Matthew 27:1-14

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Jesus Handed Over to Pilate

27 When daybreak came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death.^{(A) 2} After tying Him up, they led Him away and handed Him over to Pilate,^[a] the governor.^(B)

Judas Hangs Himself

³ Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.^{(C) 4} “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.

“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”

⁵ So he threw the silver into the sanctuary^(D) and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

⁶ The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not lawful^(E) to put it into the temple treasury,^[b] since it is blood money.”^{[c] 7} So they conferred together and bought the potter’s field with it as a burial place for foreigners. ⁸ Therefore that field has been called “Blood Field” to this day. ⁹ Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

Jesus Faces the Governor

¹¹ Now Jesus stood before the governor.^(G) “Are You the King of the Jews?” the governor asked Him.

Jesus answered, “You have said it.”^{[e](H) 12} And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He didn’t answer.^(I)

¹³ Then Pilate said to Him, “Don’t You hear how much they are testifying against You?” ¹⁴ But He didn’t answer him on even one charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed.^(J)