Matius 27:22-23

27:22 Pilate said to them, “Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?” ¹  They all said, “Crucify him!” ²  27:23 He asked, “Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently, “Crucify him!”

Matius 27:57-61

Jesus’ Burial

27:57 Now ³  when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. ⁴  27:58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁵  Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him. 27:59 Joseph ⁶  took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, ⁷  27:60 and placed it ⁸  in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. ⁹  Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance ¹⁰  of the tomb and went away. 27:61 (Now Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, opposite the tomb.)

[27:22]  ¹ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[27:22]  sn See the note on Christ in 1:16.

[27:22]  ² tn Grk “Him – be crucified!” The third person imperative is difficult to translate because English has no corresponding third person form for the imperative. The traditional translation “Let him be crucified” sounds as if the crowd is giving consent or permission. “He must be crucified” is closer, but it is more natural in English to convert the passive to active and simply say “Crucify him.”

[27:22]  sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.

[27:57]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[27:57]  ⁴ sn Though some dispute that Joseph of Arimathea was a disciple of Jesus, his actions regarding Jesus’ burial suggest otherwise.

[27:58]  ⁵ sn Asking for the body of Jesus was indeed a bold move on the part of Joseph of Arimathea, for it clearly and openly identified him with a man who had just been condemned and executed, namely, Jesus. His faith is exemplary, especially for someone who was a member of the council that handed Jesus over for crucifixion (cf. Mark 15:43, Luke 23:51). He did this because he sought to give Jesus an honorable burial.

[27:59]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[27:59]  ⁷ tn The term σινδών (sindwn) can refer to a linen cloth used either for clothing or for burial.

[27:60]  ⁸ tc ‡ αὐτό (auto, “it”) is found after ἔθηκεν (eqhken, “placed”) in the majority of witnesses, including many important ones, though it seems to be motivated by a need for clarification and cannot therefore easily explain the rise of the shorter reading (which is read by א L Θ Ë¹³ 33 892 pc). Regardless of which reading is original (though with a slight preference for the shorter reading), English style requires the pronoun. NA²⁷ includes αὐτό here, no doubt due to the overwhelming external attestation.

[27:60]  ⁹ tn That is, cut or carved into an outcropping of natural rock, resulting in a cave-like structure (see L&N 19.25).

[27:60]  ¹⁰ tn Or “to the door,” “against the door.”