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UST MAT Chapter 27

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27 When it was morning, all the ruling priests and the Jewish leaders planned how they could have someone execute Jesus. 2 They had their guards tie Jesus up and take him from there to Pilate, the Roman local ruler. They wanted Pilate to condemn him.

3 After that, Judas, the man who had helped Jesus’ enemies arrest him, realized that the ruling priests and Jewish leaders had decided that Jesus was guilty. He regretted what he had done. So, he gave the 30 silver coins that they had paid him back to them. 4 He told them, “I have done what is wrong by helping you arrest someone who is not guilty.” They replied, “We do not care what you think! That is your problem.” 5 So Judas took the silver coins that they had paid him and threw them into the temple. Then he left the temple area. After that, he hanged himself and died.

6 Later, the ruling priests picked up the silver coins that Judas had thrown. They declared, “This is money that we paid so that a man would die. So, our laws prohibit us from adding these coins to the money for the temple.” 7 After planning what to do, they used the coins to buy some land that people called the Potter’s Field. That way, they could bury on that land people who came from a different place but who died in Jerusalem. 8 That is why people now call that land Blood’s Field.

11 As for Jesus, the Jewish council had him stand in front of Pilate, the Roman local ruler. Pilate asked him, “Do you claim to be king over the Jewish people?” Jesus replied, “What you are calling me is right.”

12 Then the ruling priests and the Jewish leaders claimed that Jesus had done many bad things. However, Jesus did not respond. 13 After that, Pilate asked him, “Are you going to respond to anything that they have accused you of doing?” 14 However, Jesus did not respond to even one of things that they accused him of doing. How Jesus was acting greatly impressed Pilate, the Roman local ruler.

15 It is important to know that whenever the Passover festival began, the Roman local ruler, Pilate, usually set free one person who was in jail. He allowed the group of people who were in Jerusalem to decide who it would be. 16 It is also important to know that a famous man whose name was Barabbas was in jail.

19 While Pilate was sitting where he did when he was deciding whether people were guilty or innocent, his wife sent a message to him: “Today I dreamed about that man, and it upset me very much. So, do not do anything with that man. He is a man who does what is right!”

20 However, the ruling priests and the Jewish leaders convinced the groups of people who were there to ask Pilate to set Barabbas free. Also, they convinced the groups of people to have Pilate execute Jesus. 21 Then the Roman local ruler, Pilate, told the groups of people who were there, “Choose one of these two men, and I will set that man free.” They replied, “We want you to set Barabbas free!” 22 Pilate replied, “So what do you want me to do with Jesus, whom people call the Messiah?” All the people who were there replied, “Have your soldiers kill him by nailing him to a cross!”

24 Then Pilate realized that he was not accomplishing anything by asking those questions. Rather, the group of people who were there were starting to riot. So, while they were watching, he washed his hands in water to indicate that he was not guilty. He declared, “I am not guilty of killing this man! That is your problem.”

27 After that, the soldiers who served the Roman local ruler, Pilate, took Jesus into their headquarters. They assembled all the soldiers who were there. 28 They pulled off his clothes and put a red robe on him, the kind that kings wear. 29 They took some branches with thorns and laced them together to make a crown. They put it on Jesus’ head and had him hold a staff. Then they bowed down in front of him and made fun of him. They said, “Greetings, you who are king over the Jewish people!”

32 As they were on their way, they passed a man who was from the city of Cyrene. His name was Simon. The soldiers forced this man to carry the cross for Jesus. 33 Then, they arrived at a place whose name is Golgotha. That name means “Skull Place.” 34 The soldiers offered Jesus a drink that they had made out of wine and a bitter liquid. After he took a sip of it, Jesus refused to drink it.

41 Similarly, the ruling priests, the teachers of the Jewish law, and the Jewish leaders made fun of Jesus. They declared, 42 “He has rescued other people. However, he cannot rescue himself! He says that he is king over the people of Israel. So, he should get down now from that cross. Then we will trust him!

45 At noon, it became dark in that whole area. It stayed dark until three o’clock in the afternoon. 46 At about three o’clock in the afternoon, Jesus shouted, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” That means, “My God, my God, why did you abandon me?” 47 Some people who were there heard what Jesus said and misunderstood it. They said, “He is speaking to the prophet Elijah!”

54 The Roman officer and his soldiers, who were making sure that Jesus died, saw the earth quaking and the other things that happened. They became extremely afraid. They declared, “This man really was God’s Son.”

55 While all that was happening, many women were there. They had come with Jesus from the region of Galilee. They were the ones who had taken care of him. These women observed what was happening from farther away. 56 These women included Mary from the town of Magdala, another Mary who was the mother of James and Joseph, and Zebedee’s wife.

57 When it was evening, a wealthy man arrived. His name was Joseph, and he was from the city of Arimathea. He too was one of Jesus’ apprentices. 58 Joseph went to Pilate. He asked Pilate to allow him to take the body of Jesus to bury it. So, Pilate told his soldiers to give him the body.

62 The next day was the Jewish day of rest, the day after Preparation Day. On that day, the ruling priests and the Pharisees assembled to meet with Pilate. 63 They said, “Sir, we can recall something that Jesus, that man who deceived others, said while he was still alive. He claimed that during the third day after he died, God would make him alive again. 64 So, please tell your soldiers to protect Jesus’ grave for the next three days. That way, his apprentices cannot go there, remove his corpse, and tell people that God had made him alive again. If they succeed in deceiving people in this way, it will be more dangerous than how Jesus himself deceived people.”

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