Mark Chapter 15
Mark Chapter 15 is near the end of the Gospel of Mark, as Chapter 16 is its final chapter with relatively view verses. Like the other chapters, this Chapter 15 helps practice reading to improve one's skills by the superior method of phonics.
Key words practiced in this chapter include:
Phonetic words
- consultation
- membership
- accusation
- crucify
- centurion (phonetic: sen-'tyu̇r-ē-ən, also -'chu̇r)
- gambling
- myrrh (pronounced simply as "mər")
- Scriptures
- Golgotha
- garrison
- barracks
- rebellion
- genuflected
- scourged, fourth of the four "ou" phonemes below.
- popularity
- Barabbas (bə-RA-bəs)
- shroud, first of the four "ou" phonemes:
- 1. "ow" as in found, house, about, sound, and mouse.
- 2. long o as in four, mourn, and pour.
- 3. "oo" as in you, tour, group, and crouton.
- 4. "uh" as in country, double, and cousin.[1]
- Pontius (pon-tee-uhs)
Sight words
- Pilate
- Magdalene (last syllable pronounced as "lihn", not "leen")
- tomb
Chapter 15
In the morning the high priests held an urgent consultation with the elders and scribes, and the full membership of the Sanhedrin, and decided to take Jesus to Pontius Pilate. Pilate asked Him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And in answer He said, "You say that." And the leading priests accused Him of many things, but He did not answer. Pilate asked Him again, "Have You nothing to say? Look at how many accusations they make against You." But Jesus said nothing, and Pilate was shocked as he had never been shocked before in his career.
Now at Passover, Pilate always released one prisoner, chosen by the people. There was one named Barabbas, who was imprisoned because he had rebelled and committed murder in the rebellion. And the crowds cried aloud, begging Pilate to release a prisoner as he always had. So Pilate answered them, saying "Do you wish me to release the King of the Jews?" Since he knew the leading priests had brought Jesus to him out of envy of His popularity. But the leading priests influenced the people to request the release of Barabbas.
So Pilate said to the crowds, "What, then, do you wish me to do to the Man you call the King of the Jews?" And the crowds cried out, "Crucify Him." So Pilate said to them, "Why? What has he done wrong?" And they cried out louder, "Crucify Him!" So Pilate, to keep the people content, released Barabbas to them, and had Jesus scourged and sent to be crucified.
The soldiers then took Him into the garrison barracks (the Praetorium) and summoned the entire garrison. They dressed Him in purple and made a wreath of thorns, which they stuck on His head. They then began to deliver mocking salutes: "Hail, King of the Jews!" They beat His head with a stick and spat on Him, and genuflected in mock worship of Him. After mocking Him, they stripped Him of the purple robe, dressed Him in His own clothes, and led Him out to crucify Him.
They forced a man named Simon, a Cyrenian, father of Alexander and Rufus, who was then coming out of the field, to carry His cross. They brought Him to the place called Golgotha, or "Skull Hill." They gave Him grape juice mixed with myrrh to drink, but He refused it.
When they had crucified Him, they divided His clothes among them by gambling for it. They crucified Him on the third hour of the day. The epigram of his accusation was written over His head: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
They also crucified two robbers with Him, one on His right and the other on His left. With this deed the Scripture was fulfilled, which said, "And He was counted along with the lawless."
The passersby railed at him, wagging their heads. They said, "Hey, You! You said You could destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. So save Yourself and come down from the cross!" In the same way the leading priests, in a mocking tone, said to themselves with the scribes, "He saved others, but can't save Himself. Let Christ the King of Israel come down now from the cross! Seeing is believing!" And the men being crucified with Him also insulted Him.
When the sixth hour arrived, darkness fell over the whole country until the ninth hour. At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" (Translation: "My God, My God, why have You abandoned Me?") Some of the bystanders, when they heard it, said, "Listen, he's calling Elijah." One of them ran and filled a sponge with vinegar, put it on a stick, and gave it to Him to drink. Others said, "Leave Him alone. Let's see whether Elijah will come to take Him down." Jesus shouted something with a loud voice, and breathed his last. Then the veil of the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom. When the centurion, who stood next to Him, saw Him cry out and heave his death-sigh, he said, "Truly this Man was the Son of God."
Some women were also watching from a distance, including Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph, and Salome. These women had followed Him while He was in Galilee, and used to wait on Him. With them were many other women who had followed Him to Jerusalem.
Now in the evening, because it was preparation time, i.e. the day before the Sabbath, Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable member of the council, who was also waiting for the Kingdom of God, came forward, went in boldly to Pilate, and claimed the body of Jesus. Pilate was shocked to hear that He was already dead. He called the centurion to ask him whether He was dead already. When the centurion confirmed it, Pilate gave Joseph permission to take possession of the body.
Joseph then purchased a quality shroud, and carried Jesus off, wrapped Him in the shroud, and laid Him in a tomb cut out of rock, and rolled a stone to cover the entrance of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw the place where He was laid.
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