Matthew:27
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When the morning was come ,
all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death :
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And when they had bound him ,
they led him away ,
and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor .
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Then 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 ,
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Saying ,
I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood .
And they said ,
What is that to us ?
see thou to that .
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And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple ,
and departed ,
and went and hanged himself .
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And 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 .
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And they took counsel ,
and bought with them the potter '
s field ,
to bury strangers in .
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Wherefore that field was called ,
The field of blood ,
unto this day .
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Then 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 ;
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And gave them for the potter '
s field ,
as the Lord appointed me .
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And 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 .
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And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders ,
he answered nothing .
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Then said Pilate unto him ,
Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee ?
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And he answered him to never a word ;
insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly .
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Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner ,
whom they would .
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And they had then a notable prisoner ,
called Barabbas .
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Therefore when they were gathered together ,
Pilate said unto them ,
Whom will ye that I release unto you ?
Barabbas ,
or Jesus which is called Christ ?
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For he knew that for envy they had delivered him .
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When 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 .
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But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas ,
and destroy Jesus .
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The governor answered and said unto them ,
Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you ?
They said ,
Barabbas .
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Pilate saith unto them ,
What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ ?
They all say unto him ,
Let him be crucified .
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And the governor said ,
Why ,
what evil hath he done ?
But they cried out the more ,
saying ,
Let him be crucified .
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When 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 .
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Then answered all the people ,
and said ,
His blood be on us ,
and on our children .
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Then released he Barabbas unto them :
and when he had scourged Jesus ,
he delivered him to be crucified .
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Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall ,
and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers .
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And they stripped him ,
and put on him a scarlet robe .
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And 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 !
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And they spit upon him ,
and took the reed ,
and smote him on the head .
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And 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 .
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And as they came out ,
they found a man of Cyrene ,
Simon by name :
him they compelled to bear his cross .
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And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha ,
that is to say ,
a place of a skull ,
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They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall :
and when he had tasted thereof ,
he would not drink .
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And 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 .
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And sitting down they watched him there ;
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And set up over his head his accusation written ,
THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS .
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Then were there two thieves crucified with him ,
one on the right hand ,
and another on the left .
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And they that passed by reviled him ,
wagging their heads ,
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And 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 .
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Likewise also the chief priests mocking him ,
with the scribes and elders ,
said ,
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He 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 .
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He trusted in God ;
let him deliver him now ,
if he will have him :
for he said ,
I am the Son of God .
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The thieves also ,
which were crucified with him ,
cast the same in his teeth .
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Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour .
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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 forsaken me ?
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Some of them that stood there ,
when they heard that ,
said ,
This man calleth for Elias .
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And 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 .
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The rest said ,
Let be ,
let us see whether Elias will come to save him .
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Jesus ,
when he had cried again with a loud voice ,
yielded up the ghost .
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And ,
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 ;
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And the graves were opened ;
and many bodies of the saints which slept arose ,
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And came out of the graves after his resurrection ,
and went into the holy city ,
and appeared unto many .
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Now 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 .
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And many women were there beholding afar off ,
which followed Jesus from Galilee ,
ministering unto him :
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Among which was Mary Magdalene ,
and Mary the mother of James and Joses ,
and the mother of Zebedee '
s children .
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When the even was come ,
there came a rich man of Arimathaea ,
named Joseph ,
who also himself was Jesus '
disciple :
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He went to Pilate ,
and begged the body of Jesus .
Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered .
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And when Joseph had taken the body ,
he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth ,
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And 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 .
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And there was Mary Magdalene ,
and the other Mary ,
sitting over against the sepulchre .
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Now the next day ,
that followed the day of the preparation ,
the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate ,
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Saying ,
Sir ,
we remember that that deceiver said ,
while he was yet alive ,
After three days I will rise again .
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Command 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 .
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Pilate said unto them ,
Ye have a watch :
go your way ,
make it as sure as ye can .
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So they went ,
and made the sepulchre sure ,
sealing the stone ,
and setting a watch .