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Then he went away and hanged himself.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this 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 decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>That is why it 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 what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="See Zech. 11:12,13; Jer. 19:1-13; 32:6-9.">a</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="sectionhead">Jesus Before Pilate</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”</p><p class="reg"><span class="red">“You have said so,”</span> Jesus replied.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then Pilate asked him, “Don’t you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge—to the great amazement of the governor.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Now it was the governor’s custom at the festival to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>At that time they had a well-known prisoner whose name was Jesus <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Many manuscripts do not have Jesus; also in verse 17.">b</a></sup></span> Barabbas. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For he knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat, his wife sent him this message: “Don’t have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor.</p><p class="reg">“Barabbas,” they answered.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” Pilate asked.</p><p class="reg">They all answered, “Crucify him!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate.</p><p class="reg">But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is your responsibility!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>All the people answered, “His blood is on us and on our children!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.</p> <p class="sectionhead">The Soldiers Mock Jesus</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>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 then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.</p> <p class="sectionhead">The Crucifixion of Jesus</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>They came to a place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>And sitting down, they kept watch over him there. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Above his head they placed the written charge against him: <span class="inscription">this is jesus, the king of the jews</span>.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Two rebels were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>“He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s 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 rescue him now if he wants 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>In the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.</p> <p class="sectionhead">The Death of Jesus</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, <span class="red"><span class="foreign">“Eli, Eli,</span> <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts Eloi, Eloi">c</a></sup></span> <span class="foreign">lema</span><span class="foreign">sabachthani?”</span></span> (which means <span class="red">“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”</span>). <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Psalm 22:1">d</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling Elijah.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>The rest said, “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they">e</a></sup></span> went into the holy city and appeared to many people.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span>Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span>Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek Joses, a variant of Joseph">f</a></sup></span> and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.</p> <p class="sectionhead">The Burial of Jesus</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span>As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span>Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-59.htm"><b>59</b></a></span>Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-60.htm"><b>60</b></a></span>and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to 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 sitting there opposite the tomb.</p> <p class="sectionhead">The Guard at the Tomb</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-62.htm"><b>62</b></a></span>The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-63.htm"><b>63</b></a></span>“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-64.htm"><b>64</b></a></span>So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/27-65.htm"><b>65</b></a></span>“Take a guard,” Pilate answered. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.” <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 putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotebot">See Zech. 11:12,13; Jer. 19:1-13; 32:6-9.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotebot">Many manuscripts do not have <i>Jesus</i>; also in verse 17.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">46</span> <span class="footnotebot">Some manuscripts <i>Eloi, Eloi</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">46</span> <span class="footnotebot">Psalm 22:1</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">53</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>tombs, and after Jesus’ resurrection they</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">56</span> <span class="footnotebot">Greek <i>Joses</i>, a variant of <i>Joseph</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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