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See to it yourself.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is blood money.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So they took counsel and bought with them the potter’s field as a burial place for strangers. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.”</p> <p class="heading">Jesus Before Pilate</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus said, <span class="woc">“You have said so.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then Pilate said to him, “Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed.</p> <p class="heading">The Crowd Chooses Barabbas</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And they had then a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For he knew that it was out of envy that they had delivered him up. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Besides, while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today in a dream.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The governor again said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said, “Let him be crucified!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And he said, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Let him be crucified!”</p> <p class="heading">Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood;<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts this righteous blood, or this righteous man's blood">b</a></sup></span> see to it yourselves.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And all the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then he released for them Barabbas, and having scourged<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="A Roman judicial penalty, consisting of a severe beating with a multi-lashed whip containing embedded pieces of bone and metal">c</a></sup></span> Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.</p> <p class="heading">Jesus Is Mocked</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek the praetorium">d</a></sup></span> and they gathered the whole battalion<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek cohort; a tenth of a Roman legion, usually about 600 men">e</a></sup></span> before him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and led him away to crucify him.</p> <p class="heading">The Crucifixion</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull), <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>they offered him wine to drink, mixed with gall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Then they sat down and kept watch over him there. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>and saying, “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>“He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.</p> <p class="heading">The Death of Jesus</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Now from the sixth hour<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, noon">f</a></sup></span> there was darkness over all the land<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or earth">g</a></sup></span> until the ninth hour.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, 3 p.m.">h</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, <span class="woc">“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?”</span> that is, <span class="woc">“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>And some of the bystanders, hearing it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine, and put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>But the others said, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, “Truly this was the Son<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or a son">i</a></sup></span> of God!”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span>There were also many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span>among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.</p> <p class="heading">Jesus Is Buried</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span>When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span>He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-59.htm"><b>59</b></a></span>And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-60.htm"><b>60</b></a></span>and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-61.htm"><b>61</b></a></span>Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.</p> <p class="heading">The Guard at the Tomb</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-62.htm"><b>62</b></a></span>The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-63.htm"><b>63</b></a></span>and said, “Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-64.htm"><b>64</b></a></span>Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-65.htm"><b>65</b></a></span>Pilate said to them, “You have a guard<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Take a guard">j</a></sup></span> of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-66.htm"><b>66</b></a></span>So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Greek <i>he</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> Some manuscripts <i><span class="catch-word">this</span> righteous blood</i>, or <i><span class="catch-word">this</span> righteous man's blood</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> A Roman judicial penalty, consisting of a severe beating with a multi-lashed whip containing embedded pieces of bone and metal<br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> Greek <i><span class="catch-word">the</span> praetorium</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> Greek <i>cohort</i>; a tenth of a Roman legion, usually about 600 men<br /><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">45</span> That is, noon<br /><span class="footnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">45</span> Or <i>earth</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">h</span> <span class="fnverse">45</span> That is, <span class="us-time">3 p.m.</span><br /><span class="footnotesbot">i</span> <span class="fnverse">54</span> Or <i>a son</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">j</span> <span class="fnverse">65</span> Or <i>Take a guard</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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