Matthew Chapter 27

• Matthew 27:1
  Matthew.
• Matthew 27:2
  Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.
• Matthew 27:3
  They bound him, led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
• Matthew 27:4
  Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests an...
• Matthew 27:5
  saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”
• Matthew 27:6
  He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary and departed. Then he went away and hanged himself.
• Matthew 27:7
  The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.”
• Matthew 27:8
  They took counsel, and bought the potter’s field with them to bury strangers in.
• Matthew 27:9
  Therefore that field has been called “The Field of Blood” to this day.
• Matthew 27:10
  Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a pr...
• Matthew 27:11
  and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”
• Matthew 27:12
  Now Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, saying, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus said to him, “So you say.”
• Matthew 27:13
  When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
• Matthew 27:14
  Then Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear how many things they testify against you?”
• Matthew 27:15
  He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.
• Matthew 27:16
  Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner whom they desired.
• Matthew 27:17
  They had then a notable prisoner called Barabbas.
• Matthew 27:18
  When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”
• Matthew 27:19
  For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.
• Matthew 27:20
  While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things ...
• Matthew 27:21
  Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.
• Matthew 27:22
  But the governor answered them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” They said, “Barabbas!”
• Matthew 27:23
  Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do to Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said to him, “Let him be crucified!”
• Matthew 27:24
  But the governor said, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, saying, “Let him be crucified!”
• Matthew 27:25
  So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude,...
• Matthew 27:26
  All the people answered, “May his blood be on us and on our children!”
• Matthew 27:27
  Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.
• Matthew 27:28
  Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.
• Matthew 27:29
  They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him.
• Matthew 27:30
  They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him and mocked him, saying, “Hail, K...
• Matthew 27:31
  They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.
• Matthew 27:32
  When they had mocked him, they took the robe off him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.
• Matthew 27:33
  As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.
• Matthew 27:34
  When they came to a place called “Golgotha”, that is to say, “The place of a skull,”
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  they gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he would not drink.
• Matthew 27:36
  When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among them, casting lots,
• Matthew 27:37
  and they sat and watched him there.
• Matthew 27:38
  They set up over his head the accusation against him written, “THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
• Matthew 27:39
  Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.
• Matthew 27:40
  Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads
• Matthew 27:41
  and saying, “You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
• Matthew 27:42
  Likewise the chief priests also mocking with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said,
• Matthew 27:43
  “He saved others, but he can’t save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.
• Matthew 27:44
  He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
• Matthew 27:45
  The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.
• Matthew 27:46
  Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
• Matthew 27:47
  About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?” That is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
• Matthew 27:48
  Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.”
• Matthew 27:49
  Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.
• Matthew 27:50
  The rest said, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to save him.”
• Matthew 27:51
  Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.
• Matthew 27:52
  Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
• Matthew 27:53
  The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
• Matthew 27:54
  and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many.
• Matthew 27:55
  Now the centurion and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were done, were terrified, saying, “Tru...
• Matthew 27:56
  Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him.
• Matthew 27:57
  Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
• Matthew 27:58
  When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus’ disciple, came.
• Matthew 27:59
  This man went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.
• Matthew 27:60
  Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth
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  and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock. Then he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed.
• Matthew 27:62
  Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
• Matthew 27:63
  Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
• Matthew 27:64
  saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’
• Matthew 27:65
  Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, ...
• Matthew 27:66
  Pilate said to them, “You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can.”
• Matthew 27:67
  So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.