Matthew:27

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* And when it was morning , all the chief priests and the elders of the people consulted together against Jesus , to put him to death . * And having bound him , they led him away , and delivered him up to Pilate the governor . * Then Judas , who betrayed him , when he saw that he was condemned , repented , and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders , * saying , I sinned in betraying innocent blood . And they said , What is that to us ? See thou to it . * And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple , and withdrew ; and went away and hanged himself . * And the chief priests took the pieces of silver , and said , It is not lawful to put them into the treasury , since they are the price of blood . * And they consulted together , and bought with them the potter ’s field , for a burial –place for strangers . * Wherefore that field hath been called , The Field of Blood , unto this day . * Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet , saying , "And they took the thirty pieces of silver , the price of him that was priced , whom they of the sons of Israel priced , * and gave them for the potter ’s field ; as the Lord commanded me ." * And Jesus stood before the governor ; and the governor questioned him , saying , Art thou the king of the Jews ? And Jesus said , I am . * And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders , he made no answer . * Then saith Pilate to him , Dost thou not hear what things they are testifying against thee ? * And he made him no answer , not even to one word ; so that the governor greatly wondered . * Now at the feast the governor was wont to release to the multitude one prisoner , whom they would . * And they had then a notorious prisoner , called Barabbas . * When therefore they were assembled , Pilate said to them , Whom will ye that I release to you ? Barabbas , or Jesus , who is called Christ ? * For he knew that for envy they had delivered him up . * And 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 much this day in a dream because of him . * But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas , and to destroy Jesus . * And the governor answering said to them , Which of the two will ye that I release to you ? And they said , Barabbas . * Pilate saith to them , What then shall I do with Jesus , who is called Christ ? They all say , Let him be crucified . * And he said , Why , what evil hath he done ? But they cried out the more , saying , Let him be crucified . * And when Pilate saw that it availed nothing , but that rather a tumult was arising , he took water , and washed his hands before the multitude , saying , I am innocent of this blood ; see ye to it . * And all the people answering said , His blood be on us , and on our children . * Then he released Barabbas to them , and having scourged Jesus , he delivered him up to be crucified . * Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor ’s palace , and gathered to him the whole band . * And they stripped him , and put on him a scarlet robe . * And having platted a crown of thorns , they put it on his head , and a reed in his right hand ; and bowing the knee before him , they mocked him , saying , Hail , king of the Jews ! * And they spit upon him , and took the reed and struck him on the head . * And after they had made sport of him , they took off the robe from him , and put on him his own garments , and led him away to crucify him . * And as they were going out , they found a man of Cyrene , Simon by name , whom they compelled to carry his cross . * And having come to a place called Golgotha , that is , Place of a Skull , * they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall ; and when he had tasted it , he refused to drink . * And when they had crucified him , they divided his garments among them , casting lots . * And sitting down , they watched him there . * And they set up over his head the charge against him in writing : "This is Jesus the king of the Jews ." * Then are crucified with him two robbers , one on the right hand , and one on the left . * And they who passed by reviled him , wagging their heads , * and saying , Thou that destroyest the temple , and buildest it up in three days , save thyself , if thou art the Son of God , and come down from the cross . * So also the chief priests , mocking , with the scribes and elders , said , * He saved others , cannot he save himself ? He is the king of Israel , let him now come down from the cross , and we will believe in him . * He trusteth in God ; let him now deliver him , if he desireth him ; for he said , I am the Son of God . * The robbers also , who were crucified with him , reviled him in the same manner . * And from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land , until the ninth hour . * And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice , saying , Eli , Eli , lema sabachthani ? that is to say , My God , my God , why hast thou forsaken me ? * Some of those standing there , when they heard this , said , This man is calling for Elijah . * And one of them immediately ran and took a sponge , and filled it with vinegar , and put it on a reed , and gave it to him to drink . * But the rest said , Hold ! let us see whether Elijah will come to save him . * And Jesus , crying out again with a loud voice , yielded up his spirit . * And , lo ! the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom ; and the earth , quaked , and the rocks were rent , * and the tombs were opened ; and many bodies of holy men that slept , arose , * and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection went into the holy city and appeared to many . * And the centurion and they who with him were watching Jesus , when they saw the earthquake , and what was taking place , were exceedingly afraid , saying , Truly this was the Son of God . * And many women were there , looking on from a distance , who had followed Jesus from Galilee , rendering services to him ; * among whom was Mary the Magdalene , and Mary the mother of James and Joseph , and the mother of the sons of Zebedee . * And at evening there came a rich man of Arimathaea , named Joseph , who was himself also a disciple of Jesus . * This man went to Pilate , and asked for the body of Jesus . Then Pilate ordered it to be given him . * And Joseph took the body , and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth , * and laid it in his own new tomb , which he had hewn out in the rock , and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb , went away . * And Mary the Magdalene was there , and the other Mary , sitting over against the sepulchre . * And on the next day , that following the day of the preparation , the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate , * saying , Sir , we remember that that deceiver said , while he was yet alive , After three days I rise . * Command therefore that the sepulchre be made secure until the third day , lest his disciples come and steal him away , and say to the people , He hath risen from the dead ; and the last error will be worse than the first . * Pilate said to them , Ye have a guard ; go , make it as secure as ye know how . * And they went , and made the sepulchre secure , sealing the stone , and setting the guard .

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