Matthew 27 New American Standard Bible

Judas’ Remorse

27 ^(A)Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus to put Him to death; ²and they bound Him and led Him away, and ^(B)handed Him over to ^(C)Pilate the governor.

³Then when ^(D)Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned ^(E)the thirty ^[a]pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, ⁴saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? ^(F)You shall see to it yourself!” ⁵And he threw the pieces of silver into ^(G)the temple sanctuary and left; and ^(H)he went away and hanged himself. ⁶The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them in the temple treasury, since it is money paid for blood.” ⁷And they conferred together and ^[b]with the money bought the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers. ⁸^(I)For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day. ⁹Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “^(J)And ^[c]they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the One whose price had been set by the sons of Israel; ¹⁰^(K)and ^[d]they gave them for the Potter’s Field, just as the Lord directed me.”

Jesus before Pilate

¹¹^(L)Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned Him, saying, “So You are the ^(M)King of the Jews?” And Jesus said to him, “^(N)It is as you say.” ¹²And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, ^(O)He did not offer any answer. ¹³Then Pilate *said to Him, “Do You not hear how many things they are testifying against You?” ¹⁴And still ^(P)He did not answer him in regard to even a single ^[e]charge, so the governor was greatly amazed.

¹⁵^(Q)Now at the Passover Feast the governor was accustomed to release for the ^[f]people any one prisoner whom they wanted. ¹⁶And at that time they were holding a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. ¹⁷So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you: Barabbas, or Jesus ^(R)who is called Christ?” ¹⁸For he knew that it was because of envy that ^[g]they had handed Him over.

¹⁹And ^(S)while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, “See that you have nothing to do with that ^(T)righteous Man; for ^[h]last night I suffered greatly ^(U)in a dream because of Him.” ²⁰But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ^(V)ask for Barabbas, and to put Jesus to death. ²¹And the governor ^[i]said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas.” ²²Pilate *said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus ^(W)who is called Christ?” They all *said, “^[j]Crucify Him!” ²³But he said, “Why, what evil has He done?” Yet they kept shouting all the more, saying, “^[k]Crucify Him!”

²⁴Now when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that ^(X)a riot was starting, he took water and ^(Y)washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of ^(Z)this Man’s blood; ^(AA)you yourselves shall see.” ²⁵And all the people replied, “^(AB)His blood shall be on us and on our children!” ²⁶Then he released Barabbas ^[l]for them; but after having Jesus ^(AC)flogged, he handed Him over to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

²⁷^(AD)Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into ^(AE)the ^[m]Praetorium and gathered the whole Roman ^[n]^(AF)cohort to Him. ²⁸And they stripped Him and ^(AG)put a red ^[o]cloak on Him. ²⁹^(AH)And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and put a ^[p]reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, “^(AI)Hail, King of the Jews!” ³⁰And ^(AJ)they spit on Him, and took the reed and beat Him on the head. ³¹^(AK)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^(AL)As they were coming out, they found a man of ^(AM)Cyrene named Simon, ^[q]whom they compelled to carry His ^[r]cross.

The Crucifixion

³³^(AN)And when they came to a place called ^(AO)Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull, ³⁴^(AP)they gave Him ^(AQ)wine mixed with ^[s]bile to drink; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink it.

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

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

⁴⁵^(BB)Now from the ^[aa]sixth hour darkness ^[ab]fell upon all the land until the ^[ac]ninth hour. ⁴⁶And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “^(BC)Eli, Eli, lema sabaktanei?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” ⁴⁷And some of those who were standing there, when they heard it, said, “This man is calling for Elijah.” ⁴⁸And ^(BD)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. ⁴⁹But the rest of them said, “^[ad]Let us see if Elijah comes to save Him^[ae].” ⁵⁰And Jesus ^(BE)cried out again with a loud voice, and gave up His spirit. ⁵¹^(BF)And behold, ^(BG)the ^[af]veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and ^(BH)the earth shook and the rocks were split. ⁵²Also the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the ^[ag]saints who had ^(BI)fallen asleep were raised; ⁵³and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered ^(BJ)the holy city and appeared to many. ⁵⁴^(BK)Now as for the centurion and those who were with him ^(BL)keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw ^(BM)the earthquake and the other things that were happening, they became extremely frightened and said, “Truly this was ^[ah]^(BN)the Son of God!”

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

Jesus Is Buried

⁵⁷^(BS)Now when it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea came, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. ⁵⁸This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. ⁵⁹And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, ⁶⁰and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock; and he rolled ^(BT)a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away. ⁶¹And ^(BU)Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.

⁶²Now on the next day, that is, the day which is after ^(BV)the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate, ⁶³and they said, “Sir, we remember that when that deceiver was still alive, He said, ‘^(BW)After three days I am rising.’ ⁶⁴Therefore, give orders for the tomb to be made secure until the third day; otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.” ⁶⁵Pilate said to them, “You have a ^(BX)guard; go, make it as secure as you know how.” ⁶⁶And they went and made the tomb secure with ^(BY)the guard, ^(BZ)sealing ^(CA)the stone.

Footnotes

Matthew 27:3 Or silver shekels
Matthew 27:7 Lit from them
Matthew 27:9 Or I took; cf. Zech 11:13
Matthew 27:10 Some early mss I gave
Matthew 27:14 Lit word
Matthew 27:15 Lit crowd
Matthew 27:18 I.e., the Jewish leaders
Matthew 27:19 Lit today
Matthew 27:21 Lit answering, said to them
Matthew 27:22 Lit Have Him crucified
Matthew 27:23 Lit Have Him crucified
Matthew 27:26 Or to them
Matthew 27:27 I.e., the governor’s official residence
Matthew 27:27 Normally 600 men (the number varied)
Matthew 27:28 I.e., a Roman soldier’s cloak
Matthew 27:29 Or staff; i.e., to mimic a king’s scepter
Matthew 27:32 Lit this one
Matthew 27:32 I.e., the crossbeam for a cross
Matthew 27:34 Prob. referring to the taste of myrrh, added to lessen pain
Matthew 27:35 Lit a lot
Matthew 27:37 Lit written
Matthew 27:38 Or robbers
Matthew 27:39 Or blaspheming
Matthew 27:42 Or can He not save Himself?
Matthew 27:43 Or desires;
Matthew 27:44 Or robbers
Matthew 27:45 I.e., noon
Matthew 27:45 Lit occurred
Matthew 27:45 I.e., 3 p.m.
Matthew 27:49 Lit Allow that we see
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)
Matthew 27:51 Or curtain
Matthew 27:52 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
Matthew 27:54 Or a son of God; or a son of a god