Matthew 27:11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61
Matthew 27:11 NIV
Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
Matthew 27:13 NIV
Then Pilate asked him, “Don’t you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?”
Matthew 27:14 NIV
But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge—to the great amazement of the governor.
Matthew 27:15 NIV
Now it was the governor’s custom at the festival to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd.
Matthew 27:17 NIV
So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?”
Matthew 27:20 NIV
But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.
Matthew 27:21 NIV
“Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they answered.
Matthew 27:22 NIV
“What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” Pilate asked. They all answered, “Crucify him!”
Matthew 27:23 NIV
“Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”
Matthew 27:26 NIV
Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.
Matthew 27:31 NIV
After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.
Matthew 27:32 NIV
As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross.
Matthew 27:34 NIV
There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it.
Matthew 27:37 NIV
Above his head they placed the written charge against him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Matthew 27:40 NIV
and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!”
Matthew 27:41 NIV
In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him.
Matthew 27:42 NIV
“He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.
Matthew 27:43 NIV
He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”
Matthew 27:46 NIV
About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).
Matthew 27:48 NIV
Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink.
Matthew 27:51 NIV
At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split
Matthew 27:52 NIV
and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.
Matthew 27:53 NIV
They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.
Matthew 27:55 NIV
Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs.
Matthew 27:56 NIV
Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.
Matthew 27:57 NIV
As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus.
Matthew 27:58 NIV
Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.
Matthew 27:60 NIV
and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away.





