Matthew 27

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.

⁵¹And, behold, ^bthe veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and ^cthe earth did quake, and the rocks rent; ⁵²And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints ^dwhich slept arose, ⁵³And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into ^ethe holy city, and appeared unto many. ⁵⁴Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, ^fwatching Jesus, saw ^cthe earthquake, and ^gthose things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, ^hTruly this was the Son of God. ⁵⁵And ⁱmany women were there beholding ^jafar off, ^kwhich followed Jesus from Galilee, ^lministering unto him: ⁵⁶Among which was Mary ^mMagdalene, and ⁿMary the mother of ^oJames and Joses, and ^pthe mother of Zebedee’s children.

^57qWhen the even was come, there came a rich man of ^rArimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ ^sdisciple: ⁵⁸He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then ^tPilate commanded the body to be delivered. ⁵⁹And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, ⁶⁰And laid it ^uin his own new tomb, which ^whe had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled ^xa great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. ⁶¹And there was ^yMary Magdalene, and ^ythe other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

⁶²Now the next day, that followed the day of the ^zpreparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, ⁶³Saying, Sir, we remember that that ^adeceiver said, while he was yet alive, ^bAfter three days I will rise again. ⁶⁴Command 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. ⁶⁵Pilate said unto them, Ye have ^ca watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. ⁶⁶So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, ^dsealing ^ethe stone, and setting ^ca watch.