Matthew 27:27-54

Legacy Standard Bible

Jesus Is Mocked

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

^32 (I)And as they were coming out, they found a man of ^(J)Cyrene named Simon, ^[d]whom they pressed into service to bear His 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 to drink mixed with gall; and after tasting it, He did not want to drink.

³⁵ And when they had crucified Him, ^(O)they divided up His garments among themselves by casting ^[e]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 ^[f]which read, “^(Q)THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

³⁸ At that time two robbers *were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left. ³⁹ And those passing by were blaspheming Him, ^(R)shaking their heads ⁴⁰ and saying, “^(S)You who are going to destroy the sanctuary 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; ^[g]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 trusts in God; let God rescue Him now, if He ^[h]delights in Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” ^44 (X)And the robbers who had been crucified with Him were also insulting Him with the same words.

^45 (Y)Now from the ^[i]sixth hour darkness ^[j]fell upon all the land until the ^[k]ninth hour. ⁴⁶ And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “^(Z)Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” ⁴⁷ And some of those who were standing there, when they heard it, began saying, “This man is calling for Elijah.” ^48 (AA)And 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 were saying, “^[l]Let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him^[m].” ⁵⁰ And Jesus ^(AB)cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. ^51 (AC)And behold, ^(AD)the ^[n]veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom; and ^(AE)the earth shook and the rocks were split. ⁵² And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the ^[o]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 the centurion, and those who were with him ^(AI)keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw ^(AJ)the earthquake and the things that were happening, became very frightened and said, “Truly this was ^(AK)God’s Son!”