Matthew 27
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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.
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