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<ref loc="LUK 23:1">Luke 23.1</ref>,<ref loc="LUK 23:2">2</ref>; <ref loc="JHN 18:28-32">John 18.28-32</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_1"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.1" class="v40_27_1">1</span>Early in the morning all the chief priests and the elders made their plans against Jesus to put him to death. </span><span class="v40_27_2"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.2" class="v40_27_2">2</span>They put him in chains, led him off, and handed him over to Pilate, the Roman governor.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Death of Judas</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="ACT 1:18">Acts 1.18</ref>,<ref loc="ACT 1:19">19</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_3"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.3" class="v40_27_3">3</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.27.3!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> When Judas, the traitor, learned that Jesus had been condemned, he repented and took back the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders. </span><span class="v40_27_4"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.4" class="v40_27_4">4</span>“I have sinned by betraying an innocent man to death!” he said.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_4">“What do we care about that?” they answered. “That is your business!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_5"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.5" class="v40_27_5">5</span>Judas threw the coins down in the Temple and left; then he went off and hanged himself.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_6"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.6" class="v40_27_6">6</span>The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “This is blood money, and it is against our Law to put it in the Temple treasury.” </span><span class="v40_27_7"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.7" class="v40_27_7">7</span>After reaching an agreement about it, they used the money to buy Potter's Field, as a cemetery for foreigners. </span><span class="v40_27_8"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.8" class="v40_27_8">8</span>That is why that field is called “Field of Blood” to this very day.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_9"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.9" class="v40_27_9">9</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.27.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Then what the prophet Jeremiah had said came true: “They took the thirty silver coins, the amount the people of Israel had agreed to pay for him, </span><span class="v40_27_10"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.10" class="v40_27_10">10</span>and used the money to buy the potter's field, as the Lord had commanded me.”</span></p><h3 class="s">Pilate Questions Jesus</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MRK 15:2-5">Mark 15.2-5</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 23:3-5">Luke 23.3-5</ref>; <ref loc="JHN 18:33-38">John 18.33-38</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_11"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.11" class="v40_27_11">11</span>Jesus stood before the Roman governor, who questioned him. “Are you the king of the Jews?” he asked.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_11">“So you say,” answered Jesus. </span><span class="v40_27_12"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.12" class="v40_27_12">12</span>But he said nothing in response to the accusations of the chief priests and elders.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_13"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.13" class="v40_27_13">13</span>So Pilate said to him, “Don't you hear all these things they accuse you of?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_14"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.14" class="v40_27_14">14</span>But Jesus refused to answer a single word, with the result that the Governor was greatly surprised.</span></p><h3 class="s">Jesus Is Sentenced to Death</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MRK 15:6-15">Mark 15.6-15</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 23:13-25">Luke 23.13-25</ref>; <ref loc="JHN 18:39-19:16">John 18.39—19.16</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_15"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.15" class="v40_27_15">15</span>At every Passover Festival the Roman governor was in the habit of setting free any one prisoner the crowd asked for. </span><span class="v40_27_16"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.16" class="v40_27_16">16</span>At that time there was a well-known prisoner named Jesus Barabbas. </span><span class="v40_27_17"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.17" class="v40_27_17">17</span>So when the crowd gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to set free for you? Jesus Barabbas or Jesus called the Messiah?” </span><span class="v40_27_18"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.18" class="v40_27_18">18</span>He knew very well that the Jewish authorities had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_19"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.19" class="v40_27_19">19</span>While Pilate was sitting in the judgment hall, his wife sent him a message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, because in a dream last night I suffered much on account of him.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_20"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.20" class="v40_27_20">20</span>The chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask Pilate to set Barabbas free and have Jesus put to death. </span><span class="v40_27_21"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.21" class="v40_27_21">21</span>But Pilate asked the crowd, “Which one of these two do you want me to set free for you?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_21">“Barabbas!” they answered.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_22"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.22" class="v40_27_22">22</span>“What, then, shall I do with Jesus called the Messiah?” Pilate asked them.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_22">“Crucify him!” they all answered.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_23"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.23" class="v40_27_23">23</span>But Pilate asked, “What crime has he committed?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_23">Then they started shouting at the top of their voices: “Crucify him!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_24"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.24" class="v40_27_24">24</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.27.24!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> When Pilate saw that it was no use to go on, but that a riot might break out, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “I am not responsible for the death of this man! This is your doing!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_25"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.25" class="v40_27_25">25</span>The whole crowd answered, “Let the responsibility for his death fall on us and on our children!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_26"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.26" class="v40_27_26">26</span>Then Pilate set Barabbas free for them; and after he had Jesus whipped, he handed him over to be crucified.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MRK 15:16-20">Mark 15.16-20</ref>; <ref loc="JHN 19:2">John 19.2</ref>,<ref loc="JHN 19:3">3</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_27"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.27" class="v40_27_27">27</span>Then Pilate's soldiers took Jesus into the governor's palace, and the whole company gathered around him. </span><span class="v40_27_28"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.28" class="v40_27_28">28</span>They stripped off his clothes and put a scarlet robe on him. </span><span class="v40_27_29"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.29" class="v40_27_29">29</span>Then they made a crown out of thorny branches and placed it on his head, and put a stick in his right hand; then they knelt before him and made fun of him. “Long live the King of the Jews!” they said. </span><span class="v40_27_30"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.30" class="v40_27_30">30</span>They spat on him, and took the stick and hit him over the head. </span><span class="v40_27_31"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.31" class="v40_27_31">31</span>When they had finished making fun of him, they took the robe off and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.</span></p><h3 class="s">Jesus Is Crucified</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MRK 15:21-32">Mark 15.21-32</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 23:26-43">Luke 23.26-43</ref>; <ref loc="JHN 19:17-27">John 19.17-27</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_32"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.32" class="v40_27_32">32</span>As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene named Simon, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus' cross. </span><span class="v40_27_33"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.33" class="v40_27_33">33</span>They came to a place called Golgotha, which means, “The Place of the Skull.” </span><span class="v40_27_34"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.34" class="v40_27_34">34</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.27.34!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> There they offered Jesus wine mixed with a bitter substance; but after tasting it, he would not drink it.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_35"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.35" class="v40_27_35">35</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.27.35!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> They crucified him and then divided his clothes among them by throwing dice. </span><span class="v40_27_36"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.36" class="v40_27_36">36</span>After that they sat there and watched him. </span><span class="v40_27_37"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.37" class="v40_27_37">37</span>Above his head they put the written notice of the accusation against him: “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.” </span><span class="v40_27_38"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.38" class="v40_27_38">38</span>Then they crucified two bandits with Jesus, one on his right and the other on his left.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_39"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.39" class="v40_27_39">39</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.27.39!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> People passing by shook their heads and hurled insults at Jesus: </span><span class="v40_27_40"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.40" class="v40_27_40">40</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.27.40!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “You were going to tear down the Temple and build it back up in three days! Save yourself if you are God's Son! Come on down from the cross!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_41"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.41" class="v40_27_41">41</span>In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the Law and the elders made fun of him: </span><span class="v40_27_42"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.42" class="v40_27_42">42</span>“He saved others, but he cannot save himself! Isn't he the king of Israel? If he will come down off the cross now, we will believe in him! </span><span class="v40_27_43"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.43" class="v40_27_43">43</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.27.43!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> He trusts in God and claims to be God's Son. Well, then, let us see if God wants to save him now!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_44"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.44" class="v40_27_44">44</span>Even the bandits who had been crucified with him insulted him in the same way.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Death of Jesus</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MRK 15:33-41">Mark 15.33-41</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 23:44-49">Luke 23.44-49</ref>; <ref loc="JHN 19:28-30">John 19.28-30</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_45"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.45" class="v40_27_45">45</span>At noon the whole country was covered with darkness, which lasted for three hours. </span><span class="v40_27_46"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.46" class="v40_27_46">46</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.27.46!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> At about three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud shout, <span class="tl">“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?”</span> which means, “My God, my God, why did you abandon me?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_47"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.47" class="v40_27_47">47</span>Some of the people standing there heard him and said, “He is calling for Elijah!” </span><span class="v40_27_48"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.48" class="v40_27_48">48</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.27.48!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> One of them ran up at once, took a sponge, soaked it in cheap wine, put it on the end of a stick, and tried to make him drink it.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_49"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.49" class="v40_27_49">49</span>But the others said, “Wait, let us see if Elijah is coming to save him!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_50"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.50" class="v40_27_50">50</span>Jesus again gave a loud cry and breathed his last.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_51"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.51" class="v40_27_51">51</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.27.51!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Then the curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split apart, </span><span class="v40_27_52"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.52" class="v40_27_52">52</span>the graves broke open, and many of God's people who had died were raised to life. </span><span class="v40_27_53"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.53" class="v40_27_53">53</span>They left the graves, and after Jesus rose from death, they went into the Holy City, where many people saw them.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_54"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.54" class="v40_27_54">54</span>When the army officer and the soldiers with him who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and everything else that happened, they were terrified and said, “He really was the Son of God!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_55"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.55" class="v40_27_55">55</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.27.55!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> There were many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee and helped him. </span><span class="v40_27_56"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.56" class="v40_27_56">56</span>Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the wife of Zebedee.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Burial of Jesus</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MRK 15:42-47">Mark 15.42-47</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 23:50-56">Luke 23.50-56</ref>; <ref loc="JHN 19:38-42">John 19.38-42</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_57"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.57" class="v40_27_57">57</span>When it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea arrived; his name was Joseph, and he also was a disciple of Jesus. </span><span class="v40_27_58"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.58" class="v40_27_58">58</span>He went into the presence of Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate gave orders for the body to be given to Joseph. </span><span class="v40_27_59"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.59" class="v40_27_59">59</span>So Joseph took it, wrapped it in a new linen sheet, </span><span class="v40_27_60"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.60" class="v40_27_60">60</span>and placed it in his own tomb, which he had just recently dug out of solid rock. Then he rolled a large stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away. </span><span class="v40_27_61"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.61" class="v40_27_61">61</span>Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, facing the tomb.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Guard at the Tomb</h3><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_62"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.62" class="v40_27_62">62</span>The next day, which was a Sabbath, the chief priests and the Pharisees met with Pilate </span><span class="v40_27_63"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.63" class="v40_27_63">63</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.27.63!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> and said, “Sir, we remember that while that liar was still alive he said, ‘I will be raised to life three days later.’ </span><span class="v40_27_64"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.64" class="v40_27_64">64</span>Give orders, then, for his tomb to be carefully guarded until the third day, so that his disciples will not be able to go and steal the body, and then tell the people that he was raised from death. This last lie would be even worse than the first one.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_65"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.65" class="v40_27_65">65</span>“Take a guard,” Pilate told them; “go and make the tomb as secure as you can.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_27_66"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.27.66" class="v40_27_66">66</span>So they left and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and leaving the guard on watch.</span></p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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