Matthew 27

¹And morning having come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death.

²And having bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate the governor.

³Then Judas, the one having delivered Him up, having seen that He was condemned, having regretted it, returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

⁴saying, “I sinned, having betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is it to us? You will see.”

⁵And having cast down the pieces of silver into the temple, he withdrew. And having gone away, he hanged himself.

⁶And the chief priests, having taken the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.”

⁷And having taken counsel, they bought with them the potter’s field for a burial place for foreigners.

⁸Therefore that field was called Field of Blood until this day.

⁹Then was fulfilled that having been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the One having been priced, on whom a price was set by the sons of Israel,

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

¹¹Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And Jesus said, “You say it.”

¹²And in His being accused by the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing.

¹³Then Pilate says to Him, “Do You not hear how many things they witness against You?”

¹⁴And He did not answer him, not even to one word, so as to amaze the governor exceedingly.

¹⁵And at the feast, the governor had been accustomed to release one prisoner to the multitude, whom they willed.

¹⁶And at that time they were holding a notable prisoner called Barabbas.

¹⁷Therefore, in their being gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you desire that I shall release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”

¹⁸For he had known that they delivered Him up because of envy.

¹⁹And in his sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Nothing with you and that righteous man, for I suffered many things in a dream today because of Him.”

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

²¹And answering, the governor said to them, “Which of the two do you desire that I shall release to you?” And they said, “Barabbas.”

²²Pilate says to them, “What then should I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all say, “Let Him be crucified!”

²³And he said, “For what evil did He commit?” And they kept crying out all the more, saying, “Let Him be crucified!”

²⁴And Pilate, having seen that it availed nothing, but rather a riot is arising, having taken water, he washed the hands before the crowd, saying, “I am guiltless of the blood of this man. For yourselves you will see.”

²⁵And answering, all the people, said, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

²⁶Then he released Barabbas to them. And having flogged Jesus, He delivered Him up so that He might be crucified.

²⁷Then the soldiers of the governor, having taken with them Jesus into the Praetorium, gathered the whole cohort before Him.

²⁸And having stripped Him, they put a scarlet robe around Him.

²⁹And having twisted together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and having bowed the knees before Him, they mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

³⁰And having spit upon Him, they took the reed and kept striking Him on His head.

³¹And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, and they put His garments on Him and led Him away to crucify Him.

³²And going out, they found a man of Cyrene named Simon. They compelled him that he might carry His cross.

³³And having come to a place called Golgotha, which is called Place of a Skull,

³⁴they gave Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; and having tasted it, He was not willing to drink it.

³⁵And having crucified Him, they divided His garments, casting a lot.

³⁶And sitting down, they were guarding Him there.

³⁷And they put up over His head the written accusation against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

³⁸At that time two robbers are crucified with Him, one at the right hand and one at the left.

³⁹And those passing by kept railing at Him, wagging their heads

⁴⁰and saying, “The One demolishing the temple and building it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, also come down from the cross!”

⁴¹Likewise also the chief priests, mocking, with the scribes and elders, were saying,

⁴²“He saved others. He is not able to save Himself. He is King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him.

⁴³He has trusted on God. Let Him deliver Him now if He wants Him, for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

⁴⁴And likewise even the robbers, those having been crucified with Him, were upbraiding Him.

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

⁴⁶And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” That is, “My God, My God, why did You forsake Me?”

⁴⁷And some of those standing there, having heard, were saying, “This man calls Elijah.”

⁴⁸And immediately one of them, having run and having taken a sponge, and having filled it with vinegar and having put it on a reed, gave Him to drink.

⁴⁹And the rest were saying, “Let it be. Let us see whether Elijah comes to save Him.”

⁵⁰And Jesus, having cried again in a loud voice, yielded up His spirit.

⁵¹And behold, the veil of the temple was torn into two from top to bottom. And the earth was shaken, and the rocks were split.

⁵²And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints having fallen asleep were raised.

⁵³And having gone forth out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many.

⁵⁴And the centurion and those with him guarding Jesus, having seen the earthquake and the things taking place, feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was God’s Son.”

⁵⁵And many women were there, looking on from afar off, who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him—

⁵⁶among whom was Mary Magdalene—also Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

⁵⁷And evening having come, a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph came, who himself also was discipled to Jesus.

⁵⁸Having gone to Pilate, he asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded it to be given up.

⁵⁹And Joseph, having taken the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth

⁶⁰and placed it in his new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, he went away.

⁶¹And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.

⁶²And the next day, which is after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together before Pilate,

⁶³saying, “Sir, we have remembered how that deceiver, while living, said, ‘After three days I arise.’

⁶⁴Therefore command the tomb to be secured until the third day, lest ever His disciples, having come, steal Him away and say to the people, ‘He is risen from the dead.’ And the last deception will be worse than the first.”

⁶⁵Pilate said to them, “You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you have known.”

⁶⁶And having gone with the guard, they made the tomb secure, having sealed the stone.