27:1 When 1 it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him. 27:2 They 2 tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate 3 the governor. 4
27:3 Now when 5 Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus 6 had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders, 27:4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said, “What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!” 27:5 So 7 Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself. 27:6 The 8 chief priests took the silver and said, “It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.” 27:7 After 9 consulting together they bought the Potter’s Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners. 27:8 For this reason that field has been called the “Field of Blood” to this day. 27:9 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah 10 the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one whose price had been set by the people of Israel, 11 27:10 and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.” 12
27:11 Then 13 Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, 14 “Are you the king 15 of the Jews?” Jesus 16 said, “You say so.” 17 27:12 But when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not respond. 27:13 Then Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear how many charges they are bringing against you?” 27:14 But he did not answer even one accusation, so that the governor was quite amazed.
27:15 During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, 18 whomever they wanted. 27:16 At that time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus 19 Barabbas. 27:17 So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus 20 Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?” 21 27:18 (For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.) 22 27:19 As 23 he was sitting on the judgment seat, 24 his wife sent a message 25 to him: 26 “Have nothing to do with that innocent man; 27 I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream 28 about him today.” 27:20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed. 27:21 The 29 governor asked them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas!” 27:22 Pilate said to them, “Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?” 30 They all said, “Crucify him!” 31 27:23 He asked, “Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently, “Crucify him!”
27:24 When 32 Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!” 33 27:25 In 34 reply all the people said, “Let his blood be on us and on our children!” 27:26 Then he released Barabbas for them. But after he had Jesus flogged, 35 he handed him over 36 to be crucified. 37 27:27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence 38 and gathered the whole cohort 39 around him. 27:28 They 40 stripped him and put a scarlet robe 41 around him, 27:29 and after braiding 42 a crown of thorns, 43 they put it on his head. They 44 put a staff 45 in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: 46 “Hail, king of the Jews!” 47 27:30 They 48 spat on him and took the staff 49 and struck him repeatedly 50 on the head. 27:31 When 51 they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then 52 they led him away to crucify him.
27:32 As 53 they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced 54 to carry his cross. 55 27:33 They 56 came to a place called Golgotha 57 (which means “Place of the Skull”) 58 27:34 and offered Jesus 59 wine mixed with gall to drink. 60 But after tasting it, he would not drink it. 27:35 When 61 they had crucified 62 him, they divided his clothes by throwing dice. 63 27:36 Then they sat down and kept guard over him there. 27:37 Above 64 his head they put the charge against him, 65 which read: 66 “This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.” 27:38 Then two outlaws were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. 27:39 Those 67 who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads 27:40 and saying, “You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! 68 If you are God’s Son, come down 69 from the cross!” 27:41 In 70 the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law 71 and elders 72 – were mocking him: 73 27:42 “He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down 74 now from the cross, we will believe in him! 27:43 He trusts in God – let God, if he wants to, deliver him now 75 because he said, ‘I am God’s Son’!” 27:44 The 76 robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him. 77
27:45 Now from noon until three, 78 darkness came over all the land. 79 27:46 At 80 about three o’clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice, 81 “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 82 27:47 When 83 some of the bystanders heard it, they said, “This man is calling for Elijah.” 27:48 Immediately 84 one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, 85 put it on a stick, 86 and gave it to him to drink. 27:49 But the rest said, “Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to save him.” 87 27:50 Then Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit. 27:51 Just then 88 the temple curtain 89 was torn in two, from top to bottom. The 90 earth shook and the rocks were split apart. 27:52 And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died 91 were raised. 27:53 (They 92 came out of the tombs after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.) 27:54 Now when the centurion 93 and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said, “Truly this one was God’s Son!” 27:55 Many 94 women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and given him support 95 were also there, watching from a distance. 27:56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
27:57 Now 96 when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. 97 27:58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 98 Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him. 27:59 Joseph 99 took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 100 27:60 and placed it 101 in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. 102 Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance 103 of the tomb and went away. 27:61 (Now Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, opposite the tomb.)
27:62 The 104 next day (which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees 105 assembled before Pilate 27:63 and said, “Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ 27:64 So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body 106 and say to the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.” 27:65 Pilate said to them, “Take 107 a guard of soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you can.” 27:66 So 108 they went with the soldiers 109 of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.
28:1 Now after the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 28:2 Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord 110 descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it. 28:3 His 111 appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 28:4 The 112 guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him. 28:5 But the angel said 113 to the women, “Do not be afraid; I know 114 that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 115 28:6 He is not here, for he has been raised, 116 just as he said. Come and see the place where he 117 was lying. 28:7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead. He 118 is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.’ Listen, I have told you!” 28:8 So 119 they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 28:9 But 120 Jesus met them, saying, “Greetings!” They 121 came to him, held on to his feet and worshiped him. 28:10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. They will see me there.”
28:11 While 122 they were going, some 123 of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened. 28:12 After 124 they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, 28:13 telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came at night and stole his body 125 while we were asleep.’ 28:14 If 126 this matter is heard before the governor, 127 we will satisfy him 128 and keep you out of trouble.” 129 28:15 So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day. 130
28:16 So 131 the eleven disciples went to Galilee to the mountain Jesus had designated. 28:17 When 132 they saw him, they worshiped him, 133 but some doubted. 134 28:18 Then Jesus came up and said to them, 135 “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 28:19 Therefore go 136 and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 137 28:20 teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, 138 I am with you 139 always, to the end of the age.” 140