Matthew 27
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CHAPTER 27
1But when the morrowtide was come, all the princes of priests, and the elder men of the people took counsel against Jesus, that they should take him to the death.
2And they led him bound, and betook him to Pilate of Pontii, [chief] justice [or the president].
3Then Judas that betrayed him, saw that he was condemned, he repented, and brought again the thirty pieces [of silver] to the princes of priests, and to the elder men of the people,
4and said, I have sinned, betraying rightful [or just] blood. And they said, What to us? busy thee [or see thou].
5And when he had cast forth the [pieces of] silver in the temple, he passed forth, and went, and hanged himself with a snare.
6And the princes of priests took the [pieces of] silver, and said, It is not leaveful to put it into the treasury, for it is the price of blood.
7And when they had taken counsel, they bought with it [or with them] a field of a potter, into [the] burying of pilgrims.
8Therefore that field is called Aceldama, that is, a field of blood, into this day.
9Then that was fulfilled, that was said by the prophet Jeremy saying, And they have taken thirty pieces [of silver], the price of a man appraised, whom they appraised of the children of Israel;
10and they gave them into a field of a potter, as the Lord hath ordained to me.
11And Jesus stood before the dooms-man; and the justice [or the president] asked him, and said, Art thou king of Jews? Jesus saith to him, Thou sayest.
12And when he was accused of the princes of priests, and of the elder men of the people, he answered nothing.
13Then Pilate saith to him, Hearest thou not, how many things [or how many witnessings], they say against thee?
14And he answered not to him any word, so that the justice [or the president] wondered greatly.
15But for a solemn day the justice [or the president] was wont to deliver to the people one bound, whom they would.
16And he had then a famous man bound [or he had one famous man bound], that was said Barabbas.
17Therefore Pilate said to them, when they were [gathered] together, Whom will ye, that I deliver to you? whether Barabbas, or Jesus, that is said Christ?
18For he knew, that by envy they betrayed him [or they betook him].
19And while he sat for doomsman [or for judge], his wife sent to him, and said, Nothing to thee and to that just man; for I have suffered this day many things for him, by a vision.
20Forsooth the princes of priests, and the elder men counselled the people, that they should ask Barabbas, but they should destroy Jesus.
21But the justice [or the president] answered, and said to them, Whom of the twain will ye, that be delivered to you? And they said, Barabbas.
22Pilate saith to them, What then shall I do of Jesus, that is said Christ? All they say, Be he crucified.
23The justice [or The president] saith to them, What evil hath he done? And they cried more, and said, Be he crucified.
24And Pilate seeing that he profited nothing, but that the more noise was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the people, and said, I am guiltless [or innocent] of the blood of this rightful [or this just] man; busy you [or see ye].
25And all the people answered, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
26Then he delivered to them Barabbas, but he [be] took to them Jesus scourged, to be crucified.
27Then [the] knights of the justice [or the president] took Jesus in the moot hall, and gathered to him all the company of knights.
28And they unclothed him, and did about him a red mantle;
29and they folded a crown of thorns, and put on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled before him, and scorned him, and said, Hail, king of Jews.
30And they spat on him, and took a reed, and smote his head.
31And after that they had scorned him, they unclothed him of the mantle, and they clothed him with his clothes, and led him to crucify him [or to be crucified].
32And as they went out, they found a man of Cyrene coming from the town, Simon by name; they constrained him to take his cross.
33And they came into [or to] a place that is called Golgotha, that is, the place of Calvary.
34And they gave [to] him to drink wine meddled or mingled with gall; and when he had tasted, he would not drink.
35And after that they had crucified him, they parted his clothes, and cast lots, to fulfill that is said by the prophet, saying, They parted to them my clothes, and on my cloth they cast lots.
36And they sat, and kept him;
37and set [or put] above his head his cause, written, This is Jesus of Nazareth, king of Jews, [or This is Jesus, the king of Jews].
38Then two thieves were crucified with him, one on the right half, and one on the left half.
39And men that passed forth blas-phemed him, moving their heads,
40and saying, Vath [or Fie] to thee, that destroyest the temple of God, and in the third day buildest it again; save thou thyself; if thou art the Son of God, come down of the cross [or come down off the cross].
41Also and [the] princes of priests scorning, with scribes and elder men, said,
42He made other men safe, he may not make himself safe; if he is [the] king of Israel, come he now down from the cross, and we believe to him;
43he trusted in God; deliver he him now, if he will; for he said, That I am God’s Son [or I am the Son of God].
44And the thieves, that were crucified with him, upbraided him of the same thing.
45But from the sixth hour, dark-nesses were made on all the earth [or upon all the land], till [to] the ninth hour.
46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a great voice, and said, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani, that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
47And some men that stood there, and hearing, said, This calleth Elijah.
48And anon one of them running, took and filled a sponge with vinegar, and put [it] on a reed, and gave to him to drink.
49But others said, Suffer thou; see we whether Elijah come to deliver him.
50Forsooth Jesus again cried with a great voice, and gave up the ghost [or sent out the spirit].
51And lo! the veil of the temple was rent in two parts, from the highest to the lowest. And the earth shook [or was moved], and the stones were cloven [or were cleft];
52and burials were opened, and many bodies of saints that had slept, rose up.
53And they went out of their burials, and after his resurrection they came into the holy city, and appeared to many.
54And the centurion and they that were with him keeping Jesus, when they saw the earth-shaking, and those things that were done, they dreaded greatly, and said, Verily this was God’s Son.
55And there were there many women afar [or Forsooth many women were there afar], that pursued Jesus from Galilee, and ministered to him.
56Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James, and of Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.
57But when the evening was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, Joseph by name, and he was a disciple of Jesus.
58He went to Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given.
59And when the body was taken, Joseph wrapped it in a clean sendal [or a clean linen cloth],
60and laid it in his new burial, that he had hewn in a stone; and he wallowed a great stone to the door of the burial, and went away.
61But Mary Magdalene and another Mary were there, sitting against the sepulchre.
62And on the tother day, that is after pask even, the princes of priests and [the] Pharisees came together to Pilate,
63and said, Sir [or Sire], we have mind, that that beguiler [or deceiver] said yet living, After three days I shall rise again to life.
64Therefore command thou, that the sepulchre be kept into the third day; lest his disciples come, and steal him, and say to the people, He hath risen from death; and the last error shall be worse than the former.
65Pilate said to them, Ye have the keeping; go ye, keep ye as ye can.
66And they went forth, and kept the sepulchre, marking [or sealing] the stone, with [the] keepers.
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Matthew 27
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Jesus Is Taken to Pilate
1Early the next morning, all the leading priests and elders of the people decided that Jesus should die. 2They tied him, led him away, and turned him over to Pilate, the governor.
Judas Kills Himself
3Judas, the one who had given Jesus to his enemies, saw that they had decided to kill Jesus. Then he was very sorry for what he had done. So he took the thirty silver coins back to the priests and the leaders, 4saying, “I sinned; I handed over to you an innocent man.”
The leaders answered, “What is that to us? That’s your problem, not ours.”
5So Judas threw the money into the Temple. Then he went off and hanged himself.
6The leading priests picked up the silver coins in the Temple and said, “Our law does not allow us to keep this money with the Temple money, because it has paid for a man’s death.” 7So they decided to use the coins to buy Potter’s Field as a place to bury strangers who died in Jerusalem. 8That is why that field is still called the Field of Blood. 9So what Jeremiah the prophet had said came true: “They took thirty silver coins. That is how little the Israelites thought he was worth. 10They used those thirty silver coins to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”
Pilate Questions Jesus
11Jesus stood before Pilate the governor, and Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
Jesus answered, “Those are your words.”
12When the leading priests and the elders accused Jesus, he said nothing.
13So Pilate said to Jesus, “Don’t you hear them accusing you of all these things?”
14But Jesus said nothing in answer to Pilate, and Pilate was very surprised at this.
Pilate Tries to Free Jesus
15Every year at the time of Passover the governor would free one prisoner whom the people chose. 16At that time there was a man in prison, named Barabbas, who was known to be very bad. 17When the people gathered at Pilate’s house, Pilate said, “Whom do you want me to set free: Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?” 18Pilate knew that they turned Jesus in to him because they were jealous.
19While Pilate was sitting there on the judge’s seat, his wife sent this message to him: “Don’t do anything to that man, because he is innocent. Today I had a dream about him, and it troubled me very much.”
20But the leading priests and elders convinced the crowd to ask for Barabbas to be freed and for Jesus to be killed.
21Pilate said, “I have Barabbas and Jesus. Which do you want me to set free for you?”
The people answered, “Barabbas.”
22Pilate asked, “So what should I do with Jesus, the one called the Christ?”
They all answered, “Crucify him!”
23Pilate asked, “Why? What wrong has he done?”
But they shouted louder, “Crucify him!”
24When Pilate saw that he could do nothing about this and that a riot was starting, he took some water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. Then he said, “I am not guilty of this man’s death. You are the ones who are causing it!”
25All the people answered, “We and our children will be responsible for his death.”
26Then he set Barabbas free. But Jesus was beaten with whips and handed over to the soldiers to be crucified.
27The governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s palace, and they all gathered around him. 28They took off his clothes and put a red robe on him. 29Using thorny branches, they made a crown, put it on his head, and put a stick in his right hand. Then the soldiers bowed before Jesus and made fun of him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 30They spat on Jesus. Then they took his stick and began to beat him on the head. 31After they finished, the soldiers took off the robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him away to be crucified.
Jesus Is Crucified
32As the soldiers were going out of the city with Jesus, they forced a man from Cyrene, named Simon, to carry the cross for Jesus. 33They all came to the place called Golgotha, which means the Place of the Skull. 34The soldiers gave Jesus wine mixed with gall to drink. He tasted the wine but refused to drink it. 35When the soldiers had crucified him, they threw lots to decide who would get his clothes. 36The soldiers sat there and continued watching him. 37They put a sign above Jesus’ head with a charge against him. It said: this is jesus, the king of the jews. 38Two robbers were crucified beside Jesus, one on the right and the other on the left. 39People walked by and insulted Jesus and shook their heads, 40saying, “You said you could destroy the Temple and build it again in three days. So save yourself! Come down from that cross if you are really the Son of God!”
41The leading priests, the teachers of the law, and the Jewish elders were also making fun of Jesus. 42They said, “He saved others, but he can’t save himself! He says he is the king of Israel! If he is the king, let him come down now from the cross. Then we will believe in him. 43He trusts in God, so let God save him now, if God really wants him. He himself said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ” 44And in the same way, the robbers who were being crucified beside Jesus also insulted him.
Jesus Dies
45At noon the whole country became dark, and the darkness lasted for three hours. 46About three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” This means, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
47Some of the people standing there who heard this said, “He is calling Elijah.”
48Quickly one of them ran and got a sponge and filled it with vinegar and tied it to a stick and gave it to Jesus to drink. 49But the others said, “Don’t bother him. We want to see if Elijah will come to save him.”
50But Jesus cried out again in a loud voice and died.
51Then the curtain in the Temple was torn into two pieces, from the top to the bottom. Also, the earth shook and rocks broke apart. 52The graves opened, and many of God’s people who had died were raised from the dead. 53They came out of the graves after Jesus was raised from the dead and went into the holy city, where they appeared to many people.
54When the army officer and the soldiers guarding Jesus saw this earthquake and everything else that happened, they were very frightened and said, “He really was the Son of God!”
55Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee to help him were standing at a distance from the cross, watching. 56Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of James and John were there.
Jesus Is Buried
57That evening a rich man named Joseph, a follower of Jesus from the town of Arimathea, came to Jerusalem. 58Joseph went to Pilate and asked to have Jesus’ body. So Pilate gave orders for the soldiers to give it to Joseph. 59Then Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth. 60He put Jesus’ body in a new tomb that he had cut out of a wall of rock, and he rolled a very large stone to block the entrance of the tomb. Then Joseph went away. 61Mary Magdalene and the other woman named Mary were sitting near the tomb.
The Tomb of Jesus Is Guarded
62The next day, the day after Preparation Day, the leading priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. 63They said, “Sir, we remember that while that liar was still alive he said, ‘After three days I will rise from the dead.’ 64So give the order for the tomb to be guarded closely till the third day. Otherwise, his followers might come and steal the body and tell people that he has risen from the dead. That lie would be even worse than the first one.”
65Pilate said, “Take some soldiers and go guard the tomb the best way you know.” 66So they all went to the tomb and made it safe from thieves by sealing the stone in the entrance and putting soldiers there to guard it.
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