Matthew 27
1 When morning came all the High Priests and the Elders of the people consulted together against Jesus to put Him to death;
When it was morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people have consulted against Jesus, how they might procure his death,
2 and binding Him they led Him away and handed Him over to Pilate the Governor.
conducted him bound to Pontius Pilate, the procurator, to whom they delivered him up.
3 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
Then Judas, who had betrayed him, finding that he was condemned, repented; and returning the thirty shekels to the chief priests and the elders,
4 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."
said, I have sinner, in that I have betrayed the innocent. They answered, What is that to us? See you to that.
5 Flinging the shekels into the Sanctuary he left the place, and went and hanged himself.
After which, having thrown down the money in the temple, he went away, and strangled himself.
6 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."
The chief priests taking the money, said, It is not lawful to put it into the sacred treasury, because it is the price of blood.
7 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;
But, after deliberating, they bought with it the potter's field, to be a burying place for strangers,
8 for which reason that piece of ground received the name, which it still bears, of 'the Field of Blood.'
for which reason that field is, to this day, called, The Field of Blood.
9 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,
Then was the word of Jeremiah the Prophet verified, "The thirty shekels, the price at which he was valued, I took, as the Lord appointed me, from the sons of Israel,
10 and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me."
who gave them for the potter's field.
11 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.
Now Jesus appeared before the procurator, who questioned him, saying, You are the King of the Jews? He answered, You say right.
12 When however the High Priests and the Elders kept bringing their charges against Him, He said not a word in reply.
But when he was arraigned by the chief priests and the elders, he made no reply.
13 "Do you not hear," asked Pilate, "what a mass of evidence they are bringing against you?"
Then Pilate said to him, Do you not hear of how many crimes they accuse you?
14 But He made no reply to a single accusation, so that the Governor was greatly astonished.
But he answered not one word, which surprised the procurator exceedingly.
15 "Now it was the Governor's custom at the Festival to release some one prisoner, whomsoever the populace desired;
Now the procurator was accustomed to release, at the festival, any one of the prisoners whom the multitude demanded.
16 and at this time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.
And they had then a famous prisoners named Barabbas.
17 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?"
Therefore. when they were assembled, Pilate said to them, Whom shall I release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Messiah?
18 For he knew that it was from envious hatred that Jesus had been brought before him.
(For he perceived that through envy they had delivered him up;
19 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."
besides, while he was sitting on the tribunal, his wife sent him this message, Have nothing to do with this innocent person; for today, I have suffered much in a dream, on his account.)
20 The High Priests, however, and the Elders urged the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to demand the death of Jesus.
But the chief priests and elders instigated the populace to demand Barabbas, and cause Jesus to be executed.
21 So when the Governor a second time asked them, "Which of the two shall I release to you?" --they cried, "Barabbas!"
Therefore, when the procurator asked, which of the two he should release, they all answered, Barabbas.
22 "What then," said Pilate, "shall I do with Jesus, the so-called Christ?" With one voice they shouted, "Let him be crucified!"
Pilate replied, What then shall I do with Jesus, whom they call Messiah? They all answered, Let him be crucified.
23 "Why, what crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. But they kept on furiously shouting, "Let him be crucified!"
The procurator said, Why? What evil has he done? But they cried the louder, saying, Let him be crucified.
24 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."
Pilate perceiving that he was so far from prevailing, that they grew more tumultuous, took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this innocent person. See you to it.
25 "His blood," replied all the people, "be on us and on our children!"
And all the people answering, said, His blood be upon us, and upon your children.
26 Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he ordered to be scourged, and gave Him up to be crucified.
Then he released Barabbas to them, and having caused Jesus to be scourged, delivered him up to be crucified.
27 Then the Governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and called together the whole battalion to make sport of Him.
After this, the procurator's soldiers took Jesus into the pretorium, where they gathered around him all the band.
28 Stripping off His garments, they put on Him a general's short crimson cloak.
And having stripped him, they robed him in a scarlet cloak,
29 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!"
and crowned him with a wreath of thorns, and put a rod in his right hand, and kneeling before him in mockery. cried, Hail, King of the Jews!
30 Then they spat upon Him, and taking the cane they repeatedly struck Him on the head with it.
And spitting upon him, they took the rod and struck him with it on the head.
31 At last, having finished their sport, they took off the cloak, clothed Him again in His own garments, and led Him away for crucifixion.
When they had mocked him, they disrobed him again, and having put his own raiment on him, led him away to crucify him.
32 Going out they met a Cyrenaean named Simon; whom they compelled to carry His cross,
As they went out of the city, they met one Simon, a Cyrenian, whom they constrained to carry the cross;
33 and so they came to a place called Golgotha, which means 'Skull-ground.'
and being arrived at a place called Golgotha, which signifies a Place of Skulls,
34 Here they gave Him a mixture of wine and gall to drink, but having tasted it He refused to drink it.
they gave him to drink, vinegar mixed with wormwood, which, having tasted, he would not drink.
35 After crucifying Him, they divided His garments among them by lot,
After they had nailed him to the cross, they parted his garments by lot.
36 and sat down there on guard.
And having sat down there, they guarded him.
37 Over His head they placed a written statement of the charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
And over his head they placed this inscription, denoting the cause of his death: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
38 At the same time two robbers were crucified with Him, one at His right hand and the other at His left.
Two robbers also were crucified with him, one at his right hand, and the other at his left.
39 And the passers-by reviled Him. They shook their heads at Him
Meanwhile the passengers reviled him, shaking their heads,
40 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."
and saying, You who could demolish the temple, and rebuild it in three days; if you be God's Son, come down from the cross.
41 In like manner the High Priests also, together with the Scribes and the Elders, taunted Him.
The chief priests also, with the scribes and elders, deriding him, said,
42 "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.
He saved others: can he not save himself? If he be King of Israel, let him now descend from the cross, and we will believe him.
43 His trust is in God: let God deliver him now, if He will have him; for he said, 'I am God's Son.'"
He trusted in God. Let God deliver him now, if he regard him; for he called himself God's Son.
44 Insults of the same kind were heaped on Him even by the robbers who were being crucified with Him.
The robbers too, his fellow-sufferers, upbraided him in the same manner.
45 Now from noon until three o'clock in the afternoon there was darkness over the whole land;
Now from the sixth hour to the ninth, the whole land was in darkness.
46 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?"
About the ninth hour, Jesus cried aloud, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabacthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
47 "The man is calling for Elijah," said some of the bystanders.
Some of the bystanders hearing this, said, He calls Elijah.
48 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;
Instantly one of them ran, brought a sponge, and soaked it in vinegar, and having fastened it to a stick, presented it to him to drink.
49 while the rest said, "Let us see whether Elijah is coming to deliver him."
The rest said, Forbear, we shall see whether Elijah will come to save him.
50 But Jesus uttered another loud cry and then yielded up His spirit.
Jesus having again cried with a loud voice, resigned his spirit.
51 Immediately the curtain of the Sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom: the earth quaked; the rocks split;
And, behold, the vail of the temple was rent in two from top to bottom, the earth trembled, and the rocks split.
52 the tombs opened; and many of God's people who were asleep in death awoke.
Graves also burst open; and after his resurrection, the bodies of several saints who slept were raised,
53 And coming out of their tombs after Christ's resurrection they entered the holy city and showed themselves to many.
came out of the graves, went into the holy city, and were seen by many.
54 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."
Now the centurion, and they who, with him, guarded Jesus, observing the earthquake, and what passed, were exceedingly terrified, and said, This was certainly the son of a god.
55 And there were a number of women there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee ministering to His necessities;
Several women also were there, looking on at a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, assisting him with their service.
56 among them being Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zabdi.
Among them were Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.
57 Towards sunset there came a wealthy inhabitant of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself also had become a disciple of Jesus.
In the evening a rich Arimathean named Joseph, who was himself a disciple of Jesus,
58 He went to Pilate and begged to have the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered it to be given to him.
went to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus. Pilate having given orders to deliver it to Joseph,
59 So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean sheet of fine linen.
he took the body, wrapped it in clean linen,
60 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.
and deposited it in his own tomb, which he had newly caused to be hewn in the rock; and having rolled a great stone to the entrance, he went away.
61 Mary of Magdala and the other Mary were both present there, sitting opposite to the sepulchre.
Now Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary were there, sitting over against the sepulcher.
62 On the next day, the day after the Preparation, the High Priests and the Pharisees came in a body to Pilate.
On the morrow, being the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees repaired in a body to Pilate,
63 "Sir," they said, "we recollect that during his lifetime that impostor pretended that after two days he was to rise to life again.
and said, My lord, we remember that this impostor, when alive, said, Within three days I shall be raised.
64 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."
Command, therefore, that the sepulcher be guarded till the third day, lest his disciples come and steal him, and say to the people, He is raised from the dead; for this last imposture would prove worse than the first.
65 "You can have a guard," said Pilate: "go and make all safe, as best you can."
Pilate answered, You have a guard; make the sepulcher as secure as you can.
66 So they went and made the sepulchre secure, sealing the stone besides setting the guard.
Accordingly they went and secured it, sealing the stone, and posting guards.
