Matthew 26:50–27:50

⁵⁰And Jesus said unto him, ^gFriend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him. ⁵¹And, behold, ^hone of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew ⁱhis sword, and struck ^ja servant of the high priest’s, and smote off his ear. ⁵²Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for ^kall they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. ⁵³Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me ^lmore than twelve ^mlegions of angels? ⁵⁴But how then shall ⁿthe scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? ⁵⁵In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a ^othief with swords and ^cstaves for to take me? I ^psat daily with you ^qteaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. ⁵⁶But all this was done, that the ⁿscriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then ^rall the disciples ^rrforsook him, and fled.

^57sAnd they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to ^tCaiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. ⁵⁸But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest’s ^tpalace, and went in, and sat with the ^uservants, to see the end. ⁵⁹Now the chief priests, and elders, and all ^xthe council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; ⁶⁰But found none: yea, though many ^yfalse witnesses came, yet ^zfound they none. At the last came ^atwo false witnesses, ⁶¹And said, This fellow said, ^bI am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it ^cin three days. ⁶²And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? ⁶³But ^dJesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, ^eI adjure thee by ^fthe living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, ^gthe Son of God. ⁶⁴Jesus saith unto him, ^hThou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, ⁱHereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting ^kon the right hand of ^kkpower, and coming in the clouds of heaven. ⁶⁵Then the high priest ^lrent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. ⁶⁶What think ye? They answered and said, He is ^mguilty ⁿof death. ⁶⁷Then did they ^ospit in his face, and ^pbuffeted him; and ^qothers ^rsmote him with ^||the palms of their hands, ⁶⁸Saying, ^sProphesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?

^69tNow Peter sat without in the ^upalace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of ^vGalilee. ⁷⁰But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. ⁷¹And when he was gone out into ^wthe porch, ^xanother maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of ^vNazareth. ⁷²And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. ⁷³And ^yafter a while came unto him ^zthey that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for ^athy speech ^bbewrayeth thee. ⁷⁴Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. ⁷⁵And Peter ^cremembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, ^dBefore the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

27^aWhen the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people ^btook counsel against Jesus to put him to death: ²And when they had bound him, ^cthey led him away, and ^ddelivered him to ^ePontius Pilate ^fthe governor.

^3gThen Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, ^hrepented himself, and brought again ^gthe thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, ⁴Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the ⁱinnocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. ⁵And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and ^khanged himself. ⁶And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the ^ltreasury, because it is the price of blood. ⁷And they ^btook counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in. ⁸Wherefore that field was called, ^mThe field of blood, ^mmunto this day. ⁹Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by ⁿJeremy the prophet, saying, ^oAnd they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, ^||whom they of the children of Israel did value; ¹⁰And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord ^pappointed me.

¹¹And Jesus stood before the governor: ^qand the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, ^rThou sayest. ¹²And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, ^she answered nothing. ¹³Then said Pilate unto him, ^tHearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? ¹⁴And he answered him ^sto never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.

^15uNow at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people ^xa prisoner, whom they would. ¹⁶And they had then a ^ynotable prisoner, called Barabbas. ¹⁷Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? ¹⁸For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. ¹⁹When he was set down on ^zthe judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, ^aHave thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day ^bin a dream because of him. ²⁰But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude ^cthat they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. ²¹The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. ²²Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. ²³And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. ²⁴When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather ^da tumult was made, he ^etook water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am ^finnocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. ²⁵Then answered all the people, and said, ^gHis blood be on us, and on our children. ²⁶Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had ^hscourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

²⁷Then ⁱthe soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the ^||common hall, and ^kgathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. ²⁸And they stripped him, and put on him ^la scarlet robe. ²⁹And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they ^llbowed the knee before him, and ^mmocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! ³⁰And they ⁿspit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. ³¹And after that they had ^mmocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and ^oled him away to crucify him. ³²And as they ^pcame out, they found a man of ^qCyrene, ^rSimon by name: him they ^scompelled to bear his cross.

^33tAnd when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, ^uthat is to say, a place of a skull, ³⁴They gave him ^xvinegar to drink mingled with ^ygall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. ³⁵And they crucified him, and ^zparted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, ^aThey parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. ³⁶And sitting down they ^bwatched him there; ³⁷And set up over his head his ^caccusation written, ^dTHIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. ³⁸Then were there two ^ethieves ^fcrucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.

³⁹And ^gthey that passed by ^hreviled him, ^giwagging their heads, ⁴⁰And saying, ^kThou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. ^lIf thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. ⁴¹Likewise also the chief priests ^mmocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, ⁴²He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be ⁿthe King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. ^43oHe trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: ^lfor he said, I am the Son of God. ⁴⁴The ^ethieves also, ^pwhich were crucified with him, ^qcast the same in his teeth.

⁴⁵Now ^rfrom the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. ⁴⁶And about ^sthe ninth hour Jesus ^tcried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, ^uMy God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? ⁴⁷Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. ⁴⁸And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with ^xvinegar, and put it on ^ya reed, and gave him to drink. ^49zThe rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.

⁵⁰Jesus, when he had ^tcried again with a loud voice, ^ayielded up the ghost.