27:1  Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus to put Him to death;

27:2  and they bound Him, and led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate the governor.

27:3  Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had suffered condemnation, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

27:4  saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." But they said, "What does that have to do with us? See to that yourself!"

27:5  And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.

27:6  The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, "We do not deem it lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it represents the price of blood."

27:7  And they conferred together and with the money bought the Potter's Field as a burial place for strangers.

27:8  For this reason that field has received the label the Field of Blood to this day.

27:9  Then that which Jeremiah the prophet spoke reached fulfillment: "AND THEY TOOK THE THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER, THE PRICE OF THE ONE WHOSE PRICE HAD BECOME SET by the sons of Israel;

27:10  AND THEY GAVE THEM FOR THE POTTER'S FIELD, AS THE LORD DIRECTED ME."

27:11  Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned Him, saying, "Do you call yourself King of the Jews?" And Jesus said to him, "You speak the truth."

27:12  And while the chief priests and elders accused her, He did not answer.

27:13  Then Pilate said to Him, "Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?"

27:14  And He did not answer him with regard to even a single charge, so the governor seemed quite amazed.

27:15  Now at the feast the governor had the custom to release for the people any one prisoner whom they wanted.

27:16  At that time they held a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas.

27:17  So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you? Barabbas, or Jesus who also has the name of Christ?"

27:18  For he knew that because of envy they had handed Him over.

27:19  While he sat on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him."

27:20  But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to put Jesus to death.

27:21  But the governor said to 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 shall I do with Jesus who also has the name of Christ?" They all said, "Crucify Him!"

27:23  And he said, "Why, what evil has He done?" But they kept shouting all the more, saying, "Crucify Him!"

27:24  When Pilate saw that he could accomplish nothing, but rather that a riot had started, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, "I declare myself innocent of this Man's blood; see to that yourselves."

27:25  And all the people said, "We shall assume His blood on us and on our children!"

27:26  Then he released Barabbas for them; but after having Jesus scourged, he handed Him over to suffer crucifixion.

27:27  Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole Roman cohort around Him.

27:28  They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.

27:29  And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

27:30  They spat on Him, and took the reed and began to beat Him on the head.

27:31  After they had mocked Him, they took the scarlet robe off Him and put His own garments back on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.

27:32  As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene named Simon, whom they pressed into service to bear His cross.

27:33  And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull,

27:34  they gave Him wine to drink mixed with gall; and after tasting it, He showed unwillingness to drink.

27:35  And when they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments among themselves by casting lots.

27:36  And sitting down, they began to keep watch over Him there.

27:37  And above His head they put up the charge against Him which read, "THIS IDENTIFIES JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS."

27:38  At that time two robbers suffered crucifixion with Him, one on the right and one on the left.

27:39  And those passing by hurled abuse at Him, wagging their heads

27:40  and saying, "You who had intended to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You proclaim yourself the Son of God, come down from the cross."

27:41  In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, mocked Him and said,

27:42  "He saved others; He cannot save Himself. He proclaims Himself the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him.

27:43  "HE TRUSTS IN GOD; LET GOD RESCUE Him now, IF HE DELIGHTS IN HIM; for He said, 'I proclaim myself the Son of God.'"

27:44  The robbers who had suffered crucifixion with Him also insulted Him with the same words.

27:45  Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour.

27:46  About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?" namely, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"

27:47  And some of those who stood there, when they heard it, began saying, "This man calls for Elijah."

27:48  Immediately one of them ran, and taking a sponge, he filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink.

27:49  But the rest of them said, "Let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him."

27:50  And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.

27:51  And behold, the veil of the temple tore in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks split.

27:52  The tombs opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep came to life;

27:53  and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to many.

27:54  Now the centurion, and those who accompanied him keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, became very frightened and said, "Truly we have seen the Son of God!"

27:55  Many women there looked on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while ministering to Him.

27:56  Among them included Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

27:57  When it became evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

27:58  This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered that Joseph receive the body.

27:59  And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

27:60  and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away.

27:61  And Mary Magdalene stood there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the grave.

27:62  Now on the next day, the day after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate,

27:63  and said, "Sir, we remember that when He still lived that deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise again.'

27:64  "Therefore, give orders for securing the grave until the third day, otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and say to the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the last deception will grow worse than the first."

27:65  Pilate said to them, "You have a guard; go, make it as secure as you know how."

27:66  And they went and made the grave secure, and along with the guard they set a seal on the stone.