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# Mark 15

Mark 15 is chapter 15 of 16 in the Gospel of Mark. Here are all 47 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> The continuation of the history of the passion.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Mark 15 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. And immediately in the morning, after the leaders of the priests had taken counsel with the elders and the scribes and the entire council, binding Jesus, they led him away and delivered him to Pilate.
2. And Pilate questioned him, “You are the king of the Jews?” But in response, he said to him, “You are saying it.”
3. And the leaders of the priests accused him in many things.
4. Then Pilate again questioned him, saying: “Do you not have any response? See how greatly they accuse you.”
5. But Jesus continued to give no response, so that Pilate wondered.
6. Now on the feast day, he was accustomed to release to them one of the prisoners, whomever they requested.
7. But there was one called Barabbas, who had committed murder in the sedition, who was confined with those of the sedition.
8. And when the crowd had ascended, they began to petition him to do as he always did for them.
9. But Pilate answered them and said, “Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?”
10. For he knew that it was out of envy that the leaders of the priests had betrayed him.
11. Then the chief priests incited the crowd, so that he would release Barabbas to them instead.
12. But Pilate, responding again, said to them: “Then what do you want me to do with the king of the Jews?”
13. But again they cried out, “Crucify him.”
14. Yet truly, Pilate said to them: “Why? What evil has he done?” But they cried out all the more, “Crucify him.”
15. Then Pilate, wishing to satisfy the people, released Barabbas to them, and he delivered Jesus, having severely scourged him, to be crucified.
16. Then the soldiers led him away to the court of the praetorium. And they called together the entire cohort.
17. And they clothed him with purple. And platting a crown of thorns, they placed it on him.
18. And they began to salute him: “Hail, king of the Jews.”
19. And they struck his head with a reed, and they spit on him. And kneeling down, they reverenced him.
20. And after they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple, and they clothed him in his own garments. And they led him away, so that they might crucify him.
21. And they compelled a certain passerby, Simon the Cyrenian, who was arriving from the countryside, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to take up his cross.
22. And they led him through to the place called Golgotha, which means, ‘the Place of Calvary.’
23. And they gave him wine with myrrh to drink. But he did not accept it.
24. And while crucifying him, they divided his garments, casting lots over them, to see who would take what.
25. Now it was the third hour. And they crucified him.
26. And the title of his case was written as: The king of the Jews.
27. And with him they crucified two robbers: one at his right, and the other at his left.
28. And the scripture was fulfilled, which says: “And with the iniquitous he was reputed.”
29. And the passersby blasphemed him, shaking their heads and saying, “Ah, you who would destroy the temple of God, and in three days rebuild it,
30. save yourself by descending from the cross.”
31. And similarly the leaders of the priests, mocking him with the scribes, said to one another: “He saved others. He is not able to save himself.
32. Let the Christ, the king of Israel, descend now from the cross, so that we may see and believe.” Those who were crucified with him also insulted him.
33. And when the sixth hour arrived, a darkness occurred over the entire earth, until the ninth hour.
34. And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabacthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?”
35. And some of those standing near, upon hearing this, said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.”
36. Then one of them, running and filling a sponge with vinegar, and placing it around a reed, gave it to him to drink, saying: “Wait. Let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.”
37. Then Jesus, having emitted a loud cry, expired.
38. And the veil of the temple was torn in two, from the top to the bottom.
39. Then the centurion who stood opposite him, seeing that he had expired while crying out in this way, said: “Truly, this man was the Son of God.”
40. Now there were also women watching from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph, and Salome,
41. (and while he was in Galilee, they followed him and ministered to him) and many other women, who had ascended along with him to Jerusalem.
42. And when evening had now arrived (because it was the Preparation Day, which is before the Sabbath)
43. there arrived Joseph of Arimathea, a noble council member, who himself was also awaiting the kingdom of God. And he boldly entered to Pilate and petitioned for the body of Jesus.
44. But Pilate wondered if he had already died. And summoning a centurion, he questioned him as to whether he was already dead.
45. And when he had been informed by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
46. Then Joseph, having bought a fine linen cloth, and taking him down, wrapped him in the fine linen and laid him in a sepulcher, which was hewn from a rock. And he rolled a stone to the entrance of the tomb.
47. Now Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph observed where he was laid.

## Mark 15 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Et confestim mane consilium facientes summi sacerdotes cum senioribus, et scribis, et universo concilio, vincientes Jesum, duxerunt, et tradiderunt Pilato.
2. Et interrogavit eum Pilatus: Tu es rex Judæorum? At ille respondens, ait illi: Tu dicis.
3. Et accusabant eum summi sacerdotes in multis.
4. Pilatus autem rursum interrogavit eum, dicens: Non respondes quidquam? vide in quantis te accusant.
5. Jesus autem amplius nihil respondit, ita ut miraretur Pilatus.
6. Per diem autem festum solebat dimittere illis unum ex vinctis, quemcumque petissent.
7. Erat autem qui dicebatur Barrabas, qui cum seditiosis erat vinctus, qui in seditione fecerat homicidium.
8. Et cum ascendisset turba, cœpit rogare, sicut semper faciebat illis.
9. Pilatus autem respondit eis, et dixit: Vultis dimittam vobis regem Judæorum?
10. Sciebat enim quod per invidiam tradidissent eum summi sacerdotes.
11. Pontifices autem concitaverunt turbam, ut magis Barabbam dimitteret eis.
12. Pilatus autem iterum respondens, ait illis: Quid ergo vultis faciam regi Judæorum?
13. At illi iterum clamaverunt: Crucifige eum.
14. Pilatus vero dicebat illis: Quid enim mali fecit? At illi magis clamabant: Crucifige eum.
15. Pilatus autem volens populo satisfacere, dimisit illis Barabbam, et tradidit Jesum flagellis cæsum, ut crucifigeretur.
16. Milites autem duxerunt eum in atrium prætorii, et convocant totam cohortem,
17. et induunt eum purpura, et imponunt ei plectentes spineam coronam.
18. Et cœperunt salutare eum: Ave rex Judæorum.
19. Et percutiebant caput ejus arundine: et conspuebant eum, et ponentes genua, adorabant eum.
20. Et postquam illuserunt ei, exuerunt illum purpura, et induerunt eum vestimentis suis: et educunt illum ut crucifigerent eum.
21. Et angariaverunt prætereuntem quempiam, Simonem Cyrenæum venientem de villa, patrem Alexandri et Rufi, ut tolleret crucem ejus.
22. Et perducunt illum in Golgotha locum: quod est interpretatum Calvariæ locus.
23. Et dabant ei bibere myrrhatum vinum: et non accepit.
24. Et crucifigentes eum, diviserunt vestimenta ejus, mittentes sortem super eis, quis quid tolleret.
25. Erat autem hora tertia: et crucifixerunt eum.
26. Et erat titulus causæ ejus inscriptus: Rex Judæorum.
27. Et cum eo crucifigunt duos latrones: unum a dextris, et alium a sinistris ejus.
28. Et impleta est Scriptura, quæ dicit: Et cum iniquis reputatus est.
29. Et prætereuntes blasphemabant eum, moventes capita sua, et dicentes: Vah! qui destruis templum Dei, et in tribus diebus reædificas,
30. salvum fac temetipsum descendens de cruce.
31. Similiter et summi sacerdotes illudentes, ad alterutrum cum scribis dicebant: Alios salvos fecit; seipsum non potest salvum facere.
32. Christus rex Israël descendat nunc de cruce, ut videamus, et credamus. Et qui cum eo crucifixi erant, convitiabantur ei.
33. Et facta hora sexta, tenebræ factæ sunt per totam terram usque in horam nonam.
34. Et hora nona exclamavit Jesus voce magna, dicens: Eloi, eloi, lamma sabacthani? quod est interpretatum: Deus meus, Deus meus, ut quid dereliquisti me?
35. Et quidam de circumstantibus audientes, dicebant: Ecce Eliam vocat.
36. Currens autem unus, et implens spongiam aceto, circumponensque calamo, potum dabat ei, dicens: Sinite, videamus si veniat Elias ad deponendum eum.
37. Jesus autem emissa voce magna expiravit.
38. Et velum templi scissum est in duo, a summo usque deorsum.
39. Videns autem centurio, qui ex adverso stabat, quia sic clamans expirasset, ait: Vere hic homo Filius Dei erat.
40. Erant autem et mulieres de longe aspicientes: inter quas erat Maria Magdalene, et Maria Jacobi minoris, et Joseph mater, et Salome:
41. et cum esset in Galilæa, sequebantur eum, et ministrabant ei, et aliæ multæ, quæ simul cum eo ascenderant Jerosolymam.
42. Et cum jam sero esset factum (quia erat parasceve, quod est ante sabbatum),
43. venit Joseph ab Arimathæa nobilis decurio, qui et ipse erat exspectans regnum Dei, et audacter introivit ad Pilatum, et petiit corpus Jesu.
44. Pilatus autem mirabatur si jam obiisset. Et accersito centurione, interrogavit eum si jam mortuus esset.
45. Et cum cognovisset a centurione, donavit corpus Joseph.
46. Joseph autem mercatus sindonem, et deponens eum involvit sindone, et posuit eum in monumento quod erat excisum de petra, et advolvit lapidem ad ostium monumenti.
47. Maria autem Magdalene et Maria Joseph aspiciebant ubi poneretur.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- cf. CCC ¶ 597: Jesus Died Crucified ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 603: Jesus Died Crucified ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2605: In the Fullness of Time ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2605: In the Fullness of Time ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 444: The Only Son of God ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 25: “The third hour” … The ancient account divided the day into four parts, which were named from the hour from which they began; the first, third, sixth, and ninth hour. Our Lord was crucified a little before noon; before the third hour had quite expired; but when the sixth hour was near at hand.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Sun, Mar 21, 2027: Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion — Gospel, Mark 14:1-15:47

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option).

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).