27:1 Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
27:2 and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
27:3 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 and elders,
27:4 saying, �I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.� But they said, �What is that to us? You see to it.�
27:5 He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.
27:6 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.�
27:7 They took counsel, and bought the potter�s field with them, to bury strangers in.
27:8 Therefore that field was called �The Field of Blood� to this day.
27:9 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 price had been set, whom some of the children of Israel priced,
27:10 and they gave them for the potter�s field, as the Lord commanded me.�
27:11 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.�
27:12 When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
27:13 Then Pilate said to him, �Don�t you hear how many things they testify against you?�
27:14 He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.
27:15 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired.
27:16 They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
27:17 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?�
27:18 For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.
27:19 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 this day in a dream because of him.�
27:20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
27:21 But the governor answered them, �Which of the two do you want me to release to you?� They said, �Barabbas!�
27:22 Pilate said to them, �What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?� They all said to him, �Let him be crucified!�
27:23 But the governor said, �Why? What evil has he done?� But they cried out exceedingly, saying, �Let him be crucified!�
27:24 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, saying, �I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.�
27:25 All the people answered, �May his blood be on us, and on our children!�
27:26 Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.
27:27 Then the governor�s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.
27:28 They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.
27:29 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, King of the Jews!�
27:30 They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.
27:31 When they had mocked him, they took the robe off of him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.
27:32 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.
27:33 They came to a place called �Golgotha,� that is to say, �The place of a skull.�
27:34 They gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he would not drink.
27:35 When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among them, casting lots,
27:36 and they sat and watched him there.
27:37 They set up over his head the accusation against him written, �THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.�
27:38 Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.
27:39 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,
27:40 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!�
27:41 Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said,
27:42 �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.
27:43 He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, �I am the Son of God.��
27:44 The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.
27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
27:46 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?�
27:47 Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, �This man is calling Elijah.�
27:48 Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.
27:49 The rest said, �Let him be. Let�s see whether Elijah comes to save him.�
27:50 Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.
27:51 Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
27:52 The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
27:53 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many.
27:54 Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, �Truly this was the Son of God.�
27:55 Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him.
27:56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
27:57 When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus� disciple came.
27:58 This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus� body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.
27:59 Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
27:60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.
27:61 Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
27:62 Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
27:63 saying, �Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: �After three days I will rise again.�
27:64 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, �He is risen from the dead;� and the last deception will be worse than the first.�
27:65 Pilate said to them, �You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can.�
27:66 So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.
