Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And sitting down, they began to
King James Version
And sitting down they watched him there;
Holman Bible
Then they sat down and were guarding Him there.
International Standard Version
Then they sat down there and continued guarding him.
A Conservative Version
And as they sat, they keep watch over him there.
American Standard Version
and they sat and watched him there.
Amplified
Then sitting down there, they began to keep watch over Him [to guard against any rescue attempt].
An Understandable Version
Then they just sat there and watched Him [die].
Anderson New Testament
And they sat down and watched him there.
Bible in Basic English
And they were seated there watching him.
Common New Testament
and sitting down, they kept watch over him there.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and they took their post to watch him there.
Darby Translation
And sitting down, they kept guard over him there.
Godbey New Testament
and sitting down, they continued to watch Him there.
Goodspeed New Testament
and sat down there to keep watch of him.
John Wesley New Testament
And sitting down, they guarded him there, And set up over his head his accusation written,
Julia Smith Translation
And sitting down, they observed him there.
King James 2000
And sitting down they watched him there;
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they sat down [and] were watching over him there.
Modern King James verseion
And sitting down they guarded Him there.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they sat and watched him there.
Moffatt New Testament
and sat down there to keep watch over him.
Montgomery New Testament
Then they sat and watched him there.
NET Bible
Then they sat down and kept guard over him there.
New Heart English Bible
and they sat and watched him there.
Noyes New Testament
And sitting down, they watched him there.
Sawyer New Testament
and sat down and watched him there.
The Emphasized Bible
and, being seated, were watching him there.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And sitting down, they guarded him there.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Then they sat down, and kept watch over him there.
Webster
And sitting down, they watched him there:
Weymouth New Testament
and sat down there on guard.
Williams New Testament
and sitting down they kept watch of Him there.
World English Bible
and they sat and watched him there.
Worrell New Testament
and, sitting down, they watched Him there.
Worsley New Testament
And they sat down and watched Him there: and put up over his head his accusation in writing,
Youngs Literal Translation
and sitting down, they were watching him there,
Themes
death » Scenes of » Death of jesus
Jesus Christ » History of » Crucified (just outside jerusalem)
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References
Easton
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 27:36
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus Is Crucified
35
When they impaled him, they divided his garments among themselves by casting lots.
36 And sitting down, they began to
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 27:54
The centurion and those who were with him watching Jesus saw the earthquake. Filled with much fear of the things that were done, they proclaimed: Truly, this was the Son of God!
Mark 15:39
The centurion who stood nearby heard him cry out his last breath. Then he said: Truly this man was the Son of God!
Mark 15:44
Pilate wondered if he were already dead. So he summoned the centurion and asked him about the death.