27:15 During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, 1 whomever they wanted. 27:16 At that time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus 2 Barabbas. 27:17 So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus 3 Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?” 4 27:18 (For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.) 5 27:19 As 6 he was sitting on the judgment seat, 7 his wife sent a message 8 to him: 9 “Have nothing to do with that innocent man; 10 I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream 11 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 12 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?” 13 They all said, “Crucify him!” 14 27:23 He asked, “Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently, “Crucify him!”
27:24 When 15 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!” 16 27:25 In 17 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, 18 he handed him over 19 to be crucified. 20 27:27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence 21 and gathered the whole cohort 22 around him. 27:28 They 23 stripped him and put a scarlet robe 24 around him, 27:29 and after braiding 25 a crown of thorns, 26 they put it on his head. They 27 put a staff 28 in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: 29 “Hail, king of the Jews!” 30 27:30 They 31 spat on him and took the staff 32 and struck him repeatedly 33 on the head. 27:31 When 34 they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then 35 they led him away to crucify him.
27:32 As 36 they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced 37 to carry his cross. 38 27:33 They 39 came to a place called Golgotha 40 (which means “Place of the Skull”) 41 27:34 and offered Jesus 42 wine mixed with gall to drink. 43 But after tasting it, he would not drink it. 27:35 When 44 they had crucified 45 him, they divided his clothes by throwing dice. 46 27:36 Then they sat down and kept guard over him there. 27:37 Above 47 his head they put the charge against him, 48 which read: 49 “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 50 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! 51 If you are God’s Son, come down 52 from the cross!” 27:41 In 53 the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law 54 and elders 55 – were mocking him: 56 27:42 “He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down 57 now from the cross, we will believe in him! 27:43 He trusts in God – let God, if he wants to, deliver him now 58 because he said, ‘I am God’s Son’!” 27:44 The 59 robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him. 60
27:45 Now from noon until three, 61 darkness came over all the land. 62 27:46 At 63 about three o’clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice, 64 “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 65 27:47 When 66 some of the bystanders heard it, they said, “This man is calling for Elijah.” 27:48 Immediately 67 one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, 68 put it on a stick, 69 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.” 70 27:50 Then Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit. 27:51 Just then 71 the temple curtain 72 was torn in two, from top to bottom. The 73 earth shook and the rocks were split apart. 27:52 And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died 74 were raised. 27:53 (They 75 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 76 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 77 women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and given him support 78 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 79 when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. 80 27:58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 81 Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him. 27:59 Joseph 82 took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 83 27:60 and placed it 84 in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. 85 Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance 86 of the tomb and went away. 27:61 (Now Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, opposite the tomb.)
27:62 The 87 next day (which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees 88 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 89 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 90 a guard of soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you can.” 27:66 So 91 they went with the soldiers 92 of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.