Matthew 27:33-66

33 ¹And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull),

34 ²they offered him wine to drink, mixed with ³gall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it.

35 And when they had crucified him, ⁴they divided his garments among them by casting lots.

36 Then they sat down and ⁵kept watch over him there.

37 And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, ⁶the King of the Jews. ”

38 Then two ⁷robbers were crucified with him, ⁸one on the right and one on the left.

39 And ⁹those who passed by ¹⁰derided him, ¹¹wagging their heads

40 and saying, ¹²“You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! ¹³If you are ¹⁴the Son of God, come down from the cross. ”

41 So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying,

42 ¹⁵“He saved others; ¹⁶he cannot save himself. ¹⁷He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.

43 ¹⁸He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God. ’”

44 ¹⁹And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.

The Death of Jesus

45 Now from the sixth hour^[a] there was darkness over all the land^[b] until the ninth hour. ^[c]

46 And about the ninth hour Jesus ²⁰cried out with a loud voice, saying, ²¹“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? ”that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? ”

47 And some of the bystanders, hearing it, said, “This man is calling Elijah. ”

48 And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with ²²sour wine, and put it on a reed and ²³gave it to him to drink.

49 But the others said, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him. ”

50 And Jesus ²⁴cried out again with a loud voice and ²⁵yielded up his spirit.

51 And behold, ²⁶the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And ²⁷the earth shook, and the rocks were split.

52 The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of ²⁸the saints ²⁹who had fallen asleep were raised,

53 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into ³⁰the holy city and appeared to many.

54 ³¹When the centurion and those who were with him, ³²keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, ³³“Truly this was the Son^[d] of God! ”

55 There were also ³⁴many women there, looking on ³⁵from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ³⁶ministering to him,

56 among whom were ³⁷Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and ³⁸the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Jesus Is Buried

57 ³⁹When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus.

58 He 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 shroud

60 and ⁴⁰laid it in his own new tomb, ⁴¹which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled ⁴²a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away.

61 Mary Magdalene and ⁴³the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.

The Guard at the Tomb

62 The next day, that is, after the day of ⁴⁴Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate

63 and said, “Sir, we remember how ⁴⁵that impostor said, while he was still alive, ⁴⁶‘After three days I will rise. ’

64 Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, ⁴⁷lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead, ’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first. ”

65 Pilate said to them, “You have ⁴⁸a guard^[e] of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can. ”

66 So they went and made the tomb secure by ⁴⁹sealing the stone and setting a guard.

Cross References

• 1. 27:33 For ver. 33-51, see Mark 15:22-38; Luke 23:32-38, 44-46; John 19:17-19, 23, 24, 28-30
• 2. 27:34 [Ps. 69:21]
• 3. 27:34 Acts 8:23
• 4. 27:35 Ps. 22:18
• 5. 27:36 ver. 54; [Ps. 22:17]
• 6. 27:37 ver. 11, 29
• 7. 27:38 [John 18:40]
• 8. 27:38 [ch. 20:21]
• 9. 27:39 Ps. 22:7; 109:25; [Lam. 1:12]
• 10. 27:39 Luke 22:65; 23:39; [James 2:7]
• 11. 27:39 Job 16:4; Isa. 37:22; Jer. 18:16; Lam. 2:15
• 12. 27:40 ch. 26:61
• 13. 27:40 ch. 4:3, 6
• 14. 27:40 ver. 43; ch. 26:63; See ch. 14:33
• 15. 27:42 [Luke 4:23]
• 16. 27:42 [ch. 26:53, 54; John 10:18]
• 17. 27:42 John 1:49; 12:13; [ver. 37]
• 18. 27:43 Cited from Ps. 22:8
• 19. 27:44 [Luke 23:39-43]
• 20. 27:46 [Heb. 5:7]
• 21. 27:46 Cited from Ps. 22:1
• 22. 27:48 Ruth 2:14
• 23. 27:48 Ps. 69:21
• 24. 27:50 ver. 46
• 25. 27:50 [John 10:18]
• 26. 27:51 Ex. 26:31-33; 2 Chr. 3:14
• 27. 27:51 ver. 54
• 28. 27:52 [Dan. 7:18, 22]
• 29. 27:52 John 11:11-13; Acts 7:60; 13:36; 1 Cor. 15:6, 18, 20; 1 Thess. 4:13-15; 2 Pet. 3:4
• 30. 27:53 See ch. 4:5
• 31. 27:54 For ver. 54-56, see Mark 15:39-41; Luke 23:47, 49
• 32. 27:54 ver. 36
• 33. 27:54 ver. 43
• 34. 27:55 John 19:25
• 35. 27:55 Ps. 38:11
• 36. 27:55 See Luke 8:2, 3
• 37. 27:56 [See ver. 55 above]
• 38. 27:56 ch. 20:20; [Mark 15:40]
• 39. 27:57 For ver. 57-61, see Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42
• 40. 27:60 [Isa. 53:9]
• 41. 27:60 Isa. 22:16
• 42. 27:60 Mark 16:4; [John 11:38]
• 43. 27:61 ver. 56; ch. 28:1
• 44. 27:62 Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:14, 31, 42
• 45. 27:63 [ver. 64; John 7:12]
• 46. 27:63 ch. 16:21; 17:23; 20:19; 28:6; Mark 8:31; 10:34; Luke 9:22; 18:33; 24:6, 7; [ch. 26:61; John 2:19]
• 47. 27:64 [ch. 28:13]
• 48. 27:65 ch. 28:11
• 49. 27:66 Dan. 6:17

Footnotes

• [a] 27:45 That is, noon
• [b] 27:45 Or 'earth'
• [c] 27:45 That is, 3 p.m.
• [d] 27:54 Or 'a son'
• [e] 27:65 Or 'Take a guard'