can see that the wise die,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.49.10"><span class="content">that the foolish and the senseless also perish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.49.10"><span class="content">leaving their wealth to others.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.49.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.49.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Their tombs will remain their houses</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:11 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">In their thoughts their houses will remain</span></span></span><span class="content"> forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.49.11"><span class="content">their dwellings for endless generations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.49.11"><span class="content">though they had</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">generations, / for they have</span></span></span><span class="content"> named lands after themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.49.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.49.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">People, despite their wealth, do not endure;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.49.12"><span class="content">they are like the beasts that perish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.49.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.49.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.49.13"><span class="content">and of their followers, who approve their sayings.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:13 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 15.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.49.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They are like sheep and are destined to die;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="content">death will be their shepherd</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="content">(but the upright will prevail over them in the morning).</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="content">Their forms will decay in the grave,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="content">far from their princely mansions.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.49.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.49.15"><span class="content">he will surely take me to himself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.49.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.49.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Do not be overawed when others grow rich,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.49.16"><span class="content">when the splendor of their houses increases;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.49.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.49.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">for they will take nothing with them when they die,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.49.17"><span class="content">their splendor will not descend with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.49.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.49.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Though while they live they count themselves blessed&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.49.18"><span class="content">and people praise you when you prosper&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.49.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.49.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">they will join those who have gone before them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.49.19"><span class="content">who will never again see the light of life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.49.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.49.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">People who have wealth but lack understanding</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.49.20"><span class="content">are like the beasts that perish.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PHP.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. </span></span></div>
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