Matthew 27

¹Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus so as to put Him to death,

²and having bound Him, they led Him away and handed Him over to Pontius Pilate the governor.

³Then Judas, the one who had betrayed him, seeing that he was condemned, was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

⁴saying, 'I sinned in betraying innocent blood.' But they said, 'What is that to us? You see to it.'

⁵And having thrown the pieces of silver into the temple, he withdrew, and going away, he hanged himself.

⁶But the chief priests, having taken the pieces of silver, said: It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.

⁷And having taken counsel, they bought with them the potter's field, as a burial place for strangers.

⁸Therefore that field has been called Field of Blood to this day.

⁹Then was fulfilled what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying: And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the One who had been priced, on whom they had set a price, by the sons of Israel,

¹⁰and they gave them for the potter's field, just as the Lord directed me.

¹¹Now Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor questioned him, saying, 'Are you the King of the Jews?' And Jesus said to him, 'You say so.'

¹²And while he was being accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

¹³Then Pilate says to him: Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?

¹⁴And he did not answer him, not even to a single word, so that the governor was greatly amazed.

¹⁵Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the crowd one prisoner, whom they wished.

¹⁶And at that time they were holding a notorious prisoner called Jesus Barabbas.

¹⁷Therefore, when they were assembled, Pilate said to them: Whom do you want me to release to you, Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?

¹⁸For he knew that they had handed him over out of envy.

¹⁹Now while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying: Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I suffered many things today in a dream because of him.

²⁰But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to destroy Jesus.

²¹But the governor answered and said to them: Which of the two do you want me to release to you? And they said: Barabbas.

²²Pilate says to them, 'What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?' They all say, 'Let him be crucified!'

²³But the governor said: Why, what evil has he done? But they kept crying out all the more, saying: Let him be crucified!

²⁴Now when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, 'I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; you see to it yourselves.'

²⁵And all the people answered and said: His blood be on us and on our children!

²⁶Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus, having flogged him, he delivered up to be crucified.

²⁷Then the soldiers of the governor, having taken Jesus into the Praetorium, gathered the whole cohort before him,

²⁸And having stripped him, they put a scarlet robe around him,

²⁹And having twisted together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand, and having knelt before Him, they mocked Him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

³⁰And having spit on him, they took the reed and kept striking him on his head.

³¹And when they had mocked him, they stripped off the robe from him and put his own garments on him, and led him away to crucify him.

³²Now as they were going out, they found a man of Cyrene named Simon; this man they compelled to carry his cross.

³³And having come to a place called Golgotha, which is called Place of a Skull,

³⁴They gave Him wine to drink, mingled with gall; and having tasted it, He would not drink.

³⁶And sitting down, they kept guard over him there.

³⁷And they put up over His head the charge against Him, written: This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.

³⁸Then two robbers are crucified with him, one at the right and one at the left.

³⁹And those passing by were reviling Him, wagging their heads,

⁴⁰and saying: You who destroy the sanctuary and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, also come down from the cross!

⁴¹And likewise also the chief priests, mocking with the scribes and elders and Pharisees, were saying:

⁴²He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he is King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in him.

⁴³He has trusted in God; let Him deliver him now, if He wants him; for He said, I am the Son of God.

⁴⁴And in the same way even the robbers who had been crucified with Him were reviling Him.

⁴⁵Now from the sixth hour darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.

⁴⁶And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying: Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? that is, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?

⁴⁷Now some of those standing there, when they heard it, were saying that this man is calling Elijah.

⁴⁸And immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, and filled it with sour wine, and put it on a reed, and gave it to Him to drink.

⁵⁰And Jesus, having cried out again with a loud voice, yielded up His spirit.

⁵¹And behold, the veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom, and the earth was shaken, and the rocks were split,

⁵²and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,

⁵³and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many.

⁵⁴And the centurion and those with him keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were happening, were greatly afraid, saying: Truly this was the Son of God.

⁵⁵Now many women were there, looking on from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,

⁵⁶among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

⁵⁷Now when evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself also had become a disciple of Jesus.

⁵⁸This man, having gone to Pilate, asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given over.

⁵⁹And taking the body, Joseph wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

⁶⁰and laid it in his new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock, and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, he went away.

⁶¹Now Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.

⁶²Now on the next day, which is after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together before Pilate,

⁶³saying: Sir, we remember that that deceiver, while still living, said: After three days I am raised.

⁶⁴Therefore command the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night and steal him away and say to the people: He has been raised from the dead. And the last deception will be worse than the first.

⁶⁵Pilate said to them: You have a guard; go, make it as secure as you know how.

⁶⁶So they went and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone, together with the guard.