The following depends on the Young's Literal Translation of the passion narrative in the Gospel of Mark, verses 14:32-15:47. The color coding scheme is inspired by the Jesus Seminar. The data concerning the number of scholars favoring authenticity for each verse is taken from appendix IX of The Death of the Messiah (New York: Doubleday, 1994), v. 2, compiled by Marion L. Soards. Please refer to Soards for more detailed information.
Soards provides data on thirty-four scholars: Anderson, Buckley, Bultmann, Czerski, Dibelius, Donahue, Dormeyer, Ernst, Grant, Johnson, Kelber, Klostermann, Kolenkow, Kuhn, Lane, Léon-Dufour, Lightfoot, Lohse, Lührmann, Mohn, Myllykoski, Nineham, Peddinghaus, Pesch, Pryke, Schenk, Schnenke, Schille, Schmithals, Schneider, Schreiber, Schweizer, Scroggs, and Taylor. Soards provides a table that shows the opinion of each scholar on each verse in the passion narrative. For each verse, the present author has counted up the number of scholars who believe that the verse or part of a verse belongs to the pre-Markan passion narrative. The number of scholars is presented next to the verse in the Young's Literal Translation.
The color coding scheme is as follows: black if seven to thirteen scholars believe the verse to be authentic or partially authentic, gray if fourteen to fifteen scholars believe the verse to be authentic or partially authentic, pink if sixteen to nineteen scholars believe the verse to be authentic or partially authentic, and red if twenty to twenty-six scholars believe the verse to be authentic or partially authentic. The color coding scheme cannot give a general impression of the amount of material in Mark that is held to be a part of the pre-Markan passion narrative. That figure is 40.6 verses per scholar out of a total 87 verses. The scheme was designed explicitly to assign approximately an equal number of verses to each color bracket. This means that the scheme is best used to compare the individual verses against each other for an idea of their relative chance of authenticity to the pre-Markan passion narrative.
14:32 [17]
And they come to a spot, the name of which [is]
Gethsemane, and he saith to his disciples, `Sit ye here till I
may pray;'
14:33 [11]
and he taketh Peter, and James, and John with him, and
began to be amazed, and to be very heavy,
14:34 [15]
and he saith to them, `Exceeding sorrowful is my soul --
to death; remain here, and watch.'
14:35 [16]
And having gone forward a little, he fell upon the earth,
and was praying, that, if it be possible the hour may pass from
him,
14:36 [15]
and he said, `Abba, Father; all things are possible to
Thee; make this cup pass from me; but, not what I will, but
what Thou.'
14:37 [15]
And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to
Peter, `Simon, thou dost sleep! thou wast not able to watch
one hour!
14:38 [12]
Watch ye and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation;
the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'
14:39 [9]
And again having gone away, he prayed, the same word
saying;
14:40 [13]
and having returned, he found them again sleeping, for
their eyes were heavy, and they had not known what they might
answer him.
14:41 [14]
And he cometh the third time, and saith to them, `Sleep on
henceforth, and rest -- it is over; the hour did come; lo, the
Son of Man is delivered up to the hands of the sinful;
14:42 [9]
rise, we may go, lo, he who is delivering me up hath come
nigh.'
14:43 [24]
And immediately -- while he is yet speaking -- cometh near
Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude, with
swords and sticks, from the chief priests, and the scribes,
and the elders;
14:44 [21]
and he who is delivering him up had given a token to them,
saying, `Whomsoever I shall kiss, he it is, lay hold on him,
and lead him away safely,'
14:45 [24]
and having come, immediately, having gone near him, he
saith, `Rabbi, Rabbi,' and kissed him.
14:46 [25]
And they laid on him their hands, and kept hold on him;
14:47 [20]
and a certain one of those standing by, having drawn the
sword, struck the servant of the chief priest, and took off his
ear.
14:48 [18]
And Jesus answering said to them, `As against a robber ye
came out, with swords and sticks, to take me!
14:49 [19]
daily I was with you in the temple teaching, and ye did
not lay hold on me -- but that the Writings may be fulfilled.'
14:50 [22]
And having left him they all fled;
14:51 [17]
and a certain young man was following him, having put a
linen cloth about [his] naked body, and the young men lay hold
on him,
14:52 [17]
and he, having left the linen cloth, did flee from them
naked.
14:53 [24]
And they led away Jesus unto the chief priest, and come
together to him do all the chief priests, and the elders, and
the scribes;
14:54 [16]
and Peter afar off did follow him, to the inside of the
hall of the chief priest, and he was sitting with the officers,
and warming himself near the fire.
14:55 [12]
And the chief priests and all the sanhedrim were seeking
against Jesus testimony -- to put him to death, and they were
not finding,
14:56 [12]
for many were bearing false testimony against him, and
their testimonies were not alike.
14:57 [9]
And certain having risen up, were bearing false testimony
against him, saying --
14:58 [9]
`We heard him saying -- I will throw down this sanctuary
made with hands, and by three days, another made without hands
I will build;'
14:59 [7]
and neither so was their testimony alike.
14:60 [12]
And the chief priest, having risen up in the midst,
questioned Jesus, saying, `Thou dost not answer anything! what
do these testify against thee?'
14:61 [14]
and he was keeping silent, and did not answer anything.
Again the chief priest was questioning him, and saith to him,
`Art thou the Christ -- the Son of the Blessed?'
14:62 [11]
and Jesus said, `I am; and ye shall see the Son of Man
sitting on the right hand of the power, and coming with the
clouds, of the heaven.'
14:63 [13]
And the chief priest, having rent his garments, saith,
`What need have we yet of witnesses?
14:64 [13]
Ye heard the evil speaking, what appeareth to you?' and
they all condemned him to be worthy of death,
14:65 [14]
and certain began to spit on him, and to cover his face,
and to buffet him, and to say to him, `Prophesy;' and the
officers were striking him with their palms.
14:66 [14]
And Peter being in the hall beneath, there doth come one
of the maids of the chief priest,
14:67 [13]
and having seen Peter warming himself, having looked on
him, she said, `And thou wast with Jesus of Nazareth!'
14:68 [13]
and he denied, saying, `I have not known [him], neither do
I understand what thou sayest;' and he went forth without to
the porch, and a cock crew.
14:69 [13]
And the maid having seen him again, began to say to those
standing near -- `This is of them;'
14:70 [14]
and he was again denying. And after a little again, those
standing near said to Peter, `Truly thou art of them, for thou
also art a Galilean, and thy speech is alike;'
14:71 [14]
and he began to anathematize, and to swear -- `I have not
known this man of whom ye speak;'
14:72 [14]
and a second time a cock crew, and Peter remembered the
saying that Jesus said to him -- `Before a cock crow twice,
thou mayest deny me thrice;' and having thought thereon -- he
was weeping.
15:1 [19]
And immediately, in the morning, the chief priests having
made a consultation, with the elders, and scribes, and the
whole sanhedrim, having bound Jesus, did lead away, and
delivered [him] to Pilate;
15:2 [18]
and Pilate questioned him, `Art thou the king of the Jews?'
and he answering said to him, `Thou dost say [it].'
15:3 [21]
And the chief priests were accusing him of many things,
[but he answered nothing.]
15:4 [19]
And Pilate again questioned him, saying, `Thou dost not
answer anything! lo, how many things they do testify against
thee!'
15:5 [20]
and Jesus did no more answer anything, so that Pilate
wondered.
15:6 [17]
And at every feast he was releasing to them one prisoner,
whomsoever they were asking;
15:7 [17]
and there was [one] named Barabbas, bound with those making
insurrection with him, who had in the insurrection committed
murder.
15:8 [16]
And the multitude having cried out, began to ask for
themselves as he was always doing to them,
15:9 [17]
and Pilate answered them, saying, `Will ye [that] I shall
release to you the king of the Jews?'
15:10 [15]
for he knew that because of envy the chief priests had
delivered him up;
15:11 [16]
and the chief priests did move the multitude, that he
might rather release Barabbas to them.
15:12 [13]
And Pilate answering, again said to them, `What, then,
will ye [that] I shall do to him whom ye call king of the
Jews?'
15:13 [14]
and they again cried out, `Crucify him.'
15:14 [14]
And Pilate said to them, `Why -- what evil did he?' and
they cried out the more vehemently, `Crucify him;'
15:15 [21]
and Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released to
them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus -- having scourged [him]
-- that he might be crucified.
15:16 [16]
And the soldiers led him away into the hall, which is
Praetorium, and call together the whole band,
15:17 [16]
and clothe him with purple, and having plaited a crown of
thorns, they put [it] on him,
15:18 [15]
and began to salute him, `Hail, King of the Jews.'
15:19 [17]
And they were smiting him on the head with a reed, and
were spitting on him, and having bent the knee, were bowing to
him,
15:20 [22]
and when they [had] mocked him, they took the purple from
off him, and clothed him in his own garments, and they led him
forth, that they may crucify him.
15:21 [24]
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,
15:22 [24]
and they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, being
interpreted, `Place of a skull;'
15:23 [23]
and they were giving him to drink wine mingled with myrrh,
and he did not receive.
15:24 [26]
And having crucified him, they were dividing his garments,
casting a lot upon them, what each may take;
15:25 [14]
and it was the third hour, and they crucified him;
15:26 [18]
and the inscription of his accusation was written above --
`The King of the Jews.'
15:27 [23]
And with him they crucify two robbers, one on the right
hand, and one on his left,
15:28 [Not included.]
and the Writing was fulfilled that is saying, `And with
lawless ones he was numbered.'
15:29 [20]
And those passing by were speaking evil of him, shaking
their heads, and saying, `Ah, the thrower down of the
sanctuary, and in three days the builder!
15:30 [16]
save thyself, and come down from the cross!'
15:31 [14]
And in like manner also the chief priests, mocking with
one another, with the scribes, said, `Others he saved; himself
he is not able to save.
15:32 [20]
The Christ! the king of Israel -- let him come down now
from the cross, that we may see and believe;' and those
crucified with him were reproaching him.
15:33 [13]
And the sixth hour having come, darkness came over the
whole land till the ninth hour,
15:34 [19]
and at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a great voice,
saying, `Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabachthani?' which is, being
interpreted, `My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me?'
15:35 [17]
And certain of those standing by, having heard, said, `Lo,
Elijah he doth call;'
15:36 [21]
and one having run, and having filled a spunge with
vinegar, having put [it] also on a reed, was giving him to
drink, saying, `Let alone, let us see if Elijah doth come to
take him down.'
15:37 [22]
And Jesus having uttered a loud cry, yielded the spirit,
15:38 [12]
and the veil of the sanctuary was rent in two, from top to
bottom,
15:39 [14]
and the centurion who was standing over-against him,
having seen that, having so cried out, he yielded the spirit,
said, `Truly this man was Son of God.'
15:40 [13]
And there were also women afar off beholding, among whom
was also Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James the less, and
of Joses, and Salome,
15:41 [11]
(who also, when he was in Galilee, were following him, and
were ministering to him,) and many other women who came up with
him to Jerusalem.
15:42 [13]
And now evening having come, seeing it was the
preparation, that is, the fore-sabbath,
15:43 [14]
Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, who also
himself was waiting for the reign of God, came, boldly entered
in unto Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus.
15:44 [10]
And Pilate wondered if he were already dead, and having
called near the centurion, did question him if he were long
dead,
15:45 [11]
and having known [it] from the centurion, he granted the
body to Joseph.
15:46 [14]
And he, having brought fine linen, and having taken him
down, wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre
that had been hewn out of a rock, and he rolled a stone unto
the door of the sepulchre,
15:47 [13]
and Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of Joses, were beholding
where he is laid.
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