Matthew 27
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Jesus Brought Before Pilate
Mk 15:1; Lk 23:1–2; Jn 18:28–32
1#Mk 15:1; Lk 22:66When the morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death. 2#Mt 20:19; Ac 3:13When they had bound Him, they led Him away and handed Him over to Pontius Pilate the governor.
The Death of Judas
Ac 1:18–19
3When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He was condemned, he repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4saying, “I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood.”
They said, “What is that to us? You must see to that.”
5#2Sa 17:23; Job 2:9So he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed. And he went and hanged himself.
6The chief priests took the silver pieces and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because this is the price of blood.” 7So they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field to bury strangers in. 8#Ac 1:19; Mt 28:15Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day. 9#Zec 11:12–13Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the value of that the sons of Israel set on Him, 10and gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.”
Jesus Questioned by Pilate
Mk 15:2–5; Lk 23:3–5; Jn 18:33–38
11#Mt 2:2; 26:25Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
Jesus said to him, “You have said so.”
12#Mt 26:63When He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He gave no answer. 13#Mt 26:62Then Pilate said to Him, “Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?” 14But He never answered him a word, so that the governor was greatly amazed.
Jesus Sentenced to Die
Mk 15:6–15; Lk 23:13–25; Jn 18:39–19:16
15Now at the feast, the governor was accustomed to releasing to the people a prisoner whom they chose. 16They had then a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. 17So when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you—Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?” 18#Pr 27:4For he knew that they had handed Him over out of envy.
19#Mt 27:24; Lk 23:47When he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous Man, for I have suffered much today in a dream on account of Him.”
20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and kill Jesus.
21The governor answered, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?”
They said, “Barabbas.”
22Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?”
They all said to him, “Let Him be crucified!”
23The governor said, “Why, what evil has He done?”
But they cried out all the more, “Let Him be crucified!”
24#Mt 27:4; Ps 26:6When Pilate saw that he could not prevail, but rather that unrest was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous Man. See to it yourselves.”
25#Jos 2:19; Ac 5:28Then all the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
26#Jn 19:1; Isa 53:5Then he released Barabbas to them. But when he had scourged Jesus, he handed Him over to be crucified.
The Soldiers Mock Jesus
Mk 15:16–20; Jn 19:2–3
27#Jn 18:28; 18:33Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole detachment of soldiers before Him. 28#Mk 15:17; Lk 23:11They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him, 29#Isa 53:3; Mt 20:19and when they wove a crown of thorns, they put it on His head and put a staff in His right hand. They knelt before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 30#Mt 26:67; Mk 15:19They spit on Him, and took the staff and hit Him on the head. 31#Isa 53:7After they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own garments on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.
The Crucifixion
Mk 15:21–32; Lk 23:26–43; Jn 19:17–27
32#Mk 15:21; Lk 23:26As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. This man they compelled to bear His cross. 33When they came to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull, 34#Ps 69:21; Mt 27:48they gave Him sour wine mingled with gall to drink. But when He tasted it, He would not drink it. 35#Ps 22:18When they crucified Him, they divided His garments by casting lots to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, “They divided My garments among themselves and for My clothing they cast lots.”#Ps 22:18. 36#Mt 27:54And sitting down, they kept watch over Him there. 37#Mk 15:26; Lk 23:38They put His accusation over His head, which read:
THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
38#Isa 53:12Then two thieves were crucified with Him, one on the right and another on the left. 39#Ps 109:25; La 1:12Those who passed by insulted Him, wagging their heads, 40#Mt 26:61; 4:3saying, “You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.” 41Likewise the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked Him, saying, 42#Jn 1:49; Mt 27:37“He saved others. He cannot save Himself. If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him. 43#Ps 22:8He trusted in God. Let Him deliver Him now, if He will have Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ” 44Even the thieves who were crucified with Him insulted Him in the same way.
The Death of Jesus
Mk 15:33–41; Lk 23:44–49; Jn 19:28–30
45#Am 8:9; Mk 15:33–34Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. 46#Ps 22:1; Lk 23:46; Heb 5:7About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”#Ps 22:1.
47Some of those who stood there heard it and said, “This Man is calling for Elijah.”
48#Ps 69:21; Mt 27:34Immediately one of them ran, took a sponge, filled it with wine, and put it on a stick, and gave it to Him to drink. 49The rest said, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah will come to save Him.”
50#Jn 19:30; Mk 15:37And Jesus, when He had cried out again with a loud voice, released His spirit.
51#Mk 15:38; Ex 26:31–37At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from the top to the bottom. And the ground shook, and the rocks split apart. 52#1Co 15:20; 1Th 4:14The graves also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had died were raised, 53#Mt 4:5and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the Holy City and appeared to many.
54#Mt 27:36; 27:43When the centurion and those with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they feared greatly and said, “Truly He was the Son of God!”
55#Lk 8:2–3Many women who were there watching from afar followed Jesus from Galilee, serving Him, 56#Jn 19:25; Mt 28:1among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.
The Burial of Jesus
Mk 15:42–47; Lk 23:50–56; Jn 19:38–42
57#Jn 19:38–42When the evening came, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. 58He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given to him. 59When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60#Mt 27:66; 28:2and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out of the rock. And he rolled a large stone to the door of the tomb and departed. 61#Mt 27:56; 28:1Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.
The Guard at the Tomb
62#Mk 15:42; Jn 19:14The next day, following the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered before Pilate, 63#Mt 16:21; 17:23saying, “Sir, we remember that deceiver saying while He was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise.’ 64#Mt 28:13Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night and steal Him away, and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead.’ The last deception will be worse than the first.”
65Pilate said to them, “You have a guard. Go your way. Make it as secure as you can.” 66#Da 6:17So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and posting the guard.
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Matthew 27
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1 Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Yeshua to put him to death. 2They bound him, led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
3 Then Judah, who betrayed him, when he saw that Yeshua was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.”
But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”
5 He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary and departed. Then he went away and hanged himself.
6 The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.” 7They took counsel, and bought the potter’s field with them to bury strangers in. 8Therefore that field has been called “The Field of Blood” to this day. 9Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah#27:9 some manuscripts omit “Jeremiah” the prophet was fulfilled, saying,
“They took the thirty pieces of silver,
the price of him upon whom a price had been set,
whom some of the children of Israel priced,
10 and they gave them for the potter’s field,
as the Lord commanded me.”#Zechariah 11:12-13; Jeremiah 19:1-13; 32:6-9
11 Now Yeshua stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, saying, “Are you the King of the Jews?”
Yeshua said to him, “So you say.”
12 When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. 13Then Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear how many things they testify against you?”
14 He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marvelled greatly.
15 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner whom they desired. 16They had then a notable prisoner called Barabbas. 17When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Yeshua who is called Messiah?” 18For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.
19 While he was sitting on the judgement seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him.”
20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas and destroy Yeshua. 21But the governor answered them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?”
They said, “Barabbas!”
22 Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do to Yeshua who is called Messiah?”
They all said to him, “Let him be crucified!”
23 But the governor said, “Why? What evil has he done?”
But they cried out exceedingly, saying, “Let him be crucified!”
24 So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”
25 All the people answered, “May his blood be on us and on our children!”
26 Then he released Barabbas to them, but Yeshua he flogged and delivered to be crucified.
27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Yeshua into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him. 28They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him. 29They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they knelt down before him and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 30They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head. 31When they had mocked him, they took the robe off him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.
32 As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross. 33When they came to a place called “Golgotha”, that is to say, “The place of a skull,” 34they gave him sour wine#27:34 or, vinegar to drink mixed with gall.#27:34 Gall is a bitter-tasting, dark green oil from a wormwood plant that is alcoholic in its effect. When he had tasted it, he would not drink. 35When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing amongst them, casting lots,#27:35 TR adds “that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: ‘They divided my garments amongst them, and for my clothing they cast lots;’” [see Psalms 22:18 and Yochanan 19:24] 36and they sat and watched him there. 37They set up over his head the accusation against him written, “THIS IS YESHUA, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
38 Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.
39 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads 40and saying, “You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
41 Likewise the chief priests also mocking with the scribes, the Pharisees,#27:41 TR omits “the Pharisees” and the elders, said, 42“He saved others, but he can’t save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him. 43He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” 44The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.
45 Now from the sixth hour#27:45 noon there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.#27:45 3:00 p.m. 46About the ninth hour Yeshua cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lima#27:46 TR reads “lama” instead of “lima” sabachthani?” That is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”#Psalms 22:1
47 Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.”
48 Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him a drink. 49The rest said, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to save him.”
50Yeshua cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.
51 Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. 52The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the holy ones who had fallen asleep were raised; 53and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many.
54 Now the centurion and those who were with him watching Yeshua, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were done, were terrified, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
55 Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Yeshua from Galilee, serving him. 56Amongst them were Miriam Magdalene, Miriam the mother of Jacob and Yosi, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
57 When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea named Joseph, who himself was also Yeshua’s disciple, came. 58This man went to Pilate and asked for Yeshua’s body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up. 59Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth 60and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock. Then he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed. 61Miriam Magdalene was there, and the other Miriam, sitting opposite the tomb.
62 Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate, 63saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’ 64Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, ‘He is risen from the dead;’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”
65 Pilate said to them, “You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can.” 66So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.
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