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 27:1 ¶ Now when morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

 27:1 ¶ Whenº the morningº was come,ºº allº theº chief priestsº andº eldersº of theº peopleº tookºº counselº againstº Jesusº toº putºº himº to death:ººº

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

 27:2 Andº when they had boundºº him,º they led [him] away,ºº andº deliveredºº himº to Pontiusº Pilateº theº governor.º

 27:3 ¶ Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

 27:3 ¶ Thenº Judas,º whichº had betrayedºº him,º when he sawºº thatº he was condemned,ºº repentedº himself,ºº and brought againºº theº thirtyº pieces of silverº to theº chief priestsº andº elders,º

 27:4 saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou [to it].

 27:4 Saying,ºº I have sinnedºº in that I have betrayedºº the innocentº blood.º Andº theyº said,ºº Whatº [is that] toº us?º seeºº thouº [to that].

 27:5 And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.

 27:5 Andº he cast downºº theº pieces of silverº inº theº temple,º and departed,ºº andº wentºº and hangedº himself.ºº

 27:6 And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.

 27:6 Andº theº chief priestsº tookºº theº silver pieces,º and said,ºº It isºº notº lawfulººº for to putºº themº intoº theº treasury,º becauseº it isºº the priceº of blood.º

 27:7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.

 27:7 Andº they tookºº counsel,º and boughtºº withº themº theº potter'sº field,º toº buryºº strangersº in.ººº

 27:8 Wherefore that field was called, the field of blood, unto this day.

 27:8 Whereforeº thatº fieldº was called,ºº The fieldº of blood,º untoº this day.º

 27:9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was priced, whom [certain] of the children of Israel did price;

 27:9 Thenº was fulfilledºº thatº whichº was spokenºº byº Jeremyº theº prophet,º saying,ºº Andº they tookºº theº thirtyº pieces of silver,º theº priceº of him that was valued,ºº whomº they ofº the childrenº of Israelº did value;ºº

 27:10 and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.

 27:10 Andº gaveºº themº forº theº potter'sº field,º asº the Lordº appointedºº me.º

 27:11 Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.

 27:11 Andº Jesusº stoodºº beforeº theº governor:º andº theº governorº askedºº him,º saying,ºº Artºº thouº theº Kingº of theº Jews?º Andº Jesusº saidºº unto him,º Thouº sayest.ºº

 27:12 And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

 27:12 Andº whenº heº was accusedºº ofº theº chief priestsº andº elders,º he answeredºº nothing.º

 27:13 Then saith Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

 27:13 Thenº saidºº Pilateº unto him,º Hearestº thouºº notº how many thingsº they witness againstºº thee?º

 27:14 And he gave him no answer, not even to one word: insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.

 27:14 Andº he answeredººº himº toº neverº aº word;º insomuchº that theº governorº marvelledºº greatly.º

 27:15 Now at the feast the governor was wont to release unto the multitude one prisoner, whom they would.

 27:15 Nowº atº [that] feastº theº governorº was wontºº to releaseºº unto theº peopleº aº prisoner,º whomº they would.ºº

 27:16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

 27:16 Andº they hadºº thenº a notableº prisoner,º calledºº Barabbas.º

 27:17 When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?

 27:17 Thereforeº when theyº were gathered together,ºº Pilateº saidºº unto them,º Whomº willº yeºº that I releaseºº unto you?º Barabbas,º orº Jesusº whichº is calledºº Christ?º

 27:18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him up.

 27:18 Forº he knewºº thatº forº envyº they had deliveredºº him.º

 27:19 ¶ And while he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that righteous man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

 27:19 ¶ Whenº heº was set downºº onº theº judgment seat,º hisº wifeº sentºº untoº him,º saying,ººº Have thouº nothingº to doºº with thatº just man:º forº I have sufferedºº many thingsº this dayº inº a dreamº becauseº of him.º

 27:20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

 27:20 Butº theº chief priestsº andº eldersº persuadedºº theº multitudeº thatº they should askºº Barabbas,º andº destroyºº Jesus.º

 27:21 But the governor answered and said unto them, Which of the two will ye that I release unto you? And they said, Barabbas.

 27:21 º Theº governorº answeredºº andº saidºº unto them,º Whetherº ofº theº twainº willº yeºº that I releaseºº unto you?ºº Theyº said,ºº Barabbas.º

 27:22 Pilate saith unto them, What then shall I do unto Jesus who is called Christ? They all say, Let him be crucified.

 27:22 Pilateº saithºº unto them,º Whatº shall I doºº thenº with Jesusº whichº is calledºº Christ?º [They] allº sayºº unto him,º Let him be crucified.ºº

 27:23 And he said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out exceedingly, saying, Let him be crucified.

 27:23 Andº theº governorº said,ºº Why,º whatº evilº hath he done?ºº Butº theyº cried outºº the more,º saying,ºº Let him be crucified.ºº

 27:24 ¶ So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; see ye [to it].

 27:24 ¶ Whenº Pilateº sawºº thatº he could prevailºº nothing,º butº [that] ratherº a tumultº was made,ºº he tookºº water,º and washedºº [his] handsº beforeº theº multitude,º saying,ºº I amºº innocentº ofº theº bloodº of thisº just person:º seeºº yeº [to it].

 27:25 And all the people answered and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.

 27:25 Thenº answeredºº allº theº people,º and said,ºº Hisº bloodº [be] onº us,º andº onº ourº children.ºº

 27:26 ¶ Then released he unto them Barabbas; but Jesus he scourged and delivered to be crucified.

 27:26 ¶ Thenº releasedº heºº Barabbasº unto them:º andº when he had scourgedºº Jesus,º he deliveredºº [him] toº be crucified.ºº

 27:27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered unto him the whole band.

 27:27 Thenº theº soldiersº of theº governorº tookºº Jesusº intoº theº common hall,º and gatheredºº untoº himº theº wholeº bandº [of soldiers].

 27:28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

 27:28 Andº they strippedºº him,º and put onºº himº a scarletº robe.º

 27:29 ¶ And they platted a crown of thorns and put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

 27:29 ¶ Andº when they had plattedºº a crownº ofº thorns,º they putºº [it] uponº hisº head,º andº a reedº inº hisº right hand:º andº they bowed the kneeºº beforeº him,º and mockedºº him,º saying,ºº Hail,ºº Kingº of theº Jews!º

 27:30 And they spat upon him, and took the reed and smote him on the head.

 27:30 Andº they spitºº uponº him,º and tookºº theº reed,º andº smoteºº himº onº theº head.º

 27:31 And when they had mocked him, they took off from him the robe, and put on him his garments, and led him away to crucify him.

 27:31 Andº afterº that they had mockedºº him,º they tookºº theº robeº offºº fromº him,º andº putºº his ownº raimentº onºº him,º andº ledºº himº awayººº toº crucifyºº [him].

 27:32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to go [with them], that he might bear his cross.

 27:32 Andº as they came out,ºº they foundºº a manº of Cyrene,º Simonº by name:º himº they compelledºº toº bearºº hisº cross.º

 27:33 And they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, The place of a skull,

 27:33 Andº when they were comeºº untoº a placeº calledºº Golgotha,º thatº isºº to say,ºº a placeº of a skull,º

 27:34 ¶ they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted it, he would not drink.

 27:34 ¶ They gaveºº himº vinegarº to drinkºº mingledºº withº gall:º andº when he had tastedºº [thereof], he wouldºº notº drink.ºº

 27:35 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots;

 27:35 Andº they crucifiedºº him,º and partedºº hisº garments,º castingºº lots:º thatº it might be fulfilledºº whichº was spokenºº byº theº prophet,º They partedºº myº garmentsº among them,º andº uponº myº vestureº did they castºº lots.º

 27:36 and they sat and watched him there.

 27:36 Andº sitting downºº they watchedºº himº there;º

 27:37 And they set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

 27:37 Andº set upºº overº hisº headº hisº accusationº written,ºº THISº ISºº JESUSº THEº KINGº OF THEº JEWS.º

 27:38 Then are there crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left.

 27:38 Thenº were there twoº thievesº crucifiedºº withº him,º oneº onº the right hand,º andº anotherº onº the left.º

 27:39 ¶ And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads,

 27:39 ¶ Andº they that passed byºº reviledºº him,º waggingºº theirºº heads,º

 27:40 and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross.

 27:40 Andº saying,ºº Thou that destroyestºº theº temple,º andº buildestºº [it] inº threeº days,º saveºº thyself.º Ifº thou beºº the Sonº of God,º come downºº fromº theº cross.º

 27:41 In like manner also the chief priests mocking [him], with the scribes and elders, said,

 27:41 º Likewiseº alsoº theº chief priestsº mockingºº [him], withº theº scribesº andº elders,º said,ºº

 27:42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him.

 27:42 He savedºº others;º himselfº he cannotººº save.ºº Ifº he beºº the Kingº of Israel,º let himºº nowº come downºº fromº theº cross,º andº we will believeºº him.º

 27:43 He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

 27:43 He trustedºº inº God;º let him deliverºº himº now,º ifº he willº haveºº him:º forº he said,ººº I amºº the Sonº of God.º

 27:44 And the robbers also that were crucified with him cast upon him the same reproach.

 27:44 º Theº thievesº also,ºº whichº were crucifiedºº withº him,º castºº the sameº in hisº teeth.ººº

 27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

 27:45 Nowº fromº the sixthº hourº there wasºº darknessº overº allº theº landº untoº the ninthº hour.º

 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

 27:46 Andº aboutº theº ninthº hourº Jesusº criedºº with a loudº voice,º saying,ºº Eli,º Eli,º lamaº sabachthani?º thatºº is to say,º Myº God,º myº God,º whyº hast thou forsakenºº me?º

 27:47 And some of them stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calleth Elijah.

 27:47 º Someº of themº that stoodºº there,º when they heardºº [that], said,ººº Thisº [man] callethº forºº Elias.º

 27:48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

 27:48 Andº straightwayº oneº ofº themº ran,ºº andº tookºº a spunge,º andº filledºº [it] with vinegar,º andº putº [it] onºº a reed,º and gaveºº himº to drink.ººº

 27:49 And the rest said, Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to save him.

 27:49 º Theºº restº said,ºº Let be,ºº let us seeºº whetherº Eliasº will comeºº to saveºº him.º

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

 27:50 ¶ º Jesus,º when he had criedºº againº with a loudº voice,º yielded upºº theº ghost.º

 27:51 And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake; and the rocks were rent;

 27:51 And,º behold,ºº theº veilº of theº templeº was rentºº inº twainº fromº the topº toº the bottom;º andº theº earthº did quake,ºº andº theº rocksº rent;ºº

 27:52 and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised;

 27:52 Andº theº gravesº were opened;ºº andº manyº bodiesº of theº saintsº whichº sleptºº arose,ºº

 27:53 and coming forth out of the tombs after his resurrection they entered into the holy city and appeared unto many.

 27:53 Andº cameºº out ofº theº gravesº afterº hisº resurrection,º and wentºº intoº theº holyº city,º andº appearedºº unto many.º

 27:54 Now the centurion, and they that 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.

 27:54 Nowº when theº centurion,º andº theyº that were withº him,º watchingºº Jesus,º sawºº theº earthquake,º andº those things that were done,ºº they fearedºº greatly,º saying,ºº Trulyº thisº wasºº the Sonº of God.º

 27:55 And many women were there beholding from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:

 27:55 Andº manyº womenº wereºº thereº beholdingºº afar off,ºº whichº followedºº Jesusº fromº Galilee,º ministeringºº unto him:º

 27:56 among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

 27:56 Amongº whichº wasºº Maryº Magdalene,º andº Maryº theº motherº of Jamesº andº Joses,º andº theº motherº of Zebedee'sº children.º

 27:57 And when even was come, there came a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:

 27:57 Whenº the evenº was come,ºº there cameºº a richº manº ofº Arimathaea,º namedº Joseph,º whoº alsoº himselfº wasºº Jesus'º disciple:ººº

 27:58 this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded it to be given up.

 27:58 Heº wentºº to Pilate,º and beggedºº theº bodyº of Jesus.º Thenº Pilateº commandedºº theº bodyº to be delivered.ºº

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

 27:59 Andº when Josephº had takenºº theº body,º he wrappedºº itº in a cleanº linen cloth,º

 27:60 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.

 27:60 Andº laidºº itº inº his ownºº newº tomb,º whichº he had hewn outºº inº theº rock:º andº he rolledºº a greatº stoneº to theº doorº of theº sepulchre,º and departed.ºº

 27:61 And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

 27:61 Andº thereº wasºº Maryº Magdalene,º andº theº otherº Mary,º sittingºº over againstº theº sepulchre.º

 27:62 ¶ Now on the morrow, which is [the day] after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together unto Pilate,

 27:62 ¶ Nowº theº next day,º thatº followedººº the day of theº preparation,º theº chief priestsº andº Phariseesº came togetherºº untoº Pilate,º

 27:63 saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive, After three days I rise again.

 27:63 Saying,ºº Sir,º we rememberºº thatº thatº deceiverº said,ºº whileº he was yetº alive,ºº Afterº threeº daysº I will rise again.ºº

 27:64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest haply his disciples come and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.

 27:64 Commandºº thereforeº that theº sepulchreº be made sureºº untilº theº thirdº day,º lestº hisº disciplesº comeºº by night,º and stealºº himº away,ººº andº sayºº unto theº people,º He is risenºº fromº theº dead:º soº theº lastº errorº shall beºº worseº thanº theº first.º

 27:65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a guard: go, make it [as] sure as ye can.

 27:65 º Pilateº saidºº unto them,º Ye haveºº a watch:º go your way,ºº make [it] as sureºº asº ye can.ºº

 27:66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, the guard being with them.

 27:66 Soº theyº went,ºº and madeºº the sepulchreº sure,ºººº sealingºº theº stone,º andº settingº a watch.ºº