Matthew 27

¹When morning came , all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death .

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

³Then when Judas , his betrayer , saw that Jesus was condemned , he changed his mind and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders ,

⁴saying , I have sinned by betraying innocent blood . They said , What is that to us ? See to it yourself .

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

⁶But the chief priests , taking the pieces of silver , said , It is not lawful to put them into the treasury , since it is blood money .

⁷So they took counsel and bought with them the potter’s field as a burial place for strangers .

⁸Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day .

⁹Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah , saying , And they took the thirty pieces of silver , the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of 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 asked him , Are you the King of the Jews ? Jesus said , You have said so.

¹²But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders , he gave no answer .

¹³Then Pilate said to him , Do you not hear how many things they testify against you ?

¹⁴But he gave him no answer , not even to a single charge , so that the governor was greatly amazed .

¹⁵Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted .

¹⁶And they had then a notorious prisoner called Barabbas .

¹⁷So when they had gathered , Pilate said to them , Whom do you want me to release for you : Barabbas , or Jesus who is called Christ ?

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

¹⁹Besides, while he was sitting on the judgment seat , his wife sent word to him , Have nothing to do with that righteous man , for I have suffered much because of him today in a dream .

²⁰Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus .

²¹The governor again said to them , Which of the two do you want me to release for you ? And they said , Barabbas .

²²Pilate said to them , Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ ? They all said , Let him be crucified !

²³And he said , Why , what evil has he done ? But they shouted all the more , Let him be crucified !

²⁴So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing , but rather that a riot was beginning , he took water and washed his hands before the crowd , saying , I am innocent of this man’s blood ; see to it yourselves .

²⁵And all the people answered , His blood be on us and on our children !

²⁶Then he released for them Barabbas , and scourged Jesus , delivered him to be crucified .

²⁷Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters , and they gathered the whole battalion before him .

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

²⁹and twisting together a crown of thorns , they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand . And kneeling before him , they mocked him , saying , Hail , King of the Jews !

³⁰And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head .

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

³², As they went out , they found a man of Cyrene , Simon by name . They compelled this man to carry his cross .

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

³⁴they offered him wine to drink , mixed with gall , but when he tasted it, he would not drink it.

³⁵And when they had crucified him , they divided his garments among them by casting lots .

³⁶Then they sat down and kept watch over him there .

³⁷And over his head they put the charge against him , which read , This is Jesus , the King of the Jews .

³⁸Then two robbers were crucified with him , one on the right and one on the left .

³⁹And those who passed by derided him , wagging their heads

⁴⁰and saying , You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days , save yourself ! If you are the Son of God , come down from the cross .

⁴¹So also the chief priests , with the scribes and elders , mocked him, saying ,

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

⁴³He trusts in God ; let God deliver him now , if he desires him . For he said , I am the Son of God .

⁴⁴And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.

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

⁴⁶And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice , saying , Eli , Eli , lema sabachthani ? that is, My God , my God , why have you forsaken me ?

⁴⁷And some of the bystanders , hearing it, said , This man is calling Elijah .

⁴⁸And one of them at once ran and took a sponge , filled it with sour wine , and put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink .

⁴⁹But the others said , Wait , let us see whether Elijah will come to save him .

⁵⁰And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit .

⁵¹And behold , the curtain of the temple was torn in two , from top to bottom . And the earth shook , and the rocks were split .

⁵²The tombs also were opened . And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised ,

⁵³and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many .

⁵⁴When the centurion and those who were with him , keeping watch over Jesus , saw the earthquake and what took place , they were filled with awe and said , Truly this was the Son of God !

⁵⁵There were also many women there , looking on from a distance , who had followed Jesus from Galilee , ministering to him ,

⁵⁶among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee .

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

⁵⁸He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus . Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.

⁵⁹And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud

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

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

⁶²The next day , that is , after the Preparation , the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate

⁶³and said , Sir , we remember how that impostor said , while he was still alive , After three days I will rise .

⁶⁴Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day , lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people , He has risen from the dead , and the last fraud will be worse than the first .

⁶⁵Pilate said to them , You have a guard of soldiers. Go , make it as secure as you can .

⁶⁶So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard .