Matthew 27 (New American Standard)

Judas's Remorse

1 ¹Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus to put Him to death ; 2 and they bound Him, and led Him away and ²delivered Him to ³Pilate the governor. 3 Then when ⁴Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned ⁵the thirty ^apieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? ⁶See to that yourself !" 5 And he threw the pieces of silver into ⁷the temple sanctuary and departed ; and ⁸he went away and hanged himself. 6 The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, "It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood." 7 And they conferred together and ^bwith the money bought the Potter's Field as a burial place for strangers. 8 ⁹For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day. 9 Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled : "¹⁰AND ^cTHEY TOOK THE THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER, THE PRICE OF THE ONE WHOSE PRICE HAD BEEN SET by the sons of Israel ; 10 ¹¹AND ^dTHEY GAVE THEM FOR THE POTTER'S FIELD, AS THE LORD DIRECTED

Jesus before Pilate

11 ¹²Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned Him, saying, "Are You the ¹³King of the Jews ?" And Jesus said to him, "¹⁴It is as you say." 12 And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, ¹⁵He did not answer. 13 Then Pilate said to Him, "Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?" 14 And ¹⁶He did not answer him with regard to even a single ^echarge, so the governor was quite amazed. 15 ¹⁷Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the ^fpeople any one prisoner whom they wanted. 16 At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas. 17 So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you? Barabbas, or Jesus ¹⁸who is called Christ ?" 18 For he knew that because of envy they had handed Him over. 19 ¹⁹While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, "Have nothing to do with that ²⁰righteous Man ; for ^glast night I suffered greatly ²¹in a dream because of Him." 20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ²²ask for Barabbas and to put Jesus to death. 21 But the governor ^hsaid to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" And they said, "Barabbas." 22 Pilate said to them, "Then what shall I do with Jesus ²³who is called Christ ?" They all said, "ⁱCrucify Him!" 23 And he said, "Why, what evil has He done ?" But they kept shouting all the more, saying, "^jCrucify Him!" 24 When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that ²⁴a riot was starting, he took water and ²⁵washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of ²⁶this Man's blood ; ²⁷see to that yourselves." 25 And all the people said, "²⁸His blood shall be on us and on our children !" 26 Then he released Barabbas ^kfor them; but after having Jesus ²⁹scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

27 ³⁰Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into ³¹the ^lPraetorium and gathered the whole Roman ^m32cohort around Him. 28 They stripped Him and ³³put a scarlet robe on Him. 29 ³⁴And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a ⁿreed in His right hand ; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, "³⁵Hail, King of the Jews !" 30 ³⁶They spat on Him, and took the reed and began to beat Him on the head. 31 ³⁷After they had mocked Him, they took the scarlet robe off Him and put His own garments back on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him. 32 ³⁸As they were coming out, they found a man of ³⁹Cyrene named Simon, ^owhom they pressed into service to bear His cross.

The Crucifixion

33 ⁴⁰And when they came to a place called ⁴¹Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull, 34 ⁴²they gave Him ⁴³wine to drink mixed with gall ; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink. 35 And when they had crucified Him, ⁴⁴they divided up His garments among themselves by casting ^plots. 36 And sitting down, they began to ⁴⁵keep watch over Him there. 37 And above His head they put up the charge against Him ^qwhich read, "⁴⁶THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS." 38 At that time two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left. 39 And those passing by were ^rhurling abuse at Him, ⁴⁷wagging their heads 40 and saying, "⁴⁸You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself ! ⁴⁹If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross." 41 In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying, 42 "⁵⁰He saved others ; ^sHe cannot save Himself. ⁵¹He is the King of Israel ; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him. 43 "⁵²HE TRUSTS IN GOD ; LET GOD RESCUE Him now, IF HE ^tDELIGHTS IN HIM; for He said, 'I am the Son of God.' " 44 ⁵³The robbers who had been crucified with Him were also insulting Him with the same words. 45 ⁵⁴Now from the ^usixth hour darkness ^vfell upon all the land until the ^wninth hour. 46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "⁵⁵ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI ?" that is, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?" 47 And some of those who were standing there, when they heard it, began saying, "This man is calling for Elijah." 48 ⁵⁶Immediately one of them ran, and taking a sponge, he filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink. 49 But the rest of them said, "^xLet us see whether Elijah will come to save Him^y." 50 And Jesus ⁵⁷cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. 51 ⁵⁸And behold, ⁵⁹the ^zveil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom ; and ⁶⁰the earth shook and the rocks were split. 52 The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the ^aasaints who had ⁶¹fallen asleep were raised ; 53 and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered ⁶²the holy city and appeared to many. 54 ⁶³Now the centurion, and those who were with him ⁶⁴keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw ⁶⁵the earthquake and the things that were happening, became very frightened and said, "Truly this was ^bb66the Son of God !" 55 ⁶⁷Many women were there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while ^cc68ministering to Him. 56 Among them was ⁶⁹Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and ⁷⁰the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Jesus Is Buried

57 ⁷¹When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. 58 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. 59 And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock ; and he rolled ⁷²a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away. 61 And ⁷³Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the grave. 62 Now on the next day, ^ddthe day after ⁷⁴the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate, 63 and said, "Sir, we remember that when He was still alive that deceiver said, '⁷⁵After three days I am to rise again.' 64 "Therefore, give orders for the grave to be made secure until the third day, otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and say to the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first." 65 Pilate said to them, "You have a ⁷⁶guard ; go, make it as secure as you know how." 66 And they went and made the grave secure, and along with ⁷⁷the guard they set a ⁷⁸seal on ⁷⁹the stone.