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Matthew 27
Berean Standard Bible · Westminster Leningrad Codex
When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
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When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.
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“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”
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The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
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After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.
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Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel,
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and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord had commanded me (note: See Jeremiah 19:1–15, Jeremiah 32:6–9, and Zechariah 11:12–13.).”
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Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, who questioned Him: “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
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Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.
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At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner named Barabbas (note: SBL and NA Jesus Barabbas; also in verse 17, but universally called Barabbas in verses 20, 21, and 26).
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So when the crowd had assembled, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”
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While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”
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But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.
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“Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they replied.
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“What then should I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” Pilate asked. They all answered, “Crucify Him!”
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“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”
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When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood (note: Literally this blood; BYZ and TR this righteous blood),” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
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So Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
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Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.
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And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand, knelt down before Him, and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
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After they had mocked Him, they removed the robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him away to crucify Him.
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Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.
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they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.
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When they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments by casting lots (note: See Psalm 22:18; TR includes to fulfill what was said through the prophet: “They divided My garments among them, and cast lots for My clothing.”).
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Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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Two robbers (note: Or insurrectionists; also in verse 44) were crucified with Him, one on His right and the other on His left.
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and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
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“He saved others, but He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him.
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He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him (note: Psalm 22:8). For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
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From the sixth hour (note: That is, from noon until three in the afternoon) until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
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About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli (note: NE and WH Eloi, Eloi), Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me (note: Psalm 22:1)?”
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One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine (note: Or filled it with wine vinegar), put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.
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But the others said, “Leave Him (note: WH includes And another took a spear and pierced His side, and water and blood flowed out; see John 19:34.) alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to save Him.”
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At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.
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After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.
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When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”
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And many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to minister to Him.
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Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.
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When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus.
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and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.
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The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.
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“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
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So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”
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