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Matthew 27, NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE
Gospel of Mark
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Gospel of John
Study Bible Notes
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Now when morning
came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together
against Jesus to put Him to death; |
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and they bound Him,
and led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate the governor.
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Then when Judas, who
had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and
returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, |
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saying, “I have
sinned by betraying innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us?
See to that yourself!” |
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And he threw the
pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and departed; and he went away
and hanged himself. |
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The chief priests
took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the
temple treasury, since it is the price of blood.”
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And they conferred
together and with the money bought the Potter's Field as a burial place for
strangers. |
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For this reason that
field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
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Then that which was
spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “AND THEY TOOK THE THIRTY
PIECES OF SILVER, THE PRICE OF THE ONE WHOSE PRICE HAD BEEN SET by the sons
of Israel;
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AND THEY GAVE THEM
FOR THE POTTER'S FIELD, AS THE LORD DIRECTED ME.”
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Now Jesus stood
before the governor, and the governor questioned Him, saying, “Are You the
King of the Jews?” And Jesus said to him, “It
is as you say.” |
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And while He was
being accused by the chief priests and elders, He did not answer.
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Then Pilate said to
Him, “Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?”
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And He did not
answer him with regard to even a single charge, so the governor was quite
amazed.
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Now at the feast the
governor was accustomed to release for the people any one prisoner whom they
wanted. |
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At that time they
were holding a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas.
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So when the people
gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for
you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”
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For he knew that
because of envy they had handed Him over. |
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While he was sitting
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.” |
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But the chief
priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to put
Jesus to death.
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But the governor
said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And
they said, “Barabbas.” |
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Pilate said to them,
“Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said,
“Crucify Him!”
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And he said, “Why,
what evil has He done?” But they kept shouting all the more, saying,
“Crucify Him!”
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When Pilate saw that
he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took
water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of
this Man's blood; see to that yourselves.”
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And all the people
said, “His blood shall be on us and on our children!”
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Then he released
Barabbas for them; but after having Jesus scourged, he handed Him over to be
crucified.
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Then the soldiers of
the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole Roman
cohort around Him. |
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They stripped Him
and put a scarlet robe on Him. |
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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!” |
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They spat on Him,
and took the reed and began to beat Him on the head.
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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.
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As they were coming
out, they found a man of Cyrene named Simon, whom they pressed into service
to bear His cross. |
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And when they came
to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull,
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they gave Him wine
to drink mixed with gall; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink.
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And when they had
crucified Him, they divided up His garments among themselves by casting
lots.
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And sitting down,
they began to keep watch over Him there. |
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And above His head
they put up the charge against Him which read, “THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF
THE JEWS.” |
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At that time two
robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left.
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And those passing by
were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads
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and saying, “You who
are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself!
If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”
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In the same way the
chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and
saying,
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“He saved others; He
cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from
the cross, and we will believe in Him.
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“HE TRUSTS IN GOD;
LET GOD RESCUE Him now, IF HE DELIGHTS IN HIM; for He said, ‘I am the Son of
God.’ ” |
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The robbers who had
been crucified with Him were also insulting Him with the same words.
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Now from the sixth
hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour.
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About the ninth hour
Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “ELI,
ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?” that is, “MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU
FORSAKEN ME?” |
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And some of those
who were standing there, when they heard it, began saying, “This man is
calling for Elijah.” |
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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. |
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But the rest of them
said, “Let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him.”
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And Jesus cried out
again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.
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And behold, the veil
of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and
the rocks were split. |
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The tombs were
opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
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and coming out of
the tombs after His resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to
many.
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Now the centurion,
and those who were with him keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw the
earthquake and the things that were happening, became very frightened and
said, “Truly this was the Son of God!” |
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Many women were
there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while
ministering to Him. |
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Among them was Mary
Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the
sons of Zebedee. |
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When it was evening,
there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also
become a disciple of Jesus. |
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This man went to
Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given
to him.
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And Joseph took the
body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, |
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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.
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And Mary Magdalene
was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the grave.
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Now on the next day,
the day after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered
together with Pilate, |
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and said, “Sir, we
remember that when He was still alive that deceiver said, “After three days
I am to rise again.” |
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“Therefore, give
orders for the grave to be made secure 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 be worse than the first.” |
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Pilate said to them,
“You have a guard; go, make it as secure as you know how.”
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And they went and
made the grave secure, and along with the guard they set a seal on the
stone.
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