Passage

Mark 15.23

Book: Mark · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

21. And they compel one passing by, Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross. 22. And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

23. And they offered him wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.

And they crucify him, and part his garments among them, casting lots upon them, what each should take. 25. And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. (Mark 15:21-25, ASV)

WEB

21. They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross. 22. They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, “The place of a skull.”

23. They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn’t take it.

Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take. 25. It was the third hour, and they crucified him. (Mark 15:21-25, WEB)

KJV

21. And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. 22. And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

23. And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.

And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. 25. And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. (Mark 15:21-25, KJV)

YLT

21. And they impress a certain one passing by, Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus, that he may bear his cross, 22. and they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, 'Place of a skull;'

23. and they were giving him to drink wine mingled with myrrh, and he did not receive.

And having crucified him, they were dividing his garments, casting a lot upon them, what each may take; 25. and it was the third hour, and they crucified him; (Mark 15:21-25, YLT)

See this page's graph and discover linked topics

Setting

Speaker: TBD
Audience: TBD
Location: TBD
Time period: TBD

Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.

TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Quoted in

Concepts:

The Passion of Christ

Notes

Your annotations.

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See Bibles for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.