Matthew 27
1 When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
When morning came all the High Priests and the Elders of the people consulted together against Jesus to put Him to death;
2 They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor.
and binding Him they led Him away and handed Him over to Pilate the Governor.
3 When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.
Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He was condemned, smitten with remorse he brought back the thirty shekels to the High Priests and Elders
4 “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”
and said, "I have sinned, in betraying to death one who is innocent." "What does that matter to us?" they replied; it is your business."
5 So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
Flinging the shekels into the Sanctuary he left the place, and went and hanged himself.
6 The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
When the High Priests had gathered up the money they said, "It is illegal to put it into the Treasury, because it is the price of blood."
7 After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.
So after consulting together they spent the money in the purchase of the Potter's Field as a burial place for people not belonging to the city;
8 That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
for which reason that piece of ground received the name, which it still bears, of 'the Field of Blood.'
9 Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel,
Then were fulfilled the words spoken by the Prophet Jeremiah, "And I took the thirty shekels, the price of the prized one on whom Israelites had set a price,
10 and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord had commanded me.”
and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me."
11 Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, who questioned Him: “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
Meanwhile Jesus was brought before the Governor, and the latter put the question, "Are you the King of the Jews?" "I am their King," He answered.
12 And when He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He gave no answer.
When however the High Priests and the Elders kept bringing their charges against Him, He said not a word in reply.
13 Then Pilate asked Him, “Do You not hear how many charges they are bringing against You?”
"Do you not hear," asked Pilate, "what a mass of evidence they are bringing against you?"
14 But Jesus gave no answer, not even to a single charge, much to the governor’s amazement.
But He made no reply to a single accusation, so that the Governor was greatly astonished.
15 Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.
"Now it was the Governor's custom at the Festival to release some one prisoner, whomsoever the populace desired;
16 At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.
and at this time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.
17 So when the crowd had assembled, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”
So when they were now assembled Pilate appealed to them. "Whom shall I release to you," he said, "Barabbas, or Jesus the so-called Christ?"
18 For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.
For he knew that it was from envious hatred that Jesus had been brought before him.
19 While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”
While he was sitting on the tribunal a message came to him from his wife. "Have nothing to do with that innocent man," she said, "for during the night I have suffered terribly in a dream through him."
20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.
The High Priests, however, and the Elders urged the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to demand the death of Jesus.
21 “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they replied.
So when the Governor a second time asked them, "Which of the two shall I release to you?" --they cried, "Barabbas!"
22 “What then should I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” Pilate asked. They all answered, “Crucify Him!”
"What then," said Pilate, "shall I do with Jesus, the so-called Christ?" With one voice they shouted, "Let him be crucified!"
23 “Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”
"Why, what crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. But they kept on furiously shouting, "Let him be crucified!"
24 When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
So when he saw that he could gain nothing, but that on the contrary there was a riot threatening, he called for water and washed his hands in sight of them all, saying, "I am not responsible for this murder: you must answer for it."
25 All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
"His blood," replied all the people, "be on us and on our children!"
26 So Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he ordered to be scourged, and gave Him up to be crucified.
27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.
Then the Governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and called together the whole battalion to make sport of Him.
28 They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.
Stripping off His garments, they put on Him a general's short crimson cloak.
29 And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand and knelt down before Him to mock Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
They twisted a wreath of thorny twigs and put it on His head, and they put a sceptre of cane in His right hand, and kneeling to Him they shouted in mockery, "Long live the King of the Jews!"
30 Then they spit on Him and took the staff and struck Him on the head repeatedly.
Then they spat upon Him, and taking the cane they repeatedly struck Him on the head with it.
31 After they had mocked Him, they removed the robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him away to crucify Him.
At last, having finished their sport, they took off the cloak, clothed Him again in His own garments, and led Him away for crucifixion.
32 Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.
Going out they met a Cyrenaean named Simon; whom they compelled to carry His cross,
33 And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull,
and so they came to a place called Golgotha, which means 'Skull-ground.'
34 they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.
Here they gave Him a mixture of wine and gall to drink, but having tasted it He refused to drink it.
35 When they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments by casting lots.
After crucifying Him, they divided His garments among them by lot,
36 And sitting down, they kept watch over Him there.
and sat down there on guard.
37 Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Over His head they placed a written statement of the charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
38 Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right hand and the other on His left.
At the same time two robbers were crucified with Him, one at His right hand and the other at His left.
39 And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads
And the passers-by reviled Him. They shook their heads at Him
40 and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
and said, "You who would pull down the Sanctuary and build a new one within three days, save yourself. If you are God's Son, come down from the cross."
41 In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying,
In like manner the High Priests also, together with the Scribes and the Elders, taunted Him.
42 “He saved others, but He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him.
"He saved others," they said, "himself he cannot save! He is the King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in him.
43 He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
His trust is in God: let God deliver him now, if He will have him; for he said, 'I am God's Son.'"
44 In the same way, even the robbers who were crucified with Him berated Him.
Insults of the same kind were heaped on Him even by the robbers who were being crucified with Him.
45 From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
Now from noon until three o'clock in the afternoon there was darkness over the whole land;
46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
but about three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is to say, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?"
47 When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He is calling Elijah.”
"The man is calling for Elijah," said some of the bystanders.
48 One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.
One of them ran forthwith, and filling a sponge with sour wine put it on the end of a cane and offered it Him to drink;
49 But the others said, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to save Him.”
while the rest said, "Let us see whether Elijah is coming to deliver him."
50 When Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, He yielded up His spirit.
But Jesus uttered another loud cry and then yielded up His spirit.
51 At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
Immediately the curtain of the Sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom: the earth quaked; the rocks split;
52 The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
the tombs opened; and many of God's people who were asleep in death awoke.
53 After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.
And coming out of their tombs after Christ's resurrection they entered the holy city and showed themselves to many.
54 When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”
As for the Captain and the soldiers who were with Him keeping guard over Jesus, when they witnessed the earthquake and the other occurrences they were filled with terror, and exclaimed, "Assuredly he was God's Son."
55 And many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to minister to Him.
And there were a number of women there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee ministering to His necessities;
56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.
among them being Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zabdi.
57 When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus.
Towards sunset there came a wealthy inhabitant of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself also had become a disciple of Jesus.
58 He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.
He went to Pilate and begged to have the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered it to be given to him.
59 So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean sheet of fine linen.
60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.
He then laid it in his own new tomb which he had hewn in the solid rock, and after rolling a great stone against the door of the tomb he went home.
61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.
Mary of Magdala and the other Mary were both present there, sitting opposite to the sepulchre.
62 The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.
On the next day, the day after the Preparation, the High Priests and the Pharisees came in a body to Pilate.
63 “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
"Sir," they said, "we recollect that during his lifetime that impostor pretended that after two days he was to rise to life again.
64 So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”
So give orders for the sepulchre to be securely guarded till the third day, for fear his disciples should come by night and steal the body, and then tell the people that he has come back to life; and so the last imposture will be more serious than the first."
65 “You have a guard,” Pilate said. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”
"You can have a guard," said Pilate: "go and make all safe, as best you can."
66 So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.
So they went and made the sepulchre secure, sealing the stone besides setting the guard.
