Matthew 27
1 BUT when it was morning, the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jeshu, how they should put him to death.
And when the morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, how they might put him to death.
2 And they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him to Pilatos the governor.
After they had bound him, they led him away, and handed him over to Pilate, the Roman Governor.
3 Then Jihuda the traitor, when he saw that Jeshu was condemned, repented him, and went hastily, and returned those thirty of silver unto the chief priests and elders,
Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that he was condemned, he repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.
4 and said, I have sinned, for I have betrayed the innocent blood. But they said to him, To us? what to us? Thou knowest, -thou!
"I have sinned," he said, "in betraying innocent blood!" "What is that to us?" they answered; "you must see to that."
5 And he cast down the silver in the temple, and passed away, and went and strangled himself.
And flinging down the silver into the Sanctuary, he rushed out, and went and hanged himself.
6 But the chief priests took up the silver, and said, It is not lawful that we throw it into the place of offering, because it is the price of blood.
The chief priests took the money, and said, "It would be wrong to put it into the temple-treasury, because it is the price of blood."
7 And they took counsel, and bought with it the field of the potter, for the burial-place of strangers.
So after the consultation they bought the Potter’s Field with it, for a burial-place for strangers.
8 Wherefore that field has been called, The field of blood, until this day.
That is the reason why, to this day, the field is called "The Field of Blood."
9 Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet, who said, And I took the thirty (pieces) of silver, the price of him who was precious, whom the sons of Isroel bargained for;
Then was fulfilled the word spoken by the prophet Jeremiah. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him who had been priced, whom certain of the Children of Israel had priced;
10 and gave them for the field of the potter, as the Lord commanded me.
and gave them for the Potter’s Field, as the Lord had appointed me.
11 But Jeshu himself stood before the governor. And the governor questioned him, and said to him, Thou art the king of the Jihudoyee? Jeshu said to him, Thou hast said.
Now Jesus stood before the Governor, and the Governor questioned him. "Are you the King of the Jews?" he asked.
12 And while the chief priests and elders were accusing him, he returned not a word.
"it is as you say," answered Jesus; but while he was being accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
13 Then said Pilatos unto him, Hearest thou not what they witness against thee?
Then Pilate said to him, "Do you not hear what they are testifying against you?"
14 But he gave him no answer, no, not in one word; and upon this (Pilate) marvelled greatly.
But he made no answer, not even to one charge; insomuch that the Governor was greatly astonished.
15 Now at every festival the governor was accustomed to release one of the bound unto the people, whomsoever they would.
Now it was the Governor’s custom, during the Passover, to release to the people any one prisoner whom they selected.
16 But there was (then) bound a notorious prisoner who was called Bar-aba.
At that time they had a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.
17 And when they were assembled, Pilatos said to them, Whom will you that I release unto you, Bar-aba, or Jeshu who is called the Meshicha?
So when they had assembled, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?"
18 For Pilatos knew that from malice they had delivered him.
He knew well that it was because of enmity that they had brought Jesus before him.
19 But while the governor sat upon his tribunal, his wife sent to him saying, Let there be nothing between thee and that Just One; for much have I suffered in a dream to-day on his account.
And while he was seated upon the judgment-seat, his wife had sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered many things today, in a dream, because of him."
20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that he should release to them Bar-aba, that they might destroy Jeshu.
But the chief priests and the elders urged the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and to destroy Jesus.
21 And the governor answered and said to them, Whom will you that I shall release to you of these two? Then they said, Bar-aba.
So when Pilate said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release unto you?" they said, "Barabbas."
22 Pilatos saith to them, And to Jeshu who is called the Meshicha, what shall I do with him? They all said, Let him be crucified.
And Pilate asked, "What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ?" What one voice they shouted, "Let him be crucified!"
23 Pilatos saith to them, Why, what evil hath he done? But they clamoured the more, and said, Let him be crucified!
But Pilate said, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they kept shouting the more fiercely, "Let him be crucified!"
24 Then Pilatos, when he saw that nothing availed, but that the tumult became greater, took waters (and) washed his hands before the assembly, and said, I am expiated from the blood of this Just One. You shall know.
So when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that on the contrary a riot was threatening, he took water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying. "I am innocent of the blood of this man; you must answer for it."
25 And all the people answered and said, His blood upon us, and upon our children!
All the people answered, "His blood be upon us and upon our children."
26 THEN he released to them Bar-aba; and scourged Jeshu with thongs, and delivered him to be crucified.
Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he scourged, and delivered to be crucified.
27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jeshu to the Praetorium, and the whole cohort gathered against him.
Then the soldiers of the Governor took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered all the battalion together.
28 And they stripped him, and invested him with a cloak of crimson.
They stripped him and put on him a scarlet robe.
29 And they interwove a crown of thorns, and set it upon his head, and a cane in his right hand: and they kneeled upon their knees before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, king of the Jihudoyee!
And they twisted a thorny crown for him, and put it on his head, and placed a reed in his right hand. Then they knelt before him, in mockery, crying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
30 And they did spit in his face, and took the cane, and struck him upon his head.
And they spit upon him, and took the reed and struck him on the head, again and again.
31 And when they had derided him, they stripped him of the cloak, and clothed him with his own garments, and led him away to be crucified.
At last, when they had finished their mocking, they took the robe off, and put his own garments on him, and led him away to crucify him.
32 And when they had gone forth, they found a Kurinean man whose name was Shemun: this (man) they compel to carry his cross.
And as they went out they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, whom they compelled to go with them to carry his cross.
33 And they came to a place which is called Gogultho, which is expounded, The skull.
And when they came to a place called Golgotha (the word means "Place of a Skull"),
34 And they gave him to drink vinegar mingled with gall: and he tasted, but was not willing to drink.
they gave Jesus wine to drink, mingled with gall. But after tasting it he refused to drink it.
35 And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments by lot: that what was spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
After crucifying him, they parted his garments among them by casting lots.
36 And they sat down and watched him there.
Then they sat and watched him there.
37 And they placed over his head the occasion of his death, in the writing, This (is) Jeshu, the King of the Jihudoyee.
They also placed above his head his accusation written, This is Jesus The King of the Jews
38 AND they crucified with him two thieves, one on his right hand, and one on his left.
At that time two robbers, also, were crucified with him; one on his right hand, the other on his left.
39 But they who passed by railed against him, moving their heads,
Those who passed by reviled him, wagging their heads saying.
40 and saying, Destroyer of the temple, and builder of it in three days! deliver thyself, if thou art the Son of Aloha, and come down from the cross.
"You who were going to 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 also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders and Pharishee, saying,
In like manner the chief priests, too, with the Scribes and elders, kept taunting him.
42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Isroel, let him now descend from the cross, that we may see and believe in him.
"He saved other," they said, "himself he cannot save. He, the King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him!
43 He trusted upon Aloha; let him liberate him now, if he delighteth in him; for he said, I am the Son of Aloha.
He put his trust in God. let Him deliver him now, if He cares for him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God!’"
44 Likewise also the robbers who were crucified with him reviled him.
In the same way the robbers also who were being crucified with him, dept reviling him.
45 BUT from the sixth hour there was darkness upon all the land until the ninth hour.
Now from noon darkness fell upon the whole land, until three o’clock in the afternoon.
46 And about the ninth hour Jeshu cried with a high voice, Aloha! Aloha! why hast thou forsaken me?
But at three o’clock Jesus cried out in loud voice, "Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani?" (That is to say, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?")
47 But certain of them who stood there, when they heard, said, This hath cried unto Ilio.
When they heard this, some of the bystanders said "He is calling for Elijah!"
48 And forthwith ran one from them, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and set it upon a cane, and gave him to drink.
At once, one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filling it with vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
49 But the rest said, Let alone, we will see whether Ilio (will) come to deliver him.
But the rest said. "Let be! Let us see whether Elijah is coming to save him!"
50 But he, Jeshu, again cried with a high voice, and dismissed his spirit.
And Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.
51 And at once the veil of the temple was rent in twain from above to beneath; and the earth was shaken, and the rocks were riven.
And lo, the veil of the sanctuary was torn in two, from the top to the bottom;
52 And the house of the buried was opened; and the bodies of many of the saints who had been asleep arose,
the earth quaked; the rocks split; the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
53 and came forth, and after his resurrection went into the holy city, and were seen by many.
And coming forth out of the tombs, after his resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
54 But the centurion and those with him, who guarded Jeshu, when they saw the commotion and those (portents) which took place, feared greatly, and said, Assuredly this was the Son of Aloha.
When the Roman captain and the soldiers who were with him, guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and all that happened, they were greatly terrified and said, "Certainly this man must have been God’s Son."
55 (And) many women were there, beholding from afar; those who had come after Jeshu from Galila, and had ministered unto him.
And there were present several women who were looking on from a distance; they had followed Jesus from a Galilee, ministering to him.
56 One of them was Mariam Magdolitha, and Mariam the mother of Jakub and of Josi, and the mother of the sons of Zabdai.
among them being Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of Jamesand Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.
57 BUT when it was evening, there came a rich man from Rometha, whose name was Jauseph, who himself also was a disciple of Jeshu.
When it was eventide, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Josephus, who was himself a disciple of Jesus.
58 This went unto Pilatos, and begged the body of Jeshu. And Pilatos commanded that the body should be given to him.
This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
59 And Jauseph took the body, and wound it round in a cloth of pure linen,
Pilate then commanded that it be given over to him.
60 and laid it in a new house of burial of his own, which was hewn out in the rock. And they rolled a great stone, and heaved it against the door of the sepulchre, and went.
So Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock; and after rolling a great stone against the opening of the tomb, he went away.
61 Now there were there Mariam Magdolitha and the other Mariam, who were sitting over against the sepulchre.
And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
62 BUT the day which was next after the preparation, the chief priests and Pharishee came together unto Pilatos,
The day after - that is, the day following the Preparation - the chief priests and Pharisees went in a body to Pilate and said.
63 saying to him, Our lord, we remember that that impostor said while alive, That after three days I will arise.
"We recollect, Sir, that when he was living this imposter said, ‘I will rise again after three days.’
64 Command therefore that they watch the sepulchre till (after) the third of the days; lest his disciples come, and steal him away by night, and tell the people that from the house of the dead he has risen, and the last delusion be worse than the first.
Now therefore give order to have the sepulcher securely guarded until the third day, for fear his disciples may come and steal him away, and then tell the people, ‘He is risen from the dead’; and so the last error will be worse than the first."
65 Pilatos saith to them, Ye have guards; go, watch diligently, as ye know how.
"You can have a guard," said Pilate. "Go your way, make it as secure as you can."
66 So they went, and set a watch (about) the sepulchre, and sealed the stone along with the guards.
So they went and made the sepulcher secure, by sealing the stone in the presence of the guard.
