Matthew 27 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Judas’ Remorse

27 ^(A)Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus to put Him to death; ² and they bound Him and led Him away, and ^(B)handed Him over to ^(C)Pilate the governor.

³ Then when ^(D)Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned ^(E)the thirty ^[a]pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, ⁴ saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? ^(F)You shall see to it yourself!” ⁵ And he threw the pieces of silver into ^(G)the temple sanctuary and left; and ^(H)he went away and hanged himself. ⁶ The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them in the temple treasury, since it is money paid for blood.” ⁷ And they conferred together and ^[b]with the money bought the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers. ^{8 (I)}For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day. ⁹ Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “^(J)And ^[c]they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the One whose price had been set by the sons of Israel; ^{10 (K)}and ^[d]they gave them for the Potter’s Field, just as the Lord directed me.”

Jesus before Pilate

^{11 (L)}Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned Him, saying, “So You are the ^(M)King of the Jews?” And Jesus said to him, “^(N)It is as you say.” ¹² And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, ^(O)He did not offer any answer. ¹³ Then Pilate *said to Him, “Do You not hear how many things they are testifying against You?” ¹⁴ And still ^(P)He did not answer him in regard to even a single ^[e]charge, so the governor was greatly amazed.

^{15 (Q)}Now at the Passover Feast the governor was accustomed to release for the ^[f]people any one prisoner whom they wanted. ¹⁶ And at that time they were holding a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. ¹⁷ So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you: Barabbas, or Jesus ^(R)who is called Christ?” ¹⁸ For he knew that it was because of envy that ^[g]they had handed Him over.

¹⁹ And ^(S)while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, “See that you have nothing to do with that ^(T)righteous Man; for ^[h]last night I suffered greatly ^(U)in a dream because of Him.” ²⁰ But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ^(V)ask for Barabbas, and to put Jesus to death. ²¹ And the governor ^[i]said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas.” ²² Pilate *said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus ^(W)who is called Christ?” They all *said, “^[j]Crucify Him!” ²³ But he said, “Why, what evil has He done?” Yet they kept shouting all the more, saying, “^[k]Crucify Him!”

²⁴ Now when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that ^(X)a riot was starting, he took water and ^(Y)washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of ^(Z)this Man’s blood; ^(AA)you yourselves shall see.” ²⁵ And all the people replied, “^(AB)His blood shall be on us and on our children!” ²⁶ Then he released Barabbas ^[l]for them; but after having Jesus ^(AC)flogged, he handed Him over to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

^{27 (AD)}Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into ^(AE)the ^[m]Praetorium and gathered the whole Roman ^[n](AF)cohort to Him. ²⁸ And they stripped Him and ^(AG)put a red ^[o]cloak on Him. ^{29 (AH)}And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and put a ^[p]reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, “^(AI)Hail, King of the Jews!” ³⁰ And ^(AJ)they spit on Him, and took the reed and beat Him on the head. ^{31 (AK)}And after they had mocked Him, they took the cloak off Him and put His own garments back on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.

^{32 (AL)}As they were coming out, they found a man of ^(AM)Cyrene named Simon, ^[q]whom they compelled to carry His ^[r]cross.

The Crucifixion

^{33 (AN)}And when they came to a place called ^(AO)Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull, ^{34 (AP)}they gave Him ^(AQ)wine mixed with ^[s]bile to drink; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink it.

³⁵ And when they had crucified Him, ^(AR)they divided His garments among themselves by casting ^[t]lots. ³⁶ And sitting down, they began to ^(AS)keep watch over Him there. ³⁷ And above His head they put up the charge against Him ^[u]which read, “^(AT)THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

³⁸ At that time two ^[v]rebels *were being crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left. ³⁹ And those passing by were ^[w]speaking abusively to Him, ^(AU)shaking their heads, ⁴⁰ and saying, “^(AV)You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! ^(AW)If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.” ⁴¹ In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying, ⁴² “^(AX)He saved others; ^[x]He cannot save Himself! ^(AY)He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him. ^{43 (AZ)}He has trusted in God; let God rescue Him now, if He ^[y]takes pleasure in Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” ^{44 (BA)}And the ^[z]rebels who had been crucified with Him were also insulting Him in the same way.

^{45 (BB)}Now from the ^[aa]sixth hour darkness ^[ab]fell upon all the land until the ^[ac]ninth hour. ⁴⁶ And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “^(BC)Eli, Eli, lema sabaktanei?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” ⁴⁷ And some of those who were standing there, when they heard it, said, “This man is calling for Elijah.” ⁴⁸ And ^(BD)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. ⁴⁹ But the rest of them said, “^[ad]Let us see if Elijah comes to save Him^[ae].” ⁵⁰ And Jesus ^(BE)cried out again with a loud voice, and gave up His spirit. ^{51 (BF)}And behold, ^(BG)the ^[af]veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and ^(BH)the earth shook and the rocks were split. ⁵² Also the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the ^[ag]saints who had ^(BI)fallen asleep were raised; ⁵³ and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered ^(BJ)the holy city and appeared to many. ^{54 (BK)}Now as for the centurion and those who were with him ^(BL)keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw ^(BM)the earthquake and the other things that were happening, they became extremely frightened and said, “Truly this was ^[ah](BN)the Son of God!”

^{55 (BO)}And many women were there watching from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while ^(BP)caring for Him. ⁵⁶ Among them were ^(BQ)Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and ^(BR)the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Jesus Is Buried

^{57 (BS)}Now when it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea came, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. ⁵⁸ This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. ⁵⁹ And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, ⁶⁰ and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock; and he rolled ^(BT)a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away. ⁶¹ And ^(BU)Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.

⁶² Now on the next day, that is, the day which is after ^(BV)the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate, ⁶³ and they said, “Sir, we remember that when that deceiver was still alive, He said, ‘^(BW)After three days I am rising.’ ⁶⁴ Therefore, give orders for the tomb to be made secure until the third day; otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.” ⁶⁵ Pilate said to them, “You have a ^(BX)guard; go, make it as secure as you know how.” ⁶⁶ And they went and made the tomb secure with ^(BY)the guard, ^(BZ)sealing ^(CA)the stone.

Footnotes

1. Matthew 27:3 Or silver shekels
2. Matthew 27:7 Lit from them
3. Matthew 27:9 Or I took; cf. Zech 11:13
4. Matthew 27:10 Some early mss I gave
5. Matthew 27:14 Lit word
6. Matthew 27:15 Lit crowd
7. Matthew 27:18 I.e., the Jewish leaders
8. Matthew 27:19 Lit today
9. Matthew 27:21 Lit answering, said to them
10. Matthew 27:22 Lit Have Him crucified
11. Matthew 27:23 Lit Have Him crucified
12. Matthew 27:26 Or to them
13. Matthew 27:27 I.e., the governor’s official residence
14. Matthew 27:27 Normally 600 men (the number varied)
15. Matthew 27:28 I.e., a Roman soldier’s cloak
16. Matthew 27:29 Or staff; i.e., to mimic a king’s scepter
17. Matthew 27:32 Lit this one
18. Matthew 27:32 I.e., the crossbeam for a cross
19. Matthew 27:34 Prob. referring to the taste of myrrh, added to lessen pain
20. Matthew 27:35 Lit a lot
21. Matthew 27:37 Lit written
22. Matthew 27:38 Or robbers
23. Matthew 27:39 Or blaspheming
24. Matthew 27:42 Or can He not save Himself?
25. Matthew 27:43 Or desires;
26. Matthew 27:44 Or robbers
27. Matthew 27:45 I.e., noon
28. Matthew 27:45 Lit occurred
29. Matthew 27:45 I.e., 3 p.m.
30. Matthew 27:49 Lit Allow that we see
31. Matthew 27:49 Some early mss And another took a spear and pierced His side, and there came out water and blood (cf. John 19:34)
32. Matthew 27:51 Or curtain
33. Matthew 27:52 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
34. Matthew 27:54 Or a son of God; or a son of a god

Cross references

1. Matthew 27:1 : Mark 15:1; Luke 22:66; John 18:28
2. Matthew 27:2 : Matt 20:19
3. Matthew 27:2 : Luke 3:1; 13:1; 23:12; Acts 3:13; 4:27; 1 Tim 6:13
4. Matthew 27:3 : Matt 26:14
5. Matthew 27:3 : Matt 26:15
6. Matthew 27:4 : Matt 27:24
7. Matthew 27:5 : Matt 26:61; Luke 1:9, 21
8. Matthew 27:5 : Acts 1:18
9. Matthew 27:8 : Acts 1:19
10. Matthew 27:9 : Zech 11:12
11. Matthew 27:10 : Zech 11:13
12. Matthew 27:11 : Matt 27:11-14: Mark 15:2-5; Luke 23:2, 3; John 18:29-38
13. Matthew 27:11 : Matt 2:2
14. Matthew 27:11 : Matt 26:25
15. Matthew 27:12 : Matt 26:63; John 19:9
16. Matthew 27:14 : Matt 27:12; Mark 15:5; Luke 23:9; John 19:9
17. Matthew 27:15 : Matt 27:15-26: Mark 15:6-15; Luke 23:17-25; John 18:39-19:16
18. Matthew 27:17 : Matt 1:16; 27:22
19. Matthew 27:19 : John 19:13; Acts 12:21; 18:12, 16f; 25:6, 10, 17
20. Matthew 27:19 : Matt 27:24
21. Matthew 27:19 : Gen 20:6; 31:11; Num 12:6; Job 33:15; Matt 1:20; 2:12f, 19, 22
22. Matthew 27:20 : Acts 3:14
23. Matthew 27:22 : Matt 1:16
24. Matthew 27:24 : Matt 26:5
25. Matthew 27:24 : Deut 21:6-8
26. Matthew 27:24 : Matt 27:19
27. Matthew 27:24 : Matt 27:4
28. Matthew 27:25 : Josh 2:19; Acts 5:28
29. Matthew 27:26 : Mark 15:15; Luke 23:16; John 19:1
30. Matthew 27:27 : Matt 27:27-31: Mark 15:16-20
31. Matthew 27:27 : Matt 26:3; John 18:28, 33; 19:9
32. Matthew 27:27 : Acts 10:1
33. Matthew 27:28 : Mark 15:17; John 19:2
34. Matthew 27:29 : Mark 15:17; John 19:2
35. Matthew 27:29 : Mark 15:18; John 19:3
36. Matthew 27:30 : Matt 26:67; Mark 10:34; 14:65; 15:19
37. Matthew 27:31 : Mark 15:20
38. Matthew 27:32 : Matt 27:32: Mark 15:21; Luke 23:26; John 19:17
39. Matthew 27:32 : Acts 2:10; 6:9; 11:20; 13:1
40. Matthew 27:33 : Matt 27:34-44: Mark 15:22-32; Luke 23:33-43; John 19:17-24
41. Matthew 27:33 : Luke 23:33; John 19:17
42. Matthew 27:34 : Ps 69:21
43. Matthew 27:34 : Mark 15:23
44. Matthew 27:35 : Ps 22:18
45. Matthew 27:36 : Matt 27:54
46. Matthew 27:37 : Mark 15:26; Luke 23:38; John 19:19
47. Matthew 27:39 : Job 16:4; Ps 22:7; 109:25; Lam 2:15; Mark 15:29
48. Matthew 27:40 : Matt 26:61; John 2:19
49. Matthew 27:40 : Matt 27:42
50. Matthew 27:42 : Mark 15:31; Luke 23:35
51. Matthew 27:42 : Matt 27:37; Luke 23:37; John 1:49; 12:13
52. Matthew 27:43 : Ps 22:8
53. Matthew 27:44 : Luke 23:39-43
54. Matthew 27:45 : Matt 27:45-56: Mark 15:33-41; Luke 23:44-49
55. Matthew 27:46 : Ps 22:1
56. Matthew 27:48 : Ps 69:21; Mark 15:36; Luke 23:36; John 19:29
57. Matthew 27:50 : Mark 15:37; Luke 23:46; John 19:30
58. Matthew 27:51 : Matt 27:51-56: Mark 15:38-41; Luke 23:47-49
59. Matthew 27:51 : Ex 26:31ff; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45; Heb 9:3
60. Matthew 27:51 : Matt 27:54
61. Matthew 27:52 : Acts 7:60
62. Matthew 27:53 : Matt 4:5
63. Matthew 27:54 : Mark 15:39; Luke 23:47
64. Matthew 27:54 : Matt 27:36
65. Matthew 27:54 : Matt 27:51
66. Matthew 27:54 : Matt 4:3; 27:43
67. Matthew 27:55 : Mark 15:40f; Luke 23:49; John 19:25
68. Matthew 27:55 : Mark 15:41; Luke 8:2, 3
69. Matthew 27:56 : Matt 28:1; Mark 15:40, 47; 16:9; Luke 8:2; John 19:25; 20:1, 18
70. Matthew 27:56 : Matt 20:20
71. Matthew 27:57 : Matt 27:57-61: Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42
72. Matthew 27:60 : Matt 27:66; 28:2; Mark 16:4
73. Matthew 27:61 : Matt 27:56; 28:1
74. Matthew 27:62 : Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:14, 31, 42
75. Matthew 27:63 : Matt 16:21; 17:23; 20:19; Mark 8:31; 9:31; 10:34; Luke 9:22; 18:31-33
76. Matthew 27:65 : Matt 27:66; 28:11
77. Matthew 27:66 : Matt 27:65; 28:11
78. Matthew 27:66 : Dan 6:17
79. Matthew 27:66 : Matt 27:60; 28:2; Mark 16:4