Matthew 27

1 When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.

2 They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pontius 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.

4 “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”

5 So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away 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.”

7 After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.

8 That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

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,

10 and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord had commanded me.”

11 Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, who questioned Him: “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.

12 And when He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He gave no answer.

13 Then Pilate asked Him, “Do You not hear how many charges they are bringing against You?”

14 But Jesus gave no answer, not even to a single charge, much to the governor’s amazement.

15 Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.

16 At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner named 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?”

18 For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to 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.”

20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.

21 “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they replied.

22 “What then should I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” Pilate asked. They all answered, “Crucify Him!”

23 “Why?” asked the governor. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”

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 righteous man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”

25 All the people answered, “His blood 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.

27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.

28 They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.

29 And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand, knelt down before Him, and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

30 Then they spit on Him and took the staff and struck Him on the head repeatedly.

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.

32 Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.

33 And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull,

34 they offered Him sour wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.

35 When they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments by casting lots.

36 And sitting down, they kept watch over Him there.

37 Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

38 Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right and the other on His left.

39 And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads

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!”

41 In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, elders, and Pharisees mocked Him, saying,

42 “He saved others, but He cannot save Himself. If He is the King of Israel, let Him come down now 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.’”

44 In the same way, even the robbers who were crucified with Him berated Him.

45 From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.

46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

47 When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He is calling Elijah.”

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.

49 But the others said, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to save Him.”

50 When Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, He 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.

52 The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.

53 After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.

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.”

55 And many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to minister to Him.

56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.

57 When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus.

58 He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that the body be given to him.

59 So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

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.

61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.

62 The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.

63 “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

64 So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come by night and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”

65 “You have a guard,” Pilate said. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”

66 So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.

1 ¶ When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

2 And when they had bound him, they led [him] away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What [is that] to us? see thou [to that].

5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.

8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.

9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;

10 And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.

11 ¶ And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, ‹Thou sayest.›

12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.

15 Now at [that] feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.

16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?

18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

19 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.

22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? [They] all say unto him, Let him be crucified.

23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but [that] rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed [his] hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye [to it].

25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.

26 ¶ Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered [him] to be crucified.

27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band [of soldiers].

28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put [it] upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.

31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify [him].

32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.

33 ¶ And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,

34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted [thereof], he would not drink.

35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.

36 And sitting down they watched him there;

37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.

39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest [it] in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking [him], with the scribes and elders, said,

42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.

45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, ‹Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?› that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard [that], said, This [man] calleth for Elias.

48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled [it] with vinegar, and put [it] on a reed, and gave him to drink.

49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.

50 ¶ Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.

54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

55 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:

56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.

57 ¶ When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:

58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.

59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

62 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,

63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.

64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.

65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make [it] as sure as ye can.

66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

1 And it came to pass in the morning, that all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against JEsum, to put him to death.

2 And they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

3 And when Judas, which had betrayed him, saw that he was condemned to death, he repented, and brought again the thirty shekels of silver unto the chief priests and to the elders.

4 And said: I have done evil in that I have betrayed innocent blood.

5 And they said: What is that to us? Then watch thou! And he cast the pieces of silver into the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

6 But the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said: It is not fit that we should put them into the treasury: for it is blood money.

7 And they took counsel, and bought a potter's field for it, for the burying of the pilgrims.

8 Therefore the same field is called the field of blood unto this day.

9 Then is fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, They have taken thirty shekels of silver, to pay for him that was sold, whom they bought of the children of Israel,

10 And have given them for a potter's sack, when the LORD commanded me.

11 And Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the king of the Jews? And JEsus said unto him, Thou sayest it.

12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

13 And Pilate said unto him, Hearest thou not how hard they accuse thee? 14: And he answered him not a word: so that even the governor marvelled greatly.

15 And it was the custom of the governor at the feast to release unto the people one prisoner whom they would.

16 And he had at that time a prisoner, a peculiar one above others, whose name was Barabbas.

17 And when they were gathered together, Pilate saith unto them: Which will ye that I release unto you, Barabbas, or Jesus, which is said to be Christ?

18 For he knew well that they had delivered him up out of envy.

19 And when he sat in the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with this righteous man: I have suffered much this day in a dream on his account.

20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the people, that they should ask for Barabbas, and kill JEsum.

21 And the governor answered and said unto them: Which of these two will ye that I should release unto you? They said: Barabbas.

22 Pilate saith unto them: What then shall I do with JEsu, who is said to be Christ? They all said, Let him be crucified.

23 And the governor said, What evil hath he done? But they cried out still more, saying: Let him be crucified!

24 And when Pilate saw that he made nothing, but that there was a much greater tumult, he took water and washed his hands before the people, and said: I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man: see ye to it!

25 And all the people answered and said, His blood be upon us, and upon our children.

26 Then he delivered Barabbas unto them; but he scourged JEsum, and delivered him to be crucified.

27 Then the soldiers of the governor took JEsum unto them into the judgment house, and gathered the whole multitude about him.

28 And they stripped him, and put a purple robe upon him.

29 And they fenced a crown of thorns, and put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand, and bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying: Hail, King of the Jews!

30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote his head therewith.

31 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of his robe, and put on his garments, and led him away to crucify him.

32 And going out, they found a man of Cyrene named Simon, whom they compelled to bear his cross.

33 And when they were come to the place called Golgotha, which is the place of the skull,

34 And they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he tasted it, he would not drink.

35 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, and cast lots thereon, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture they cast lots.

36 And they sat there tending his.

37 And on the top of his head they wrote the cause of his death, saying, This is Jesus king of the Jews.

38 And there were two murderers crucified with him, one on the right hand, and one on the left.

39 And they that passed by blasphemed him, and shook their heads.

40 And they said: Thou that breakest down the temple of God, and buildest it in three days, help thyself! If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

41 Likewise also the chief priests mocked him, and the scribes, and the elders, saying:

42 He hath helped others, and cannot help himself. If he be the king of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

43 He hath trusted in God; now deliver him, lure him: for he hath said, I am the son of God.

44 Likewise also the murderers that were crucified with him reviled him.

45 And from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

46 And about the ninth hour JEsus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama asabthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

47 And some of them, when they heard it, said: He calleth Elias.

48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it upon a reed, and watered it.

49 And the rest said: Wait, let us see if Elijah will come and help him.

50 But JEsus cried out again with a loud voice, and died.

51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.

52 And the earth shook, and the rocks were rent, and the graves were opened, and many bodies of the saints that slept arose,

53 And went out of the tombs after his resurrection, and came into the Holy City, and appeared unto many.

54 But the centurion, and they that were with him, and kept JEsum, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, were sore afraid, and said: Verily, this was the Son of God!

55 And there were many women watching afar off, which followed JEsu out of Galilee, and served him,

56 Among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the children of Zebedee.

57 And in the evening there came a rich man from Arimathea, whose name was Joseph, who also was a disciple of JEsu.

58 And he went unto Pilate, and asked him for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded that it should be given him.

59 And Joseph took the body, and wrought it in clean linen.

60 And he laid him in his own new sepulchre, which he had hewn out of a rock, and rolled a great stone before the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

62 The next day, which followed the preparation day, the chief priests and Pharisees came all to Pilate.

63 and said: Lord, we thought that this deceiver spake while he yet lived: I will rise again after three days.

64 Therefore command that the sepulchre be kept until the third day, lest his disciples come and steal him away, saying unto the people, He is risen from the dead: and let the last deceit be worse than the first.

65 Pilate saith unto them: There ye have the keepers; go and keep as ye know.

66 And they went and covered the sepulchre with keepers, and sealed the stone.