In these unprecedented times the comfort which comes from
God’s Word gives us a peace this world simply cannot give. As we prepare for
Holy Week the following schedule of readings carry you through the Passion of
our Lord Jesus.
We trust such reading will be beneficial as we anticipate
the feast which has no end with our Risen Lord and Savior.
Passion reading schedule for Friday, March 27, 2020
Mark 15:1-47
Jesus Delivered to Pilate
15 And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation
with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And they bound Jesus and led
him away and delivered him over to Pilate. 2 And Pilate asked him, “Are you the
King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.” 3 And the chief
priests accused him of many things. 4 And Pilate again asked him, “Have you no
answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you.” 5 But Jesus made
no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.
Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified
6 Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom
they asked. 7 And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the
insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. 8 And the crowd came up and
began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them. 9 And he answered them,
saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?” 10 For he
perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.
11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them
Barabbas instead. 12 And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with
the man you call the King of the Jews?” 13 And they cried out again, “Crucify
him.” 14 And Pilate said to them, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they
shouted all the more, “Crucify him.” 15 So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the
crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged[a] Jesus, he delivered
him to be crucified.
Jesus Is Mocked
16 And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the
governor's headquarters),[b] and they called together the whole battalion.[c]
17 And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of
thorns, they put it on him. 18 And they began to salute him, “Hail, King of the
Jews!” 19 And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and
kneeling down in homage to him. 20 And when they had mocked him, they stripped
him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to
crucify him.
The Crucifixion
21 And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in
from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. 22 And
they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).
23 And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. 24 And
they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them,
to decide what each should take. 25 And it was the third hour[d] when they crucified
him. 26 And the inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the
Jews.” 27 And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on
his left.[e] 29 And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and
saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, 30
save yourself, and come down from the cross!” 31 So also the chief priests with
the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, “He saved others; he cannot save
himself. 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross
that we may see and believe.” Those who were crucified with him also reviled
him.
The Death of Jesus
33 And when the sixth hour[f] had come, there was darkness over the
whole land until the ninth hour.[g] 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a
loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why
have you forsaken me?” 35 And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold,
he is calling Elijah.” 36 And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine,
put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether
Elijah will come to take him down.” 37 And Jesus uttered a loud cry and
breathed his last. 38 And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top
to bottom. 39 And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this
way he[h] breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son[i] of God!”
40 There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and
Salome. 41 When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ministered to him, and
there were also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
Jesus Is Buried
42 And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that
is, the day before the Sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of
the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage
and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 44 Pilate was surprised to
hear that he should have already died.[j] And summoning the centurion, he asked
him whether he was already dead. 45 And when he learned from the centurion that
he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph. 46 And Joseph[k] bought a linen
shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a
tomb that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the
entrance of the tomb. 47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where
he was laid.
Footnotes:
Mark 15:15 A Roman judicial penalty, consisting of
a severe beating with a multi-lashed whip containing embedded pieces of bone
and metal
Mark 15:16 Greek the praetorium
Mark 15:16 Greek cohort; a tenth of a Roman legion,
usually about 600 men
Mark 15:25 That is, 9 a.m.
Mark 15:27 Some manuscripts insert verse 28: And
the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “He was numbered with the transgressors”
Mark 15:33 That is, noon
Mark 15:33 That is, 3 p.m.
Mark 15:39 Some manuscripts insert cried out and
Mark 15:39 Or a son
Mark 15:44 Or Pilate wondered whether he had
already died
Mark 15:46 Greek he
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