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You take care of it yourself!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The chief priests took the silver and said, “It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>After consulting together they bought the Potter’s Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For this reason that field has been called the “Field of Blood” to this day. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “<i>They took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one whose price had been set by the people of Israel</i>, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><i>and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me</i>.”</p> <p class="title">Jesus and Pilate</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus said, “You say so.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not respond. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear how many charges they are bringing against you?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But he did not answer even one accusation, so that the governor was quite amazed.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whomever they wanted. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>At that time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus Barabbas. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>(For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.) <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>As he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man; I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream about him today.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The governor asked them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Pilate said to them, “Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?” They all said, “Crucify him!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He asked, “Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently, “Crucify him!”</p> <p class="title">Jesus is Condemned and Mocked</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>In reply all the people said, “Let his blood be on us and on our children!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then he released Barabbas for them. But after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence and gathered the whole cohort around him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>They stripped him and put a scarlet robe around him, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: “Hail, king of the Jews!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>They spat on him and took the staff and struck him repeatedly on the head. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>When they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.</p> <p class="title">The Crucifixion</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>As they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry his cross. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>They came to a place called Golgotha (which means “Place of the Skull”) <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>and offered Jesus wine mixed with gall to drink. But after tasting it, he would not drink it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>When they had crucified him, <i>they divided his clothes by throwing dice</i>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Then they sat down and kept guard over him there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Above his head they put the charge against him, which read: “This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Then two outlaws were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>and saying, “You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are God’s Son, come down from the cross!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>In the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law and elders – were mocking him: <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>“He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him! <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>H<i>e trusts in God – let God, if he wants to, deliver him now</i> because he said, ‘I am God’s Son’!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>The robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.</p> <p class="title">Jesus’ Death</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>At about three o’clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice, “<i>Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?</i>” that is, “<b><i>My God, my God, why have you forsaken me</i></b>?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>When some of the bystanders heard it, they said, “This man is calling for Elijah.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>But the rest said, “Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to save him.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>Then Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>Just then the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks were split apart. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died were raised. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>(They came out of the tombs after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.) <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>Now when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said, “Truly this one was God’s Son!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span>Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and given him support were also there, watching from a distance. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span>Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.</p> <p class="title">Jesus’ Burial</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span>Now when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span>He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/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="/matthew/27-60.htm"><b>60</b></a></span>and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-61.htm"><b>61</b></a></span>(Now Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, opposite the tomb.)</p> <p class="title">The Guard at the Tomb</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-62.htm"><b>62</b></a></span>The next day (which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-63.htm"><b>63</b></a></span>and said, “Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-64.htm"><b>64</b></a></span>So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body and say to the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-65.htm"><b>65</b></a></span>Pilate said to them, “Take a guard of soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you can.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/27-66.htm"><b>66</b></a></span>So they went with the soldiers of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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