Matthew 27:32-66

New American Standard Bible

^32 (A)As they were coming out, they found a man of ^(B)Cyrene named Simon, ^[a]whom they compelled to carry His ^[b]cross.

The Crucifixion

^33 (C)And when they came to a place called ^(D)Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull, ^34 (E)they gave Him ^(F)wine mixed with ^[c]bile to drink; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink it.

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

³⁸ At that time two ^[f]rebels *were being crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left. ³⁹ And those passing by were ^[g]speaking abusively to Him, ^(J)shaking their heads, ⁴⁰ and saying, “^(K)You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! ^(L)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 “^(M)He saved others; ^[h]He cannot save Himself! ^(N)He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him. ^43 (O)He has trusted in God; let God rescue Him now, if He ^[i]takes pleasure in Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” ^44 (P)And the ^[j]rebels who had been crucified with Him were also insulting Him in the same way.

^45 (Q)Now from the ^[k]sixth hour darkness ^[l]fell upon all the land until the ^[m]ninth hour. ⁴⁶ And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “^(R)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 ^(S)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, “^[n]Let us see if Elijah comes to save Him^[o].” ⁵⁰ And Jesus ^(T)cried out again with a loud voice, and gave up His spirit. ^51 (U)And behold, ^(V)the ^[p]veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and ^(W)the earth shook and the rocks were split. ⁵² Also the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the ^[q]saints who had ^(X)fallen asleep were raised; ⁵³ and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered ^(Y)the holy city and appeared to many. ^54 (Z)Now as for the centurion and those who were with him ^(AA)keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw ^(AB)the earthquake and the other things that were happening, they became extremely frightened and said, “Truly this was ^[r](AC)the Son of God!”

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

Jesus Is Buried

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

⁶² Now on the next day, that is, the day which is after ^(AK)the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate, ⁶³ and they said, “Sir, we remember that when that deceiver was still alive, He said, ‘^(AL)After three days I am rising.’ ⁶⁴ Therefore, 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.” ⁶⁵ Pilate said to them, “You have a ^(AM)guard; go, make it as secure as you know how.” ⁶⁶ And they went and made the tomb secure with ^(AN)the guard, ^(AO)sealing ^(AP)the stone.