Matthew 27
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Jesus Handed Over to Pilate
1When daybreak came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put him to death.#Mk 15:1; Lk 22:66; Jn 18:28 2After tying him up, they led him away and handed him over to Pilate,#27:2 Other mss read Pontius Pilate the governor.#Mt 20:19; Lk 13:1; Ac 3:13; 1Tm 6:13
Judas Hangs Himself
3Then Judas, his betrayer, seeing that Jesus had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.#Mt 21:29; 26:14–15 4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.
“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!” 5So he threw the silver into the temple#2Sm 17:23; Lk 1:19,21; Ac 1:18 and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.
6The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not permitted#Mk 2:24; Jn 18:31 to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.” 7They conferred together and bought the potter’s field with it as a burial place for foreigners. 8Therefore that field has been called “Field of Blood” to this day. 9Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: They took#27:9 Or I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him whose price was set by the Israelites, 10and they gave#27:10 Some mss read I gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.#27:9–10Jr 32:6–9; Zch 11:12–13#Jr 32:6–9; Zch 11:12–13; Mt 1:22
Jesus Faces the Governor
11Now Jesus stood before the governor.#Mk 15:2–5; Lk 23:2–3; Jn 18:29–38 “Are you the king of the Jews?” the governor asked him.
Jesus answered, “You say so.”#Mt 2:2; 1Tm 6:13 12While he was being accused by the chief priests and elders, he didn’t answer.#Mt 26:63; Jn 19:9
13Then Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear how much they are testifying against you?” 14But he didn’t answer him on even one charge, so that the governor was quite amazed.#Mk 15:5; Lk 23:9
Jesus or Barabbas
15At the festival#Mk 15:6–15; Lk 23:16–25; Jn 18:39–40; 19:16 the governor’s custom was to release to the crowd a prisoner they wanted. 16At that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.#27:16 Other mss read Jesus Barabbas, also in v. 17 17So when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Who is it you want me to release for you — Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?” #Mt 1:16; 27:22 18For he knew it was because of envy that they had handed him over.
19While he was sitting on the judge’s bench, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for today I’ve suffered terribly in a dream because of him.”#Gn 20:6; Nm 12:6; Jb 33:14–16; Mt 2:12; Jn 19:13
20The chief priests and the elders, however, persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to execute Jesus. 21The governor asked them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?”
“Barabbas!” they answered.
22Pilate asked them, “What should I do then with Jesus, who is called Christ?”
They all answered, “Crucify him!” #Mt 1:16; Ac 13:28
23Then he said, “Why? What has he done wrong?”
But they kept shouting all the more, “Crucify him!” #Lk 23:41; Jn 8:46
24When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was starting instead, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood.#27:24 Other mss read this righteous man’s blood See to it yourselves!” #Dt 21:6–8; Ps 26:6; Mt 26:5; 27:4,19
25All the people answered, “His blood be on us#Jos 2:19; Ac 5:28 and on our children!” 26Then he released Barabbas to them and, after having Jesus flogged, handed him over to be crucified.#Is 53:5; Mk 15:15; Lk 23:16; Jn 19:1
Mocked by the Military
27Then#Mk 15:16–20; Jn 19:2–3 the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence and gathered the whole company#27:27 Lit cohort around him.#Jn 18:28,33; 19:9; Ac 10:1 28They stripped him and dressed him in a scarlet robe.#Lk 23:11; Jn 19:2 29They twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on his head, and placed a staff in his right hand. And they knelt down before him and mocked him: “Hail, king of the Jews!” 30Then they spat on him, took the staff, and kept hitting him on the head. 31After they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe, put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.#Is 53:7; Mt 26:67
Crucified Between Two Criminals
32As they were going out, they found a Cyrenian man named Simon. They forced him to carry his cross.#Nm 15:35; Mk 15:21; Lk 23:26; Heb 13:12 33When they came to a place called Golgotha#Mk 15:22–32; Lk 23:33–43; Jn 19:17–24 (which means Place of the Skull), 34they gave him wine#27:34 Other mss read sour wine mixed with gall to drink. But when he tasted it, he refused to drink it. 35After crucifying him, they divided his clothes by casting lots.#27:35 Other mss add that what was spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled: “They divided my clothes among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.”#Ps 22:17; 69:21 36Then they sat down and were guarding him there. 37Above his head they put up the charge against him in writing: This Is Jesus, the King of the Jews.
38Then two criminals#27:38 Or revolutionaries were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.#Is 53:12; Mt 20:21; Jn 18:40 39Those who passed by were yelling insults at#27:39 Lit passed by blasphemed, or were blaspheming him, shaking their heads#Jb 16:4; Ps 22:7; 109:25; Lm 2:15; Mk 15:29 40and saying, “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!” #Mt 4:3,6; 26:61,63; Jn 2:19 41In the same way the chief priests, with the scribes and elders,#27:41 Other mss add and Pharisees mocked him and said, 42“He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the King of Israel!#Jn 1:49; 12:13 Let him#27:42 Other mss read If he ... Israel, let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43He trusts in God; let God rescue him now — if he takes pleasure in him!#27:43 Or if he wants him For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” 44In the same way even the criminals who were crucified with him taunted him.#Ps 22:8; Lk 23:39–43
The Death of Jesus
45From noon until three in the afternoon,#27:45 Lit From the sixth hour to the ninth hour darkness came over the whole land.#27:45 Or whole earth#Mk 15:33–41; Lk 23:44–49; Jn 19:28–30 46About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Elí, Elí, lemá#27:46 Some mss read lama; other mss read lima sabachtháni?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”#27:46Ps 22:1#Ps 22:1; Heb 5:7
47When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling for Elijah.”
48Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and offered him a drink.#Ps 69:21; Mk 15:36; Lk 23:36; Jn 19:29 49But the rest said, “Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.”
50But Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit.#Mk 15:37; Lk 23:46; Jn 10:18; 19:30 51Suddenly, the curtain of the sanctuary#Ex 26:31–33; 2Ch 3:14; Heb 9:3 was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth quaked, and the rocks were split. 52The tombs were also opened#Ezk 37:12 and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised. 53And they came out of the tombs after his resurrection, entered the holy city, and appeared to many.
54When the centurion and those with him, who were keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!” #Jn 5:19; Heb 1:2
55Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and looked after him were there, watching from a distance.#Ps 38:11; Lk 8:2–3; Jn 19:25 56Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.#Mt 20:20; Mk 15:40; Jn 19:25
The Burial of Jesus
57When it was evening,#Mk 15:42–47; Lk 23:50–56; Jn 19:38–42 a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph came, who himself had also become a disciple#Mt 10:42; 28:19; Lk 14:26; Jn 8:31; 13:35; 15:8; Ac 6:1 of Jesus. 58He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus’s body. Then Pilate ordered that it#27:58 Other mss read that the body be released. 59So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in clean, fine linen, 60and placed it in his new tomb, which he had cut into the rock. He left after rolling a great stone against the entrance of the tomb.#Is 53:9; Mt 27:66; 28:2; Mk 16:4 61Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were seated there, facing the tomb.
The Closely Guarded Tomb
62The next day, which followed the preparation day, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate#Mk 15:42; Lk 23:54; Jn 19:14,31,42 63and said, “Sir, we remember that while this deceiver was still alive he said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’#Mt 16:21; 17:22–23; 20:19; Mk 8:31; 10:34; Lk 9:22; 18:33 64So give orders that the tomb be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples#Mt 10:1; 26:56; Mk 3:7; 16:20; Lk 6:13; Jn 12:16 may come, steal him, and tell the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”
65“Take#27:65 Or “You have guards,” Pilate told them. “Go and make it as secure as you know how.” 66They went and secured the tomb by setting a seal on the stone and placing the guards.#Dn 6:17; Mt 28:2,11
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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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