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class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P105-Mat-27_62-64-POxy4406-V-VI.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/P105-Mat-27_62-64-POxy4406-V-VI.jpg/250px-P105-Mat-27_62-64-POxy4406-V-VI.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="450" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/P105-Mat-27_62-64-POxy4406-V-VI.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="278" data-file-height="500" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><div style="width: 250px; text-align: center; line-height: 1em"><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Gospel of Matthew</a> 27:62-64 on <a href="/wiki/Papyrus_105" title="Papyrus 105">Papyrus 105</a>, from 5th/6th century.</div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Book</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Gospel of Matthew</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Category</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gospel" title="Gospel">Gospel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Christian Bible part</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Order in the Christian part</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Matthew 27</b> is the 27th chapter in the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Gospel of Matthew</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a>. This chapter contains Matthew's record of the day of the <a href="/wiki/Pilate%27s_court" title="Pilate's court">trial</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">crucifixion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Burial_of_Jesus" title="Burial of Jesus">burial of Jesus</a>. Scottish theologian <a href="/wiki/William_Robertson_Nicoll" title="William Robertson Nicoll">William Robertson Nicoll</a> notes that "the record of this single day is very nearly one-ninth of the whole book".<sup id="cite_ref-Nicoll_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nicoll-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Text">Text</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_27&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Text"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original text was written in <a href="/wiki/Koine_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Koine Greek</a>. <a href="/wiki/Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">This chapter is divided into</a> 66 verses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Textual_witnesses">Textual witnesses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_27&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Textual witnesses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_104" title="Papyrus 104">Papyrus 104</a> (~AD 250; extant verses 34–37, 43, 45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Vaticanus" title="Codex Vaticanus">Codex Vaticanus</a> (325-350)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus" title="Codex Sinaiticus">Codex Sinaiticus</a> (330-360)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Bezae" title="Codex Bezae">Codex Bezae</a> (c. 400; extant verses 1, 13–66)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Washingtonianus" title="Codex Washingtonianus">Codex Washingtonianus</a> (c. 400)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Ephraemi_Rescriptus" title="Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus">Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus</a> (c. 450; extant verses 1–10, 47–66)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_105" title="Papyrus 105">Papyrus 105</a> (5th/6th century; extant verses 62–64)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Purpureus_Rossanensis" class="mw-redirect" title="Codex Purpureus Rossanensis">Codex Purpureus Rossanensis</a> (6th century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Petropolitanus_Purpureus" title="Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus">Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus</a> (6th century; extant verses 27–33)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Old_Testament_references">Old Testament references</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_27&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Old Testament references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#27:34" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 27:34</a>: <a href="/wiki/Psalm_69" title="Psalm 69">Psalm</a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Psalms#69:21" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Psalms">69:21</a>: <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Kirkpatrick" title="Alexander Kirkpatrick">Alexander Kirkpatrick</a> notes that "allusion seems to be made to this passage ... though it is not actually quoted".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKirkpatrick1901839_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKirkpatrick1901839-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#27:35" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 27:35</a>: <a href="/wiki/Psalm_22" title="Psalm 22">Psalm</a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Psalms#22:18" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Psalms">22:18</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKirkpatrick1901838_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKirkpatrick1901838-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#27:39" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 27:39</a>: <a href="/wiki/Psalm_22" title="Psalm 22">Psalm</a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Psalms#22:7" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Psalms">22:7</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKirkpatrick1901838_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKirkpatrick1901838-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#27:43" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 27:43</a>: <a href="/wiki/Psalm_22" title="Psalm 22">Psalm</a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Psalms#22:8" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Psalms">22:8</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKirkpatrick1901838_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKirkpatrick1901838-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#27:46" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 27:46</a>: <a href="/wiki/Psalm_22" title="Psalm 22">Psalm</a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Psalms#22:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Psalms">22:1</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKirkpatrick1901838_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKirkpatrick1901838-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#27:48" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 27:48</a>: <a href="/wiki/Psalm_69" title="Psalm 69">Psalm</a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Psalms#69:21" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Psalms">69:21</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKirkpatrick1901839_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKirkpatrick1901839-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Testament_parallels">New Testament parallels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_27&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: New Testament parallels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_27:1" title="Matthew 27:1">Matthew 27:1</a><a href="/wiki/Matthew_27:2" title="Matthew 27:2">-2</a>, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#27:11" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">11–26</a>: <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Mark#15:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Mark">Mark 15:1–15</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Luke#23:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Luke">Luke 23:1–5,13–25</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#18:28" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 18:28–19:16</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#27:27" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 27:27–31</a>: <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Mark#15:16" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Mark">Mark 15:16–20</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#19:2" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 19:2–3</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#27:32" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 27:32–44</a>: <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Mark#15:20" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Mark">Mark 15:20–32</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Luke#23:26" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Luke">Luke 23:26,33–43</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#19:17" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 19:17–24</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#27:45" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 27:45–56</a>: <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Mark#15:33" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Mark">Mark 15:33–41</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Luke#23:44" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Luke">Luke 23:44–49</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#19:28" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 19:28–30</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#27:57" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 27:57–61</a>: <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Mark#15:42" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Mark">Mark 15:42–47</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Luke#23:50" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Luke">Luke 23:50–56</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#19:38" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 19:38–42</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_27&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">New International Version</a> (NIV) organises the material in this chapter as follows: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Judas_Iscariot#Death" title="Judas Iscariot">Judas Hangs Himself</a> (verses 1–10)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pilate%27s_court" title="Pilate's court">Jesus Before Pilate</a> (verses 11–26)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mocking_of_Jesus" title="Mocking of Jesus">The Soldiers Mock Jesus</a> (verses 26-31)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Crucifixion of Jesus</a> (verses 32–44)</li> <li>The Death of Jesus (verses 45–56)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Burial_of_Jesus" title="Burial of Jesus">Burial of Jesus</a> (verses 57–61)</li> <li>The Guard at the Tomb (verses 62–66).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_27&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the morning after his <a href="/wiki/Arrest_of_Jesus" title="Arrest of Jesus">arrest</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Sanhedrin_trial_of_Jesus" title="Sanhedrin trial of Jesus">trial</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> before the <a href="/wiki/Sanhedrin" title="Sanhedrin">Sanhedrin</a> is concluded with plans to have Jesus executed (<a href="/wiki/Matthew_27:1" title="Matthew 27:1">verse 1</a>), and he is taken to <a href="/wiki/Pontius_Pilate" title="Pontius Pilate">Pontius Pilate</a>, the Roman governor <a href="/wiki/Procurator_(Ancient_Rome)" class="mw-redirect" title="Procurator (Ancient Rome)">(procurator)</a> of <a href="/wiki/Judea" title="Judea">Judea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Carr_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carr-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Jesus was being led away,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Judas_Iscariot" title="Judas Iscariot">Judas Iscariot</a>, who had betrayed Jesus, sees that his former teacher has been condemned,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is overcome by <a href="/wiki/Remorse" title="Remorse">remorse</a>: in the words of the <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">King James Version</a>, he "repented himself". The word translated as "repented" (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">μεταμεληθεις</span>, <i>metamelētheis</i>) is not the same as the word for <a href="/wiki/Repentance" title="Repentance">repentance</a> which <a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a> and Jesus himself used in their <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Jesus" title="Ministry of Jesus">ministry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">μετανοειτε</span>, <i>metanoeite</i>);<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Arthur Carr, in the <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Bible_for_Schools_and_Colleges" title="Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a> notes that "it implies no change of heart or life, but merely remorse or regret".<sup id="cite_ref-Carr_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carr-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Judas brings back the <a href="/wiki/Thirty_pieces_of_silver" title="Thirty pieces of silver">30 pieces of silver</a> which had been given to him by the priests of Judea as <a href="/wiki/Bargain_of_Judas" title="Bargain of Judas">recompense</a> for identifying his master to <a href="/wiki/Caiaphas" title="Caiaphas">Caiaphas</a>, throwing them down in the temple, and then leaves to commit <a href="/wiki/Suicide" title="Suicide">suicide</a>. Meanwhile, Jesus impresses Pilate, who is taken aback by Jesus' silent dignity at his questioning over the "many charges" brought against him.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pilate begins to address the crowd, and knowing (or "shrewdly suspecting")<sup id="cite_ref-Nicoll_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nicoll-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that the chief priests had handed Jesus over because they were <a href="/wiki/Jealousy" title="Jealousy">jealous</a> of his popularity, asks the crowd to choose between freeing a notorious prisoner known as <a href="/wiki/Barabbas" title="Barabbas">Barabbas</a>, or Jesus. The crowd, persuaded by the chief priests and elders, respond passionately, repeating "Let Him (Christ) be crucified!" Pilate, bewildered by this, asks the crowd for a reason for their choice. Instead, they continue to call ever more loudly for the crucifixion of Jesus. </p><p>Pilate comes to see that he cannot reason with the crowd. His <a href="/wiki/Pontius_Pilate%27s_wife" title="Pontius Pilate's wife">wife</a> has had a disturbing dream and asks him to have "nothing to do with that just man".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead, he tries to absolve himself of his responsibility in the case, washing his hands in a basin and saying to the crowd: "I am <a href="/wiki/Innocence" title="Innocence">innocent</a> of the blood of this just Person. You see to it".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then the Jews present at the trial <a href="/wiki/Blood_curse" title="Blood curse">take responsibility</a> for the shedding of Jesus' blood. Pilate has Barabbas released, lets Jesus be flogged and sends him off to be crucified. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> is led away to the <a href="/wiki/Praetorium" title="Praetorium">Praetorium</a> of the Governor's Residence, where Pilate's guard and the <a href="/wiki/Praetorian_guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Praetorian guard">praetorian guard</a> mock him, giving him a scarlet <a href="/wiki/Robe" title="Robe">robe</a> in place of his own clothes, a reed to hold as a sign of his "kingship" and a <a href="/wiki/Crown_of_thorns" title="Crown of thorns">crown made of twisted thorns</a>. The soldiers then replace the robe with Jesus' own clothes and lead him to <a href="/wiki/Golgotha" class="mw-redirect" title="Golgotha">Golgotha</a> (the "place of a skull"); in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Luke's Gospel</a> this journey is recorded with "several particulars of what happened on the way to Golgotha, omitted in the other Gospels: the great company of people and of <a href="/wiki/Female_disciples_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Female disciples of Jesus">women who followed Him</a>; the touching address of Jesus to the women; the last warning of the coming sorrows; the leading of two malefactors with Him".<sup id="cite_ref-Carr_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carr-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A man named <a href="/wiki/Simon_of_Cyrene" title="Simon of Cyrene">Simon</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Cyrene,_Libya" title="Cyrene, Libya">Cyrene</a>, is compelled to carry Jesus' <a href="/wiki/Instrument_of_Jesus%27_crucifixion" title="Instrument of Jesus' crucifixion">cross</a>. At Golgotha he is offered wine mingled with gall, which he tastes but does not drink. The soldiers cast lots for his garments once he is <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion" title="Crucifixion">crucified</a>. Those who passed him deride him, taunting him to come down from the cross, saying "He trusts in God, let God deliver him now". </p><p>At three o'clock Jesus cries "My God, why have you forsaken me?", and starts to give up on his life. One passer-by offers Jesus some wine to drink but the group tell him "Wait, let us see if <a href="/wiki/Elijah" title="Elijah">Elijah</a> comes to save him". They misunderstand Jesus' pleas, as he is in tremendous physical pain. Jesus cries out once more, but eventually dies. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Verse_51"></span>Suddenly, "the crucifixion scene transforms into an explosion of triumph ... as if God responds to the lingering sound of Jesus’ death prayer":<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Veil_of_the_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Veil of the Temple">veil of the Temple sanctuary</a> is torn in two, rocks start to split, and an <a href="/wiki/Earthquake" title="Earthquake">earthquake</a> occurs (verse 51), and there follows, after Jesus' resurrection, a resurrection of the dead saints, who enter the holy city. This indicates how the earth has been shaken by the death of the Son of God. Centurions stare on at Jesus in disbelief, as do other bystanders. Arthur Carr comments that the rending of the temple veil must have been seen and reported by the <a href="/wiki/Cohenim" class="mw-redirect" title="Cohenim">temple priests</a>, perhaps those who later (<a href="/wiki/Acts_6" title="Acts 6">Acts 6</a>:7) became "obedient to the faith".<sup id="cite_ref-Carr_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carr-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the night following Jesus' death, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea" title="Joseph of Arimathea">Joseph of Arimathea</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Disciple_(Christianity)" title="Disciple (Christianity)">disciple</a> of Jesus, asks for the body of Jesus. Pilate permits this, and Joseph, wrapping the body in a linen cloth, buries the body and rolls a stone against the entrance of the tomb, sealing it from looters and gravediggers. </p><p>Meanwhile, the priests and pharisees remember Jesus' remark that "After three days I will rise".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The chapter concludes with Pilate authorising a detachment of troops to guard the tomb, in case the disciples come to remove the body. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Analysis">Analysis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_27&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Analysis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Matthew's crucifixion story has many parallels with Mark's crucifixion story. However, Matthew follows a theme recurring throughout his gospel by providing deeper descriptions than Mark. Matthew's crucifixion scene runs for only sixteen verses from <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#27:35" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">27:35</a> to <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#27:51" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">27:51</a>, the same number of verses as in the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark" title="Gospel of Mark">Gospel of Mark</a>, but one more than the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Gospel of Luke</a>, and three more than the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">Gospel of John</a>. It is postulated that all writers wished to simply recall the facts surrounding Jesus' death, rather than engage in theological reflection.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Mark#15:24" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Mark">Mark 15:24</a>, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Luke#23:33" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Luke">Luke 23:33</a>, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#19:18" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 19:18</a>, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#27:35" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 27:35</a> all share a succinct summary of the crucifixion, in that they all say, "They crucified Him". <a href="/wiki/Mark_the_Evangelist" title="Mark the Evangelist">Mark</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_the_Apostle" title="John the Apostle">John</a> give an account of the time of Jesus' death ("The third hour" in <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Mark#15:25" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Mark">Mark 15:25</a>, and the "sixth hour" in <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#19:14" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 19:14–15</a>), whereas <a href="/wiki/Luke_the_Evangelist" title="Luke the Evangelist">Luke</a>, and Matthew himself do not. </p><p>There are differences between the <a href="/wiki/Gospels" class="mw-redirect" title="Gospels">Gospels</a> as to what the <a href="/wiki/Sayings_of_Jesus_on_the_cross" title="Sayings of Jesus on the cross">last words of Jesus</a> were. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2027:46;&version=31;">Matthew 27:46</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark%2015:34;&version=31;">Mark 15:34</a> declare that Jesus' last words were: "Why have you forsaken me"?, whereas his words in <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Luke#23:46" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Luke">Luke 23:46</a> are "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit", and in <a href="/wiki/John_19:30" class="mw-redirect" title="John 19:30">John 19:30</a>, "It is finished". </p><p>Further differences can be found in the Gospels as to whether <a href="/wiki/Christ_Carrying_the_Cross" title="Christ Carrying the Cross">Jesus carried his own cross</a> or not. In the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and Mark, Jesus receives assistance from <a href="/wiki/Simon_of_Cyrene" title="Simon of Cyrene">Simon of Cyrene</a>, whereas in the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">Gospel of John</a>, Jesus carries the cross by himself. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parallelism">Parallelism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_27&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Parallelism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Dale_Allison" title="Dale Allison">Dale Allison</a> notes an obvious formal feature in <a href="/wiki/Matthew_27:3" title="Matthew 27:3">Matthew 27:3</a>-<a href="/wiki/Matthew_27:10" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew 27:10">10</a>, that is, a parallelism underlining the fulfillment between the scriptural quotation (cf. <a href="/wiki/Zechariah_11:13" class="mw-redirect" title="Zechariah 11:13">Zechariah 11:13</a>) and the narrative:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllison2007882_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllison2007882-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><i>the narrative</i></th> <th>verse(s)</th> <th><i>the quotation</i></th> <th>verse </th></tr> <tr> <td>'taking'</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matthew_27:6" title="Matthew 27:6">6</a> </td> <td>'they took'</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matthew_27:9" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew 27:9">9</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>'thirty pieces of silver'</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matthew_27:3" title="Matthew 27:3">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matthew_27:5" title="Matthew 27:5">5</a>,6 </td> <td>'thirty pieces of silver'</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>'money' (Greek: <i>time</i>)</td> <td>6 </td> <td>'price' (<i>timen</i>)</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>'the potter's field'</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matthew_27:7" title="Matthew 27:7">7</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matthew_27:8" title="Matthew 27:8">8</a> </td> <td>'the potter's field'</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matthew_27:10" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew 27:10">10</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Other resemblances between <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#27:51" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 27:51–55</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matthew_28:1" title="Matthew 28:1">Matthew 28:1</a>-<a href="/wiki/Matthew_28:11" title="Matthew 28:11">11</a> are also noted by Allison:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllison2007884_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllison2007884-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><i>The Death of Jesus</i></th> <th><i>The Resurrection of Jesus</i> </th></tr> <tr> <td>An earthquake</td> <td>An earthquake </td></tr> <tr> <td>Opening of tombs</td> <td>Opening of tombs </td></tr> <tr> <td>A resurrection</td> <td>A resurrection </td></tr> <tr> <td>The guards fear</td> <td>The guards fear </td></tr> <tr> <td>Witnesses to the events<br />(the resurrected saints)<br />go to the holy city</td> <td>Witnesses to the events<br />(the Jewish guards)<br />go to the city </td></tr> <tr> <td>There are women witnesses<br />(including <a href="/wiki/Mary_Magdalene" title="Mary Magdalene">Mary Magdalene</a><br />and another Mary)</td> <td>There are women witnesses<br />(Mary Magdalene<br />and another Mary) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_27&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blood_curse" title="Blood curse">Blood curse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christ_carrying_the_cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Christ carrying the cross">Christ carrying the cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_of_thorns" title="Crown of thorns">Crown of thorns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Crucifixion of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judas_Iscariot" title="Judas Iscariot">Judas Iscariot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontius_Pilate" title="Pontius Pilate">Pontius Pilate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pilate%27s_court" title="Pilate's court">Pilate's court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephaton" title="Stephaton">Stephaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_27:9%E2%80%9310" title="Matthew 27:9–10">Matthew 27:9–10</a></li> <li>Related <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a> parts: <a href="/wiki/Judges_9" title="Judges 9">Judges 9</a>, <a href="/wiki/Psalm_22" title="Psalm 22">Psalm 22</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_32" title="Jeremiah 32">Jeremiah 32</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zechariah_11" title="Zechariah 11">Zechariah 11</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_15" title="Mark 15">Mark 15</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luke_23" title="Luke 23">Luke 23</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_18" title="John 18">John 18</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_19" title="John 19">John 19</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_27&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output 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R., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/commentaries/egt/matthew/27.htm">Expositor's Greek Testament on Matthew 27</a>, accessed 3 March 2017</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.uni-muenster.de/NTTextforschung/KgLSGII08_02_27.pdf">List of manuscripts „Fortsetzung der Liste der Handschriften“</a> <a href="/wiki/Institut_f%C3%BCr_Neutestamentliche_Textforschung" class="mw-redirect" title="Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung">Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westf%C3%A4lische_Wilhelms-Universit%C3%A4t" class="mw-redirect" title="Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität">Universität Münster</a>. (PDF-file; 147 kB)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Thomas, J. David. <i>The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXIV</i> (London: 1997), pp. 12–13; <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=10105">"Liste Handschriften"</a>. Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 August</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Liste+Handschriften&rft.place=M%C3%BCnster&rft.pub=Institute+for+New+Testament+Textual+Research&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fintf.uni-muenster.de%2Fvmr%2FNTVMR%2FListeHandschriften.php%3FObjID%3D10105&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatthew+27" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKirkpatrick1901839-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKirkpatrick1901839_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKirkpatrick1901839_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKirkpatrick1901">Kirkpatrick 1901</a>, p. 839.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKirkpatrick1901838-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKirkpatrick1901838_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKirkpatrick1901838_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKirkpatrick1901838_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKirkpatrick1901838_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKirkpatrick1901">Kirkpatrick 1901</a>, p. 838.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblica.com/bible/?osis=niv:Matthew%2027:1–66">Matthew 27:1–66</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Carr-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Carr_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Carr_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Carr_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Carr_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Carr, A., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/commentaries/cambridge/matthew/27.htm">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Matthew 27</a>, accessed 2 March 2017</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_August_Wilhelm_Meyer" title="Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer">Meyer, H. A. W.</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biblehub.com/commentaries/meyer/matthew/27.htm">Meyer's NT Commentary</a> on Matthew 27, accessed 19 October 2019</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+27:3&version=nkjv">Matthew 27:3</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+3:2&version=nkjv">Matthew 3:2</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+4:17&version=nkjv">4:17</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+27:13&version=isv">Matthew 27:13</a>: <a href="/wiki/International_Standard_Version" title="International Standard Version">International Standard Version</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+27:19&version=nkjv">Matthew 27:19</a> NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+27:24&version=nkjv">Matthew 27:24</a> NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+23:27–32&version=nkjv">Luke 23:27–32</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hoagland, V., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://passionofchrist.us/the-passion-matthews-gospel">The Passion in the Gospel of Matthew</a>, <i>Immaculate Conception Monastery - Jamaica, NY</i>, accessed 26 March 2021</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+12:40&version=nkjv">Matthew 12:40</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Jonah#In_the_New_Testament" title="Jonah">Sign of Jonah</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+16:21&version=nkjv">Matthew 16:21</a>, Jesus' private teaching to his disciples</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllison2007882-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllison2007882_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAllison2007">Allison 2007</a>, p. 882.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllison2007884-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllison2007884_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAllison2007">Allison 2007</a>, p. 884.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_27&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAllison2007" class="citation book cs1">Allison, Dale C. Jr. (2007). "57. Matthew". In <a href="/wiki/John_Barton_(theologian)" title="John Barton (theologian)">Barton, John</a>; <a href="/wiki/John_Muddiman" title="John Muddiman">Muddiman, John</a> (eds.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJdVkgEACAAJ"><i>The Oxford Bible Commentary</i></a> (first (paperback) ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 844–886. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0199277186" title="Special:BookSources/978-0199277186"><bdi>978-0199277186</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="Passion of Jesus">Passion of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Last_Supper" title="Last Supper">Last Supper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Crucifixion of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burial_of_Jesus" title="Burial of Jesus">Burial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empty_tomb" title="Empty tomb">Empty tomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" title="Resurrection of Jesus">Resurrection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Commission" title="Great Commission">Great Commission</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_the_Apostle" title="Andrew the Apostle">Andrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caiaphas" title="Caiaphas">Caiaphas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herod_the_Great" title="Herod the Great">Herod</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Bethsaida" title="Bethsaida">Bethsaida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capernaum" title="Capernaum">Capernaum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galilee" title="Galilee">Galilee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_River" title="Jordan River">Jordan River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judea" title="Judea">Judea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samaria" title="Samaria">Samaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee" title="Sea of Galilee">Sea of Galilee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Q_source" title="Q source">Q source</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M_source" title="M source">M source</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark" title="Gospel of Mark">Gospel of Mark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Textual_variants_in_the_Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Textual variants in the Gospel of Matthew">Textual variants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustinian_hypothesis" title="Augustinian hypothesis">Augustinian hypothesis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two-gospel_hypothesis" title="Two-gospel hypothesis">Two-gospel hypothesis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthean_Posteriority_hypothesis" title="Matthean Posteriority hypothesis">Matthean Posteriority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genealogy_of_Jesus" title="Genealogy of Jesus">Genealogy of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five_Discourses_of_Matthew" title="Five Discourses of Matthew">Five Discourses of Matthew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calling_of_Matthew" title="Calling of Matthew">Calling of Matthew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_heaven_(Gospel_of_Matthew)" title="Kingdom of heaven (Gospel of Matthew)">Kingdom of heaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immanuel" title="Immanuel">Immanuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Pseudo-Matthew" title="Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew">Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabbinical_translations_of_Matthew" title="Rabbinical translations of Matthew">Rabbinical translations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shem_Tob%27s_Hebrew_Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Shem Tob's Hebrew Gospel of Matthew">Shem Tob</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith%E2%80%93Matthew" title="Joseph Smith–Matthew">Joseph Smith–Matthew</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">In culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/St_Matthew_Passion" title="St Matthew Passion">St Matthew Passion</a></i> (Bach, 1727/29) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St_Matthew_Passion_structure" title="St Matthew Passion structure">Structure</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gospel_According_to_St._Matthew_(film)" title="The Gospel According to St. Matthew (film)">The Gospel According to St. Matthew</a></i> (1964 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godspell" title="Godspell">Godspell</a></i> (1971 musical)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godspell_(film)" title="Godspell (film)">Godspell</a></i> (1973 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Visual_Bible:_Matthew" title="The Visual Bible: Matthew">The Visual Bible: Matthew</a></i> (1993 film)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manuscripts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_1" title="Papyrus 1">Papyrus 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_4" title="Papyrus 4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_19" title="Papyrus 19">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_21" title="Papyrus 21">21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_25" title="Papyrus 25">25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_35" title="Papyrus 35">35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_37" title="Papyrus 37">37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_44" title="Papyrus 44">44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_45" title="Papyrus 45">45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_53" title="Papyrus 53">53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_62" title="Papyrus 62">62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_70" title="Papyrus 70">70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_71" title="Papyrus 71">71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_73" title="Papyrus 73">73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_77" title="Papyrus 77">77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_83" title="Papyrus 83">83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_86" title="Papyrus 86">86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_96" title="Papyrus 96">96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_101" title="Papyrus 101">101</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_102" title="Papyrus 102">102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_103" title="Papyrus 103">103</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_104" title="Papyrus 104">104</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_105" title="Papyrus 105">105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_110" title="Papyrus 110">110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magdalen_papyrus" title="Magdalen papyrus">Magdalen papyrus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/el:%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AC_%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B8%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BF%CE%BD" class="extiw" title="wikisource:el:Κατά Ματθαίον">Greek Text</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/la:Biblia_Sacra_Vulgata_(Stuttgartensia)/Matthaeus" class="extiw" title="wikisource:la:Biblia Sacra Vulgata (Stuttgartensia)/Matthaeus">Latin Vulgate</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Wycliffe)/Matthew" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (Wycliffe)/Matthew">Wycliffe 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