Matthew 27:39-66 ▼

39 And they who were passing by reviled him, shaking their heads,

40 and saying, Thou that canst pull down the temple, and build it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, descend from the cross.

41 And with similar language also did the chief priests, insulting him, with the scribes and elders, and Pharisees,

42 say, He saved others, himself he is unable to save. If he be the King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe him.

43 He trusted in God; let him now deliver him, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

44 And in the same manner also, did the robbers who were crucified with him, revile him.

45 Now from the fifth hour darkness fell upon all the land, unto the ninth hour.

46 But about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with an exceeding loud cry, saying, Eli! Eli! lama, sabacthani? that is, My God! my God! why hast thou forsaken me?

47 Then some of those who stood there, hearing him, said, This man is calling out for Elias.

48 And immediately one of them, running, and taking a sponge, and filling it with vinegar, and fastening it to a pole, put it to him to drink.

49 The others said, Let him alone, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.

50 Then Jesus crying again with a loud voice gave up the ghost.

51 And, lo! the vail of the temple was rent in two, from the upper part to the bottom; and the earth was shaken; and the rocks were rent;

52 and the sepulchres were opened; and many bodies of saints, who slept, arose;

53 and coming out of the sepulchres after his resurrection, entered into the holy city, and appeared unto many.

54 Then the centurion, and they who were with him, guarding Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things which were done, were exceedingly terrified, saying, Assuredly this was the Son of God.

55 Now there were many women on the spot, looking on at a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:

56 among whom was Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.

57 But when the evening was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, whose name was Joseph, who himself also was a disciple of Jesus:

58 he going in to Pilate, begged for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered the body to be given him.

59 And Joseph receiving the body, wrapped it in clean linen;

60 and laid it in his own new sepulchre, which he had hewn out in a rock: and rolling a vast stone against the door of the sepulchre, departed.

61 And Mary Magdalen, and the other Mary, were there sitting opposite the sepulchre.

62 Now on the morrow, which is the day after the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came in a body to Pilate,

63 saying, Sir, we have reflected, that this deceiver, when yet alive, said, After three days I will rise again.

64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made perfectly secure until the third day, lest his disciples coming by night, steal him, and say to the people, He is risen from the dead, so the last delusion would be worse than the first.

65 Then said Pilate unto them, Ye have a guard, go and make it as secure as ye think fit.

66 So they went and made the sepulchre secure, putting a seal upon the stone, after placing the guard.