Matthew 27:1-25 ▼

1 And morning having come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put Him to death;

2 and having bound Him, they led [Him] away, and delivered Him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

3 Then Judas—he who delivered Him up—having seen that He was condemned, having regretted, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and to the elders, saying,

4 “I sinned, having delivered up innocent blood”; and they said, “What [is that] to us? You will see!”

5 And having cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed, and having gone away, he strangled himself.

6 And the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood”;

7 and having taken counsel, they bought the potter’s field with them, for the burial of strangers;

8 therefore that field was called, “Field of Blood,” to this day.

9 Then was fulfilled that spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “And I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of Him who has been priced, whom they of the sons of Israel priced,

10 and gave them for the potter’s field, as the LORD appointed to me.”

11 And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And Jesus said to him, “You say [it].”

12 And in His being accused by the chief priests and the elders, He did not answer anything;

13 then Pilate says to Him, “Do You not hear how many things they witness against You?”

14 And He did not answer him, not even to one word, so that the governor wondered greatly.

15 And at the celebration the governor had been accustomed to release one to the multitude, a prisoner, whom they willed,

16 and they had a noted prisoner then, called Barabbas,

17 therefore they having been gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you will [that] I may release to you? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?”

18 For he had known that they had delivered Him up because of envy.

19 And as he is sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Nothing—to you and to that Righteous One, for I suffered many things today in a dream because of Him.”

20 And the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and might destroy Jesus;

21 and the governor answering said to them, “Which of the two will you [that] I may release to you?” And they said, “Barabbas.”

22 Pilate says to them, “What then will I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all say to him, “Let [Him] be crucified!”

23 And the governor said, “Why, what evil did He do?” And they were crying out the more, saying, “Let [Him] be crucified!”

24 And Pilate having seen that it profits nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he washed the hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent from the blood of this Righteous One; you will see [to it] yourselves”;

25 and all the people answering said, “His blood [is] on us, and on our children!”