Jesus Is Mocked

27 (A)Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into (B)the [a]Praetorium and gathered the whole Roman [b](C)cohort to Him. 28 And they stripped Him and (D)put a red [c]cloak on Him. 29 (E)And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and put a [d]reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, “(F)Hail, King of the Jews!” 30 And (G)they spit on Him, and took the reed and beat Him on the head. 31 (H)And after they had mocked Him, they took the cloak off Him and put His own garments back on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.

32 (I)As they were coming out, they found a man of (J)Cyrene named Simon, [e]whom they compelled to carry His [f]cross.

The Crucifixion

33 (K)And when they came to a place called (L)Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull, 34 (M)they gave Him (N)wine mixed with [g]bile to drink; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink it.

35 And when they had crucified Him, (O)they divided His garments among themselves by casting [h]lots. 36 And sitting down, they began to (P)keep watch over Him there. 37 And above His head they put up the charge against Him [i]which read, “(Q)THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

38 At that time two [j]rebels *were being crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left. 39 And those passing by were [k]speaking abusively to Him, (R)shaking their heads, 40 and saying, “(S)You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! (T)If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.” 41 In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying, 42 (U)He saved others; [l]He cannot save Himself! (V)He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him. 43 (W)He has trusted in God; let God rescue Him now, if He [m]takes pleasure in Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” 44 (X)And the [n]rebels who had been crucified with Him were also insulting Him in the same way.

45 (Y)Now from the [o]sixth hour darkness [p]fell upon all the land until the [q]ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, (Z)Eli, Eli, lema sabaktanei?” that is, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” 47 And some of those who were standing there, when they heard it, said, “This man is calling for Elijah.” 48 And (AA)immediately one of them ran, and taking a sponge, he filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink. 49 But the rest of them said, “[r]Let us see if Elijah comes to save Him[s].” 50 And Jesus (AB)cried out again with a loud voice, and gave up His spirit. 51 (AC)And behold, (AD)the [t]veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and (AE)the earth shook and the rocks were split. 52 Also the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the [u]saints who had (AF)fallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered (AG)the holy city and appeared to many. 54 (AH)Now as for the centurion and those who were with him (AI)keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw (AJ)the earthquake and the other things that were happening, they became extremely frightened and said, “Truly this was [v](AK)the Son of God!”

55 (AL)And many women were there watching from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while (AM)caring for Him. 56 Among them were (AN)Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and (AO)the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:27 I.e., the governor’s official residence
  2. Matthew 27:27 Normally 600 men (the number varied)
  3. Matthew 27:28 I.e., a Roman soldier’s cloak
  4. Matthew 27:29 Or staff; i.e., to mimic a king’s scepter
  5. Matthew 27:32 Lit this one
  6. Matthew 27:32 I.e., the crossbeam for a cross
  7. Matthew 27:34 Prob. referring to the taste of myrrh, added to lessen pain
  8. Matthew 27:35 Lit a lot
  9. Matthew 27:37 Lit written
  10. Matthew 27:38 Or robbers
  11. Matthew 27:39 Or blaspheming
  12. Matthew 27:42 Or can He not save Himself?
  13. Matthew 27:43 Or desires;
  14. Matthew 27:44 Or robbers
  15. Matthew 27:45 I.e., noon
  16. Matthew 27:45 Lit occurred
  17. Matthew 27:45 I.e., 3 p.m.
  18. Matthew 27:49 Lit Allow that we see
  19. Matthew 27:49 Some early mss And another took a spear and pierced His side, and there came out water and blood (cf. John 19:34)
  20. Matthew 27:51 Or curtain
  21. Matthew 27:52 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
  22. Matthew 27:54 Or a son of God; or a son of a god

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