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1 Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 2 and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor. 3 Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.” 5 He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself. 6 The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, “It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.” 7 They took counsel, and bought the potter’s field with them, to bury strangers in. 8 Therefore that field was called “The Field of Blood” to this day. 9 Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,
“They took the thirty pieces of silver,
10 And they gave them for the potter’s field,
11 Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him,
saying, “Are you the King of the Jews?”
Jesus said to him, “So you say.”
12 When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered
nothing. 13 Then Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear how many things they
testify against you?”
14 He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled
greatly. 15 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the
multitude one prisoner, whom they desired. 16 They had then a notable
prisoner, called Barabbas. 17 When therefore they were gathered together,
Pilate said to them, “Whom do you
19 While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him,
saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many
things this day in a dream because of him.” 20 Now the chief priests and
the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
21 But the governor answered them, “Which of the two do you
They said, “Barabbas!”
22 Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called
Christ?”
They all said to him, “Let him be crucified!”
23 But the governor said, “Why? What evil has he done?”
But they cried out exceedingly, saying, “Let him be crucified!”
24 So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a
disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the
multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person.
You
25 All the people answered, “May his blood be on us, and on our
children!”
26 Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered
to be crucified. 27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the
Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him. 28 They
stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him. 29 They braided a crown of
thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled
down before him, and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 30 They
spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head. 31 When they
had mocked him, they took the robe off of him, and put his clothes on him,
and led him away to crucify him.
32 As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they
compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross. 33 They came
to a place called “Golgotha,” that is to say, “The place of a skull.”
34 They gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted
it, he would not drink. 35 When they had crucified him, they divided his
clothing among them, casting lots,
38 Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand
and one on the left. 39 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their
heads, 40 and saying, “You who destroy the temple, and build it in three
days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
41 Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes,
45 Now from the
47 Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, “This man is
calling Elijah.”
48 Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with
vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink. 49 The rest said,
“Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to save him.”
50 Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.
51 Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the
bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. 52 The tombs were
opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
53 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into
the holy city and appeared to many. 54 Now the centurion, and those who
were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things
that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of
God.”
55 Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from
Galilee, serving him. 56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother
of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. 57 When evening
had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was also
Jesus’ disciple came. 58 This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’
body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up. 59 Joseph took the
body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 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 tomb, and departed. 61 Mary Magdalene was there, and the other
Mary, sitting opposite the tomb. 62 Now on the next day, which was the day
after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered
together to Pilate, 63 saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said
while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’ 64 Command
therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his
disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, ‘He is risen
from the dead;’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”
65 Pilate said to them, “You
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