The Message

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         <div class="label">27</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Thirty Silver Coins</span></div><div class="m"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1 v2" data-usfm="MAT.27.1+MAT.27.2"><span class="label">1-2</span><span class="content">In the first light of dawn, all the high priests and religious leaders met and put the finishing touches on their plot to kill Jesus. Then they tied him up and paraded him to Pilate, the governor.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1 v2" data-usfm="MAT.27.1+MAT.27.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3 v4" data-usfm="MAT.27.3+MAT.27.4"><span class="label">3-4</span><span class="content">Judas, the one who betrayed him, realized that Jesus was doomed. Overcome with remorse, he gave back the thirty silver coins to the high priests, saying, &#8220;I&#8217;ve sinned. I&#8217;ve betrayed an innocent man.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3 v4" data-usfm="MAT.27.3+MAT.27.4"><span class="content">They said, &#8220;What do we care? That&#8217;s </span><span class="it"><span class="content">your</span></span><span class="content"> problem!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3 v4" data-usfm="MAT.27.3+MAT.27.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Judas threw the silver coins into the Temple and left. Then he went out and hung himself.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.27.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10" data-usfm="MAT.27.6+MAT.27.7+MAT.27.8+MAT.27.9+MAT.27.10"><span class="label">6-10</span><span class="content">The high priests picked up the silver pieces, but then didn&#8217;t know what to do with them. &#8220;It wouldn&#8217;t be right to give this&#8212;a payment for murder!&#8212;as an offering in the Temple.&#8221; They decided to get rid of it by buying the &#8220;Potter&#8217;s Field&#8221; and use it as a burial place for the homeless. That&#8217;s how the field got called &#8220;Murder Meadow,&#8221; a name that has stuck to this day. Then Jeremiah&#8217;s words became history:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10" data-usfm="MAT.27.6+MAT.27.7+MAT.27.8+MAT.27.9+MAT.27.10"><span class="content">They took the thirty silver pieces,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10" data-usfm="MAT.27.6+MAT.27.7+MAT.27.8+MAT.27.9+MAT.27.10"><span class="content">The price of the one priced by some sons of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10" data-usfm="MAT.27.6+MAT.27.7+MAT.27.8+MAT.27.9+MAT.27.10"><span class="content">And they purchased the potter&#8217;s field.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10" data-usfm="MAT.27.6+MAT.27.7+MAT.27.8+MAT.27.9+MAT.27.10"><span class="content">And so they unwittingly followed the divine instructions to the letter.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Pilate</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v6 v7 v8 v9 v10" data-usfm="MAT.27.6+MAT.27.7+MAT.27.8+MAT.27.9+MAT.27.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.27.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Jesus was placed before the governor, who questioned him: &#8220;Are you the &#8216;King of the Jews&#8217;?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.27.11"><span class="content">Jesus said, &#8220;If you say so.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.27.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12 v13 v14" data-usfm="MAT.27.12+MAT.27.13+MAT.27.14"><span class="label">12-14</span><span class="content">But when the accusations rained down hot and heavy from the high priests and religious leaders, he said nothing. Pilate asked him, &#8220;Do you hear that long list of accusations? Aren&#8217;t you going to say something?&#8221; Jesus kept silence&#8212;not a word from his mouth. The governor was impressed, really impressed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12 v13 v14" data-usfm="MAT.27.12+MAT.27.13+MAT.27.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15 v16 v17 v18" data-usfm="MAT.27.15+MAT.27.16+MAT.27.17+MAT.27.18"><span class="label">15-18</span><span class="content">It was an old custom during the Feast for the governor to pardon a single prisoner named by the crowd. At the time, they had the infamous Jesus Barabbas in prison. With the crowd before him, Pilate said, &#8220;Which prisoner do you want me to pardon: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus the so-called Christ?&#8221; He knew it was through sheer spite that they had turned Jesus over to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15 v16 v17 v18" data-usfm="MAT.27.15+MAT.27.16+MAT.27.17+MAT.27.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.27.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">While court was still in session, Pilate&#8217;s wife sent him a message: &#8220;Don&#8217;t get mixed up in judging this noble man. I&#8217;ve just been through a long and troubled night because of a dream about him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.27.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.27.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, the high priests and religious leaders had talked the crowd into asking for the pardon of Barabbas and the execution of Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.27.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.27.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The governor asked, &#8220;Which of the two do you want me to pardon?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.27.21"><span class="content">They said, &#8220;Barabbas!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.27.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.27.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then what do I do with Jesus, the so-called Christ?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.27.22"><span class="content">They all shouted, &#8220;Nail him to a cross!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.27.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.27.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He objected, &#8220;But for what crime?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.27.23"><span class="content">But they yelled all the louder, &#8220;Nail him to a cross!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.27.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.27.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere and that a riot was imminent, he took a basin of water and washed his hands in full sight of the crowd, saying, &#8220;I&#8217;m washing my hands of responsibility for this man&#8217;s death. From now on, it&#8217;s in your hands. You&#8217;re judge and jury.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.27.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.27.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The crowd answered, &#8220;We&#8217;ll take the blame, we and our children after us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.27.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.27.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then he pardoned Barabbas. But he had Jesus whipped, and then handed over for crucifixion.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Crucifixion</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.27.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27 v28 v29 v30 v31" data-usfm="MAT.27.27+MAT.27.28+MAT.27.29+MAT.27.30+MAT.27.31"><span class="label">27-31</span><span class="content">The soldiers assigned to the governor took Jesus into the governor&#8217;s palace and got the entire brigade together for some fun. They stripped him and dressed him in a red robe. They plaited a crown from branches of a thornbush and set it on his head. They put a stick in his right hand for a scepter. Then they knelt before him in mocking reverence: &#8220;Bravo, King of the Jews!&#8221; they said. &#8220;Bravo!&#8221; Then they spit on him and hit him on the head with the stick. When they had had their fun, they took off the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they proceeded out to the crucifixion.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27 v28 v29 v30 v31" data-usfm="MAT.27.27+MAT.27.28+MAT.27.29+MAT.27.30+MAT.27.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32 v33 v34" data-usfm="MAT.27.32+MAT.27.33+MAT.27.34"><span class="label">32-34</span><span class="content">Along the way they came on a man from Cyrene named Simon and made him carry Jesus&#8217; cross. Arriving at Golgotha, the place they call &#8220;Skull Hill,&#8221; they offered him a mild painkiller (a mixture of wine and myrrh), but when he tasted it he wouldn&#8217;t drink it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32 v33 v34" data-usfm="MAT.27.32+MAT.27.33+MAT.27.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35 v36 v37 v38 v39 v40" data-usfm="MAT.27.35+MAT.27.36+MAT.27.37+MAT.27.38+MAT.27.39+MAT.27.40"><span class="label">35-40</span><span class="content">After they had finished nailing him to the cross and were waiting for him to die, they killed time by throwing dice for his clothes. Above his head they had posted the criminal charge against him: </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">this is jesus, the king of the jews</span></span><span class="content">. Along with him, they also crucified two criminals, one to his right, the other to his left. People passing along the road jeered, shaking their heads in mock lament: &#8220;You bragged that you could tear down the Temple and then rebuild it in three days&#8212;so show us your stuff! Save yourself! If you&#8217;re really God&#8217;s Son, come down from that cross!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35 v36 v37 v38 v39 v40" data-usfm="MAT.27.35+MAT.27.36+MAT.27.37+MAT.27.38+MAT.27.39+MAT.27.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41 v42 v43 v44" data-usfm="MAT.27.41+MAT.27.42+MAT.27.43+MAT.27.44"><span class="label">41-44</span><span class="content">The high priests, along with the religion scholars and leaders, were right there mixing it up with the rest of them, having a great time poking fun at him: &#8220;He saved others&#8212;he can&#8217;t save himself! King of Israel, is he? Then let him get down from that cross. We&#8217;ll </span><span class="it"><span class="content">all</span></span><span class="content"> become believers then! He was so sure of God&#8212;well, let him rescue his &#8216;Son&#8217; now&#8212;if he wants him! He did claim to be God&#8217;s Son, didn&#8217;t he?&#8221; Even the two criminals crucified next to him joined in the mockery.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41 v42 v43 v44" data-usfm="MAT.27.41+MAT.27.42+MAT.27.43+MAT.27.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45 v46" data-usfm="MAT.27.45+MAT.27.46"><span class="label">45-46</span><span class="content">From noon to three, the whole earth was dark. Around mid-afternoon Jesus groaned out of the depths, crying loudly, &#8220;</span><span class="it"><span class="content">Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?</span></span><span class="content">&#8221; which means, &#8220;My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45 v46" data-usfm="MAT.27.45+MAT.27.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47 v48 v49" data-usfm="MAT.27.47+MAT.27.48+MAT.27.49"><span class="label">47-49</span><span class="content">Some bystanders who heard him said, &#8220;He&#8217;s calling for Elijah.&#8221; One of them ran and got a sponge soaked in sour wine and lifted it on a stick so he could drink. The others joked, &#8220;Don&#8217;t be in such a hurry. Let&#8217;s see if Elijah comes and saves him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v47 v48 v49" data-usfm="MAT.27.47+MAT.27.48+MAT.27.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MAT.27.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">But Jesus, again crying out loudly, breathed his last.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MAT.27.50"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v51 v52 v53" data-usfm="MAT.27.51+MAT.27.52+MAT.27.53"><span class="label">51-53</span><span class="content">At that moment, the Temple curtain was ripped in two, top to bottom. There was an earthquake, and rocks were split in pieces. What&#8217;s more, tombs were opened up, and many bodies of believers asleep in their graves were raised. (After Jesus&#8217; resurrection, they left the tombs, entered the holy city, and appeared to many.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v51 v52 v53" data-usfm="MAT.27.51+MAT.27.52+MAT.27.53"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="MAT.27.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">The captain of the guard and those with him, when they saw the earthquake and everything else that was happening, were scared to death. They said, &#8220;This has to be the Son of God!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="MAT.27.54"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v55 v56" data-usfm="MAT.27.55+MAT.27.56"><span class="label">55-56</span><span class="content">There were also quite a few women watching from a distance, women who had followed Jesus from Galilee in order to serve him. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the Zebedee brothers.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Tomb</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v55 v56" data-usfm="MAT.27.55+MAT.27.56"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v57 v58 v59 v60 v61" data-usfm="MAT.27.57+MAT.27.58+MAT.27.59+MAT.27.60+MAT.27.61"><span class="label">57-61</span><span class="content">Late in the afternoon a wealthy man from Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus, arrived. His name was Joseph. He went to Pilate and asked for Jesus&#8217; body. Pilate granted his request. Joseph took the body and wrapped it in clean linens, put it in his own tomb, a new tomb only recently cut into the rock, and rolled a large stone across the entrance. Then he went off. But Mary Magdalene and the other Mary stayed, sitting in plain view of the tomb.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v57 v58 v59 v60 v61" data-usfm="MAT.27.57+MAT.27.58+MAT.27.59+MAT.27.60+MAT.27.61"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v62 v63 v64" data-usfm="MAT.27.62+MAT.27.63+MAT.27.64"><span class="label">62-64</span><span class="content">After sundown, the high priests and Pharisees arranged a meeting with Pilate. They said, &#8220;Sir, we just remembered that that liar announced while he was still alive, &#8216;After three days I will be raised.&#8217; We&#8217;ve got to get that tomb sealed until the third day. There&#8217;s a good chance his disciples will come and steal the corpse and then go around saying, &#8216;He&#8217;s risen from the dead.&#8217; Then we&#8217;ll be worse off than before, the final deceit surpassing the first.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v62 v63 v64" data-usfm="MAT.27.62+MAT.27.63+MAT.27.64"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v65 v66" data-usfm="MAT.27.65+MAT.27.66"><span class="label">65-66</span><span class="content">Pilate told them, &#8220;You will have a guard. Go ahead and secure it the best you can.&#8221; So they went out and secured the tomb, sealing the stone and posting guards.</span></span></div>
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In the first light of dawn, all the high priests and religious leaders met and put the finishing touches on their plot to kill Jesus. Then they tied him up and paraded him to Pilate, the governor.
Judas, the one who betrayed him, realized that Jesus was doomed. Overcome with remorse, he gave back the thirty silver coins to the high priests, saying, “I’ve sinned. I’ve betrayed an innocent man.”
They said, “What do we care? That’s your problem!”
Judas threw the silver coins into the Temple and left. Then he went out and hung himself.
The high priests picked up the silver pieces, but then didn’t know what to do with them. “It wouldn’t be right to give this—a payment for murder!—as an offering in the Temple.” They decided to get rid of it by buying the “Potter’s Field” and use it as a burial place for the homeless. That’s how the field got called “Murder Meadow,” a name that has stuck to this day. Then Jeremiah’s words became history:

They took the thirty silver pieces,
The price of the one priced by some sons of Israel,
And they purchased the potter’s field.

And so they unwittingly followed the divine instructions to the letter.

Jesus was placed before the governor, who questioned him: “Are you the ‘King of the Jews’?”
Jesus said, “If you say so.”
But when the accusations rained down hot and heavy from the high priests and religious leaders, he said nothing. Pilate asked him, “Do you hear that long list of accusations? Aren’t you going to say something?” Jesus kept silence—not a word from his mouth. The governor was impressed, really impressed.
It was an old custom during the Feast for the governor to pardon a single prisoner named by the crowd. At the time, they had the infamous Jesus Barabbas in prison. With the crowd before him, Pilate said, “Which prisoner do you want me to pardon: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus the so-called Christ?” He knew it was through sheer spite that they had turned Jesus over to him.
While court was still in session, Pilate’s wife sent him a message: “Don’t get mixed up in judging this noble man. I’ve just been through a long and troubled night because of a dream about him.”
Meanwhile, the high priests and religious leaders had talked the crowd into asking for the pardon of Barabbas and the execution of Jesus.
The governor asked, “Which of the two do you want me to pardon?”
They said, “Barabbas!”
“Then what do I do with Jesus, the so-called Christ?”
They all shouted, “Nail him to a cross!”
He objected, “But for what crime?”
But they yelled all the louder, “Nail him to a cross!”
When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere and that a riot was imminent, he took a basin of water and washed his hands in full sight of the crowd, saying, “I’m washing my hands of responsibility for this man’s death. From now on, it’s in your hands. You’re judge and jury.”
The crowd answered, “We’ll take the blame, we and our children after us.”
Then he pardoned Barabbas. But he had Jesus whipped, and then handed over for crucifixion.

The soldiers assigned to the governor took Jesus into the governor’s palace and got the entire brigade together for some fun. They stripped him and dressed him in a red robe. They plaited a crown from branches of a thornbush and set it on his head. They put a stick in his right hand for a scepter. Then they knelt before him in mocking reverence: “Bravo, King of the Jews!” they said. “Bravo!” Then they spit on him and hit him on the head with the stick. When they had had their fun, they took off the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they proceeded out to the crucifixion.
Along the way they came on a man from Cyrene named Simon and made him carry Jesus’ cross. Arriving at Golgotha, the place they call “Skull Hill,” they offered him a mild painkiller (a mixture of wine and myrrh), but when he tasted it he wouldn’t drink it.
After they had finished nailing him to the cross and were waiting for him to die, they killed time by throwing dice for his clothes. Above his head they had posted the criminal charge against him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS. Along with him, they also crucified two criminals, one to his right, the other to his left. People passing along the road jeered, shaking their heads in mock lament: “You bragged that you could tear down the Temple and then rebuild it in three days—so show us your stuff! Save yourself! If you’re really God’s Son, come down from that cross!”
The high priests, along with the religion scholars and leaders, were right there mixing it up with the rest of them, having a great time poking fun at him: “He saved others—he can’t save himself! King of Israel, is he? Then let him get down from that cross. We’ll all become believers then! He was so sure of God—well, let him rescue his ‘Son’ now—if he wants him! He did claim to be God’s Son, didn’t he?” Even the two criminals crucified next to him joined in the mockery.
From noon to three, the whole earth was dark. Around mid-afternoon Jesus groaned out of the depths, crying loudly, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
Some bystanders who heard him said, “He’s calling for Elijah.” One of them ran and got a sponge soaked in sour wine and lifted it on a stick so he could drink. The others joked, “Don’t be in such a hurry. Let’s see if Elijah comes and saves him.”
But Jesus, again crying out loudly, breathed his last.
At that moment, the Temple curtain was ripped in two, top to bottom. There was an earthquake, and rocks were split in pieces. What’s more, tombs were opened up, and many bodies of believers asleep in their graves were raised. (After Jesus’ resurrection, they left the tombs, entered the holy city, and appeared to many.)
The captain of the guard and those with him, when they saw the earthquake and everything else that was happening, were scared to death. They said, “This has to be the Son of God!”
There were also quite a few women watching from a distance, women who had followed Jesus from Galilee in order to serve him. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the Zebedee brothers.

Late in the afternoon a wealthy man from Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus, arrived. His name was Joseph. He went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. Pilate granted his request. Joseph took the body and wrapped it in clean linens, put it in his own tomb, a new tomb only recently cut into the rock, and rolled a large stone across the entrance. Then he went off. But Mary Magdalene and the other Mary stayed, sitting in plain view of the tomb.
After sundown, the high priests and Pharisees arranged a meeting with Pilate. They said, “Sir, we just remembered that that liar announced while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will be raised.’ We’ve got to get that tomb sealed until the third day. There’s a good chance his disciples will come and steal the corpse and then go around saying, ‘He’s risen from the dead.’ Then we’ll be worse off than before, the final deceit surpassing the first.”
Pilate told them, “You will have a guard. Go ahead and secure it the best you can.” So they went out and secured the tomb, sealing the stone and posting guards.

Escucha a Matthew 27