Matthew:27

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* Vvhen the morning was come , all the chiefe Priests , and the elders of the people tooke counsell against Iesus , to put him to death , * And led him away bounde , and deliuered him vnto Pontius Pilate the gouernour . * * Saying , I haue sinned , betraying the innocent bloud . But they sayde , What is that to vs ? see thou to it . * And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple , and (note :)Out of the sight of men .(:note ) departed , and went and hanged himself . * And the chief priests took the silver pieces , and said , It is not lawful for to put them into the (note :)The treasury of the temple .(:note ) treasury , because it is the price Of life and death . of blood . * And they took counsel , and bought with them the potter 's field , to bury (note :)Strangers and guests , whom the Jews could not endure to be joined with even after they were dead .(:note ) strangers in . * Wherefore that field is called , The field of bloud , vntill this day . * Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by (note :)As this prophecy is found in ( Zec_11:12 ) it cannot be denied that Jeremy 's name slipped into the text either through the fault of the Scribe , or by someone else 's ignorance : it may also be that it came out of the margin by means of the abbreviation on one of the letters , the one being «yod » and the other being «zayin », which are very similar : But in the Syrian text the Prophet 's name is not written down at all .(:note ) Jeremy the prophet , saying , The evangelist does not follow the prophet 's words , but instead he follows the prophet 's meaning , which he shows to have been fulfilled . And they took the thirty pieces of silver , the price of him that was valued , whom they of the children of Israel did value ; * And they gaue them for the potters fielde , as the Lord appointed me .) * * And when he was accused of the chiefe Priestes , and Elders , he answered nothing . * Then saide Pilate vnto him , Hearest thou not howe many things they lay against thee ? * But he answered him not to one worde , in so much that the gouernour marueiled greatly . * * And they had then a notable prisoner , called Barabbas . * When they were then gathered together , Pilate said vnto the , Whether will ye that I let loose vnto you Barabbas , or Iesus which is called Christ ? * (For he knewe well , that for enuie they had deliuered him . * Also when he was set downe vpon the iudgement seate , his wife sent to him , saying , Haue thou nothing to do with that iust man : for I haue suffered many things this day in a dreame by reason of him .) * But the chiefe Priestes and the Elders had persuaded the people that they shoulde aske Barabbas , and should destroy Iesus . * Then the gouernour answered , and said vnto them , Whether of the twaine will ye that I let loose vnto you ? And they said , Barabbas . * Pilate said vnto them , What shal I do then with Iesus , which is called Christ ? They all said to him , Let him be crucified . * Then saide the gouernour , But what euill hath he done ? Then they cryed the more , saying , Let him be crucified . * * Then answered all the people , and said , (note :)If there is any offence committed in slaying him , let us and our posterity suffer for it .(:note ) His blood [be ] on us , and on our children . * Thus let he Barabbas loose vnto them , and scourged Iesus , and deliuered him to be crucified . * Then the souldiers of the gouernour tooke Iesus into the common hall , and gathered about him the whole band , * * And platted a crowne of thornes , and put it vpon his head , and a reede in his right hand , and bowed their knees before him , and mocked him , saying , God saue thee King of the Iewes , * And spitted vpon him , and tooke a reede , and smote him on the head . * Thus when they had mocked him , they tooke the robe from him , and put his owne rayment on him , and led him away to crucifie him . * And as they came out , they found a man of Cyrene , Simon by name : him they (note :)They compelled Simon to bear his burdensome cross , by which it appears that Jesus was so poorly handled before that he fainted along the way , and was not able to bear his cross the whole distance : for John writes that he did bear the cross , that is , at the beginning .(:note ) compelled to bear his cross . * * * * And they sate , and watched him there . * * * * And saying , Thou that destroyest ye Temple , &amp ; buildest it in three dayes , saue thy selfe : if thou be ye Sonne of God , come downe fro ye crosse . * Likewise also the hie Priests mocking him , with the Scribes , and Elders , and Pharises , said , * He saued others , but he cannot saue him selfe : if he be ye King of Israel , let him now come downe from ye crosse , and we will beleeue in him . * He trusted in God , let him deliuer him nowe , if he will haue him : for he saide , I am the Sonne of God . * The (note :)This is spoken using the figure of speech called synecdoche , for only one of the thieves reviled him .(:note ) thieves also , which were crucified with him , cast the same in his teeth . * * And 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 (note :)That is , in this misery : And this crying out is a natural part of his humanity , which , even though it was void of sin , still felt the wrath of God , the wrath which is due to our sins .(:note ) forsaken me ? * Some of them that stood there , when they heard [that ], said , This [man ] calleth for (note :)They allude to Elias ' name , not because they did not understand what he said , but because of a profane impudence and disrespect , and he repeated those words so that this repetition of the name might be understood .(:note ) Elias . * And straightway one of them ran , &amp ; tooke a spondge , and filled it with vineger , and put it on a reede , and gaue him to drinke . * Other said , Let be : let vs see , if Elias wil come and saue him . * * * And the (note :)That is to say , the stones broke apart , and the graves opened themselves to show by this act that death was overcome : and the resurrection of the dead followed the resurrection of Christ , as the next verse indicates ( Mat_27:53 ).(:note ) graves were opened ; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose , * And came out of the graues after his resurrection , and went into the holy citie , and appeared vnto many . * When the Centurion , and they that were with him watching Iesus , saw the earthquake , and the thinges that were done , they feared greatly , saying , Truely this was the Sonne of God . * And many women were there , beholding him a farre off , which had folowed Iesus from Galile , ministring vnto him . * Among whom was Marie Magdalene , and Marie the mother of Iames , &amp ; Ioses , and the mother of Zebedeus sonnes . * * He went to Pilate , &amp ; asked ye body of Iesus . Then Pilate commanded ye body to be deliuered . * So Ioseph tooke the body , and wrapped it in a cleane linnen cloth , * And put it in his new tombe , which he had hewen out in a rocke , and rolled a great stone to the doore of the sepulchre , and departed . * And there was Marie Magdalene , and the other Marie sitting ouer against the sepulchre . * * And said , Syr , we remember that that deceiuer saide , while he was yet aliue , Within three dayes I will rise . * Command therefore , that the sepulchre be made sure vntill the third day , lest his disciples come by night , and steale him away , and say vnto the people , He is risen from the dead : so shall the last errour be worse then the first . * Pilate said unto them , Ye have a (note :)The soldiers of the garrison who were appointed to guard the temple .(:note ) watch : go your way , make [it ] as sure as ye can . * And they went , and made the sepulchre sure with the watch , and sealed the stone .

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