Matthew 27

¹And when morning was come, all the chief priests and ancients of the people took counsel against Jesus, that they might put him to death.

²And they brought him bound and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

³Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that he was condemned, repenting himself, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and ancients,

⁴Saying: I have sinned in betraying innocent blood. But they said: What is that to us? Look thou to it.

⁵And casting down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed and went and hanged himself with an halter.

⁶But the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said: It is not lawful to put them into the corbona, because it is the price of blood.

⁷And after they had consulted together, they bought with them the potter's field, to be a burying place for strangers.

⁸For this cause that field was called Haceldama, that is, the field of blood, even to this day.

⁹Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet, saying: And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was prized, whom they prized of the children of Israel.

¹⁰And they gave them unto the potter's field, as the Lord appointed to me.

¹¹And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, saying: Art thou the king of the Jews? Jesus saith to him: Thou sayest it.

¹²And when he was accused by the chief priests and ancients, he answered nothing.

¹³Then Pilate saith to him: Dost not thou hear how great testimonies they allege against thee?

¹⁴And he answered him to never a word, so that the governor wondered exceedingly.

¹⁵Now upon the solemn day the governor was accustomed to release to the people one prisoner, whom they would.

¹⁶And he had then a notorious prisoner that was called Barabbas.

¹⁷They therefore being gathered together, Pilate said: Whom will you that I release to You: Barabbas, or Jesus that is called Christ?

¹⁸For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

¹⁹And as he was sitting in the place of judgment, his wife sent to him, saying: Have thou nothing to do with that just man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

²⁰But the chief priests and ancients persuaded the people that they should ask Barabbas and make Jesus away.

²¹And the governor answering, said to them: Whether will you of the two to be released unto you? But they said: Barabbas.

²²Pilate saith to them: What shall I do then with Jesus that is called Christ? They say all: Let him be crucified.

²³The governor said to them: Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying: Let him be crucified.

²⁴And Pilate seeing that he prevailed nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, taking water washed his hands before the people, saying: I am innocent of the blood of this just man. Look you to it.

²⁵And the whole people answering, said: His blood be upon us and upon our children.

²⁶Then he released to them Barabbas: and having scourged Jesus, delivered him unto them to be crucified.

²⁷Then the soldiers of the governor, taking Jesus into the hall, gathered together unto him the whole band.

²⁸And stripping him, they put a scarlet cloak about him.

²⁹And platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand. And bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying: Hail, King of the Jews.

³⁰And spitting upon him, they took the reed and struck his head.

³¹And after they had mocked him, they took off the cloak from him and put on him his own garments and led him away to crucify him.

³²And going out, they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon: him they forced to take up his cross.

³³And they came to the place that is called Golgotha, which is the place of Calvary.

³⁴And they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall. And when he had tasted, he would not drink.

³⁵And after they had crucified him, they divided his garments, casting lots; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: They divided my garments among them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.

³⁶And they sat and watched him.

³⁷And they put over his head his cause written: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

³⁸Then were crucified with him two thieves: one on the right hand and one on the left.

³⁹And they that passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,

⁴⁰And saying: Vah, thou that destroyest the temple of God and in three days dost rebuild it: save thy own self. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

⁴¹In like manner also the chief priests, with the scribes and ancients, mocking said:

⁴²He saved others: himself he cannot save. If he be the king of Israel, let him now come down from the cross: and we will believe him.

⁴³He trusted in God: let him now deliver him if he will have him. For he said: I am the Son of God.

⁴⁴And the selfsame thing the thieves also that were crucified with him reproached him with.

⁴⁵Now from the sixth hour, there was darkness over the whole earth, until the ninth hour.

⁴⁶And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: Eli, Eli, lamma sabacthani? That is, My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?

⁴⁷And some that stood there and heard said: This man calleth Elias.

⁴⁸And immediately one of them running took a sponge and filled it with vinegar and put it on a reed and gave him to drink.

⁴⁹And the others said: Let be. Let us see whether Elias will come to deliver him.

⁵⁰And Jesus again crying with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

⁵¹And behold the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top even to the bottom: and the earth quaked and the rocks were rent.

⁵²And the graves were opened: and many bodies of the saints that had slept arose,

⁵³And coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, came into the holy city and appeared to many.

⁵⁴Now the centurion and they that were with him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake and the things that were done, were sore afraid, saying: Indeed this was the Son of God.

⁵⁵And there were there many women afar off, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:

⁵⁶Among whom was Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

⁵⁷And when it was evening, there came a certain rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus.

⁵⁸He went to Pilate and asked the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded that the body should be delivered.

⁵⁹And Joseph taking the body wrapped it up in a clean linen cloth:

⁶⁰And laid it in his own new monument, which he had hewed out in a rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the monument and went his way.

⁶¹And there was there Mary Magdalen and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

⁶²And the next day, which followed the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,

⁶³Saying: Sir, we have remembered, that that seducer said, while he was yet alive: After three days I will rise again.

⁶⁴Command therefore the sepulchre to be guarded until the third day: lest perhaps his disciples come and steal him away and say to the people: He is risen from the dead. And the last error shall be worse than the first.

⁶⁵Pilate saith to them: You have a guard. Go, guard it as you know.

⁶⁶And they departing, made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone and setting guards.

Matthew 27

¹When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

²And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

³Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

⁴Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

⁵And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

⁶And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

⁷And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.

⁸Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.

⁹Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;

¹⁰And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.

¹¹And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.

¹²And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

¹³Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

¹⁴And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.

¹⁵Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.

¹⁶And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

¹⁷Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?

¹⁸For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

¹⁹When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

²⁰But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

²¹The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.

²²Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.

²³And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

²⁴When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.

²⁵Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

²⁶Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

²⁷Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.

²⁸And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

²⁹And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

³⁰And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.

³¹And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.

³²And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.

³³And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,

³⁴They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.

³⁵And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.

³⁶And sitting down they watched him there;

³⁷And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

³⁸Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.

³⁹And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

⁴⁰And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

⁴¹Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,

⁴²He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

⁴³He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

⁴⁴The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.

⁴⁵Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

⁴⁶And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

⁴⁷Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.

⁴⁸And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

⁴⁹The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.

⁵⁰Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

⁵¹And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

⁵²And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

⁵³And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.

⁵⁴Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

⁵⁵And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:

⁵⁶Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s children.

⁵⁷When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple:

⁵⁸He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.

⁵⁹And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

⁶⁰And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

⁶¹And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

⁶²Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,

⁶³Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.

⁶⁴Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.

⁶⁵Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.

⁶⁶So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.