Mark · Chapter 15

[ edit] And anon þe morwe maad, þe hiȝeſte preſtis, makinge counceil wiþ þe eldere men, and ſcribis, and al þe counceil, byndinge Jheſu, ledden, and bitooken to Pilat. And Pilat axide him, Art þou kyng of Jewis? And he anſweringe ſeiþ to him, Þou ſeyſt. And þe hiȝeſte preſtis accuſiden him in manye þingis. Pilat forſoþe eftſoone axide him, ſeyinge, Þou anſweriſt not ony þing? Seeſt þou, in how manye þingis þei accuſen þee? Forſoþe Jheſus more no þing anſweride, ſo þat Pilat ſchulde wondre. Forſoþ by a ſolemne day he was wont to leeue to hem oon bounden, whom euere þei axiden.

Forſoþ þere was he þat was ſeid Barabas, þat was boundun wiþ ſleeris of men, and þat hadde don manſlauȝtre in ſeducioun, þat is, debaat in cytee. And whanne þe cumpany hadde ſtiȝe vp, he bigan for to preye, as he euermore dide to hem. Soþely Pilat anſweride to hem, and ſeide, Wolen ȝe I leeue to ȝou þe kyng of Jewis? Soþli he wiſte, þat þe hiȝeſte preſtis hadden taken him by enuye. Forſoþe þe biſchopis ſtireden þe cumpenye of peple, þat more he ſchulde leeue to hem Barabas. Forſoþ eftſoone Pilat anſweringe ſeiþ to hem, What þerfore wolen ȝe I ſchal do to þe kyng of Jewis? And þei eftſoone crieden, Crucifie hym, or put hym on þe cros. Forſoþ Pilat ſeide to hem, Soþli what of yuel haþ he don?

And þei crieden more, Crucifie him. Soþli Pilat willinge for to do ynow to þe peple, lefte to hem Barabas, and bitook to hem Jheſu, ſmyten, or betun, wiþ ſcourgis, þat he ſchulde be crucified. Forſoþe knyȝtis ledden him wiþynne, in to þe floor of þe moot halle, and clepiden to gidere al þe cumpenye of knyȝtis, and cloþiden him wiþ purpur. And þei foldinge a corowne of þornes, puttiden to him; and bigunnen for to greet him, ſayinge, Hail, þou kyng of Jewis. And þei ſmyten his heed wiþ a reede, and biſpatten him; and puttinge her knees þei worſhipiden him.

And aftir þat þei hadden ſcornyd him, þei vncloþiden him fro purpur, and cloþedyn him wiþ his cloþis, and ledden him, þat þei ſchulde crucifie him. And þei conſtreyneden ſum man paſſynge forþ, Symount of Syrenen, comynge fro þe town, þe fadir of Alyſandre and Rufe, þat he ſchulde take his croſſ. And þei ledden him in to a place Golgoþa, þat is interpretid, or expowned, þe place of Caluarie. And þei ȝauen him for to drynke wyn meddelid wiþ myrre, and he took not. And þei crucifiynge him departiden his cloþis, ſendinge lot, who what ſchulde take. Forſoþ it was þe þridde our, þat men clepen vndrun, and þei crucifieden him. And þe title of his cauſe was writun, Jheſus of Nazareþ, kyng of Jewis.

And þei crucifien wiþ him twey þeues, oon at þe riȝþalf, and oon at his lefþalf. And þe prophecie is fulfild þat ſeiþ, And he is geſſide, or ordeyned, wiþ wickide men. And paſſinge forþ þei blasfemyden him, mouynge her heedis, and ſeyinge, Fyȝ! þou þat diſtroyeſt þe temple of God, and in þre dayes aȝen bildeſt it; þou comynge down fro þe cros, make þi ſelf ſaf. Alſo and þe hiȝeſte preſtes ſcornynge him, ech to oþer, wiþ ſcribis, ſeiden, Criſt, kyng of Yrael, maade oþere men ſaf, he maye not ſaue him ſilue. Come he down now fro þe croſſ, þat we ſe, and bileue. And þei þat weren crucified wiþ him, puttedyn wrong, or fals repref, to him.

And þe ſixte our, or mydday, maad, derkneſſis ben maad vpon al þe erþe til in to þe nynþe our, þat is, noon. And in þe nynþe our Jheſus criede wiþ greet vois, ſeyynge, Heloy, Heloy, lamazabatany, þe which interpretid is, My God, my God, whi, or wherto, haſt þou forſake me? And ſumme of men ſtondinge aboute heeringe ſeiden, Lo! he clepiþ Hely. Soþli oon rennynge, and fillinge a ſponge wiþ vynegre, and puttinge aboute to a reede, ȝaue him drynke, ſeyinge, Suffre ȝe, ſe we, if Hely come for to do hym down. Forſoþ Jheſus, a greet vois ſent out, deiede, or ſente out þe breþ. And þe veil of þe temple is kitt in to tweyne fro þe hiȝeſte til to down, or byneþe.

Forſoþ centurio ſeynge, þe which ſtood euene aȝenſt, for ſo criynge he hadde deied, ſeiþ, Verrili, þis man was Goddis ſone. Soþli þere weren and oþere wymmen biholdinge fro affer, among whiche was Mary Mawdeleyn, and Mari of James þe laſſe, and modir of Joſeph, and Salome. And whanne Jheſus was in Galilee, þei folowiden him, and mynyſtriden to him, and manye oþere wymmen, þat to gidere ſtiȝeden vp wiþ him to Jeruſalem. And whanne euentyd was now maad, for it was þe euentyd bifore þe ſaboþ, Joſeph of Armaþie, þe noble decurioun, þat hadde ten men vndir him, cam, þe which and he was abidinge þe rewme of God; and hardily he entride in to Pilat, and axide þe body of Jheſu.

Forſoþe Pilat wondride, if he hadde now deied. And centurio axid to, or brouȝt to, he axide him, if he were now deed; and whanne he hadde knowun of centurio, he ȝaf þe body of Jheſu to Joſeph. Soþli Joſeph byinge him lynnen cloþ, and doynge him doun, wlappede in þe lynen cloþ, and puttide in a newe ſepulcre þat was hewen in a ſtoon, and walewid to a ſtoon at þe mouþ of þe ſepulcre. Marie Mawdeleyn forſoþe, and Marie of Joſeph biheelden, where he was putt.