Matthew Chapter 27 (NASB)

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undefined Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus to put Him to death;

undefined and they bound Him, and led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate the governor.

undefined Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

undefined saying, 'I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.' But they said, 'What is that to us? See [to that] yourself!'

undefined And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.

undefined The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, 'It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood.'

undefined And they conferred together and with the money bought the Potter's Field as a burial place for strangers.

undefined For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

undefined Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: 'AND THEY TOOK THE THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER, THE PRICE OF THE ONE WHOSE PRICE HAD BEEN SET by the sons of Israel;

undefined AND THEY GAVE THEM FOR THE POTTER'S FIELD, AS THE LORD DIRECTED ME.'

undefined Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned Him, saying, 'Are You the King of the Jews?' And Jesus said to him, '[It is as] you say.'

undefined And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He did not answer.

undefined Then Pilate said to Him, 'Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?'

undefined And He did not answer him with regard to even a [single] charge, so the governor was quite amazed.

undefined Now at [the] feast the governor was accustomed to release for the people [any] one prisoner whom they wanted.

undefined At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas.

undefined So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, 'Whom do you want me to release for you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?'

undefined For he knew that because of envy they had handed Him over.

undefined While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him [a message], saying, 'Have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him.'

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

undefined But the governor said to them, 'Which of the two do you want me to release for you?' And they said, 'Barabbas.'

undefined Pilate said to them, 'Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?' They all said, 'Crucify Him!'

undefined And he said, 'Why, what evil has He done?' But they kept shouting all the more, saying, 'Crucify Him!'

undefined When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, 'I am innocent of this Man's blood; see [to that] yourselves.'

undefined And all the people said, 'His blood shall be on us and on our children!'

undefined Then he released Barabbas for them; but after having Jesus scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.

undefined Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole [Roman] cohort around Him.

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

undefined And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, 'Hail, King of the Jews!'

undefined They spat on Him, and took the reed and [began] to beat Him on the head.

undefined After they had mocked Him, they took the [scarlet] robe off Him and put His [own] garments back on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.

undefined As they were coming out, they found a man of Cyrene named Simon, whom they pressed into service to bear His cross.

undefined And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull,

undefined they gave Him wine to drink mixed with gall; and after tasting [it], He was unwilling to drink.

undefined And when they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments among themselves by casting lots.

undefined And sitting down, they [began] to keep watch over Him there.

undefined And above His head they put up the charge against Him which read, 'THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.'

undefined At that time two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left.

undefined And those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads

undefined 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.'

undefined In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking [Him] and saying,

undefined 'He saved others; He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him.

undefined 'HE TRUSTS IN GOD; LET GOD RESCUE [Him] now, IF HE DELIGHTS IN HIM; for He said, 'I am the Son of God.''

undefined The robbers who had been crucified with Him were also insulting Him with the same words.

undefined Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour.

undefined About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, 'ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?' that is, 'MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?'

undefined And some of those who were standing there, when they heard it, [began] saying, 'This man is calling for Elijah.'

undefined Immediately one of them ran, and taking a sponge, he filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink.

undefined But the rest [of them] said, 'Let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him.'

undefined And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.

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

undefined The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;

undefined and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to many.

undefined Now the centurion, and those who were with him keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were happening, became very frightened and said, 'Truly this was the Son of God!'

undefined Many women were there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while ministering to Him.

undefined Among them was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

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

undefined This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given [to him].

undefined And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

undefined and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away.

undefined And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the grave.

undefined Now on the next day, the day after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate,

undefined and said, 'Sir, we remember that when He was still alive that deceiver said, 'After three days I [am to] rise again.'

undefined 'Therefore, give orders for the grave to be made secure until the third day, otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and say to the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first.'

undefined Pilate said to them, 'You have a guard; go, make it [as] secure as you know how.'

undefined And they went and made the grave secure, and along with the guard they set a seal on the stone.

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