Most Popular Bible Verses in Matthew 27
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And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
When the evening was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also had been a disciple of Jesus;
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
Then Judas, who had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the princes of the priests and the elders,
And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head and a reed in his right hand; and they bowed the knee before him and mocked him, saying, Receive joy, King of the Jews!
And after they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him and put his own raiment on him and led him away to crucify him.
And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, the place of a skull,
Then there were two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand and another on the left.
and saying, Thou that wouldst destroy the temple and build it in three days, save thyself. If thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross .
He saved others; he cannot save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross , and we will believe him.
And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; him they compelled to bear his cross .
When the morning was come, all the princes of the priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death,
And they crucified him and parted his garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my raiment did they cast lots.
And casting down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed and went and hanged himself.
and set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the sons of Israel did value,
Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the princes of the priests and the Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
among whom was Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joses and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.
And many women were there beholding afar off, who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him;
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person; see ye to it.
and when they had bound him, they led him away and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him, for he said, I am the Son of God.
When he was seated upon the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
And being accused by the princes of the priests and the elders, he answered nothing.
Now at that feast the governor was accustomed to release unto the people a prisoner, whoever they desired.
Now when the centurion and those that were with him, guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was God's Son.
they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall; and when he had tasted of it, he would not drink.
Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch; go your way; make it as secure as ye can.
Then he released Barabbas unto them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
Pilate said unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus who is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? Thou shalt see to it.
And straightway one of them ran and took a sponge and filled it with vinegar and put it on a reed and gave him to drink.
But the princes of the priests and the elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.
And the princes of the priests taking the silver pieces, said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury because it is the price of blood.
and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre and departed.
saying, Lord, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
Some of those that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calls for Elijah.
Likewise also the princes of the priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
So they went and made the sepulchre secure, sealing the stone and setting a watch.
Then Pilate said unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom desire ye that I release unto you? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?
And he did not answer him even a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
and came out of the graves after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared unto many.
And the governor said, Why, what evil has he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
And they took counsel and bought with them the potter's field to bury strangers in.
Command therefore that the sepulchre be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night and steal him away and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead; so the last error shall be worse than the first.
The governor answered and said unto them, Which of the two desire ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
he went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.