Thematic Bible
Matthew 27:1 (show verse)
It was morning. The chief priests and those in authority conspired to put Jesus to death.
Matthew 27:2 (show verse)
They tied his hands with cords and led him to the ruler, Pilate.
Matthew 27:3 (show verse)
Judas, his betrayer, heard he was to be put to death. Out of regret, he took the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and those in authority.
Matthew 27:4 (show verse)
He said: I have done wrong in giving a righteous man to you.
Matthew 27:5 (show verse)
He left the silver in the Temple. Then he went away and hanged himself.
Matthew 27:6 (show verse)
The chief priests took the silver. They said: It is not right to put it in the Temple treasury, for it is the price of blood.
Matthew 27:7 (show verse)
They decided to use the silver to buy the potter's field. This would be a place to bury strangers.
Matthew 27:8 (show verse)
This is the reason the field was named Field of Blood.
Matthew 27:9 (show verse)
Then Jeremiah's prophecy was fulfilled: They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price he was valued by the children of Israel.
Matthew 27:10 (show verse)
Then they paid for the potter's field, just as God directed.
Matthew 27:11 (show verse)
Jesus stood before the governor. He asked him: Are you the King of the Jews? Jesus said to him: It is as you say.
Matthew 27:12 (show verse)
When the chief priests and those in authority made statements against him, he gave no answer.
Matthew 27:13 (show verse)
Pilate said to him: Do you give no attention to what their witnesses say against you?
Matthew 27:14 (show verse)
Jesus did not answer. Not even a word! The governor was greatly surprised.
Matthew 27:15 (show verse)
It was a custom for the governor to set one prisoner free at the time of the feast. The people were to help choose that prisoner.
Matthew 27:16 (show verse)
At that time they held an important prisoner named Barabbas.
Matthew 27:17 (show verse)
When they assembled, Pilate asked: What is your choice? Barabbas or Jesus, the one called the Christ?
Matthew 27:18 (show verse)
He knew it was because of envy they gave him up.
Matthew 27:19 (show verse)
While he was seated in judgment his wife sent a message to him. She said, Do not judge that righteous man. I have had much trouble this day in a dream because of him.
Matthew 27:20 (show verse)
The chief priests and elders got the people to request Barabbas, and for Jesus to be put to death.
Matthew 27:21 (show verse)
The governor responded to them. He asked: Which of the two do you want me to set free? They shouted: Barabbas!
Matthew 27:22 (show verse)
Pilate said to them: What am I to do with Jesus, the one called Christ? They all said: Put him to death. Impale him!
Matthew 27:23 (show verse)
What evil has he done? Pilate asked. But they shouted: Impale him!
Matthew 27:24 (show verse)
Pilate saw that he could do nothing. The people were ready to cause much trouble. He took water and washed his hands in front of the people. He said: The blood of this man is not on my hands. You are responsible.
Matthew 27:25 (show verse)
The people answered: Let his blood be on us, and on our children.
Matthew 27:26 (show verse)
He set Barabbas free. He had Jesus whipped. Then he commanded that he be put to death on the stake.
Matthew 27:27 (show verse)
Then the palace guard took Jesus into the open square and gathered their squad together.
Matthew 27:28 (show verse)
They took off his clothes and dressed him in a scarlet robe.
Matthew 27:29 (show verse)
They made a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They placed a rod in his right hand. Then they bowed down on their knees before him. They mocked him, saying: Long life to the King of the Jews.
Matthew 27:30 (show verse)
They spat on him and hit him on the head with the rod.
Matthew 27:31 (show verse)
After they mocked him, they took off the robe. He was dressed in his garments and he was led away to be impaled.
Matthew 27:32 (show verse)
They then found Simon, a man from Cyrene. They forced him to go with them to carry the stake.
Matthew 27:33 (show verse)
Golgotha, the Place of the Skull, was to be his final destination.
Matthew 27:34 (show verse)
They gave him vinegar (bitter wine) to drink mixed with poison (a drug) (gall). When he tasted it he would not drink. (Psalm 69:21)
Matthew 27:35 (show verse)
When they impaled him, they divided his garments among themselves by casting lots.
Matthew 27:36 (show verse)
Then they sat and watched him.
Matthew 27:37 (show verse)
A sign was placed above his head with an accusation written: This is Jesus the King of the Jews.
Matthew 27:38 (show verse)
Two robbers were impaled with him. One was on the right hand and one on the left.
Matthew 27:39 (show verse)
People passing by spoke evil abuse to him. They wagged their heads
Matthew 27:40 (show verse)
and said, You who would destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God come down from the stake.
Matthew 27:41 (show verse)
In like manner the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked him.
Matthew 27:42 (show verse)
They said: He saved others, but cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the stake and we will believe in him.
Matthew 27:43 (show verse)
He trusts in God. Let him save him now if he wants him. After all he said: I am the Son of God.
Matthew 27:44 (show verse)
The robbers that were impaled with him also insulted him.
Matthew 27:45 (show verse)
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
Matthew 27:46 (show verse)
About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? Which (translated) means: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Matthew 27:47 (show verse)
After hearing it some said this man calls Elijah.
Matthew 27:48 (show verse)
Suddenly, one of them ran, took a sponge, filled it with vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink.
Matthew 27:49 (show verse)
The rest said: Let it be, and see whether Elijah comes to save him.
Matthew 27:50 (show verse)
Jesus cried again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.
Matthew 27:51 (show verse)
The veil (curtain) of the temple was ripped in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks split.
Matthew 27:52 (show verse)
The tombs were split open and many [dead] bodies were tossed upright [on the ground].
Matthew 27:53 (show verse)
[They came out of the tombs after his resurrection.] (Manuscript text unclear.) Many people saw them.
Matthew 27:54 (show verse)
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!
Matthew 27:55 (show verse)
The women who followed Jesus from Galilee and ministered to him watched from a distance.
Matthew 27:56 (show verse)
Included among the women were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
Matthew 27:57 (show verse)
A disciple of Jesus named Joseph, a rich man from Arimathea,
Matthew 27:58 (show verse)
went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate commanded that it be given to him.
Matthew 27:59 (show verse)
Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth.
Matthew 27:60 (show verse)
He laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a great stone in front of the door of the tomb, and departed.
Matthew 27:61 (show verse)
Mary Magdalene was near the tomb. The other Mary was also there.
Matthew 27:62 (show verse)
It was morning, the day after Preparation. The chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together with Pilate.
Matthew 27:63 (show verse)
They said: Sir, we remember while he was yet alive, the deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise again.'
Matthew 27:64 (show verse)
Command the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise his disciples could come and steal him away. They could say to the people. 'He is risen from the dead.' The last deception will be worse than the first.
Matthew 27:65 (show verse)
Pilate said to them: You have a guard; make it as secure as you can.
Matthew 27:66 (show verse)
So they made the tomb secure. They sealed the stone and placed a guard there.