27Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people came to the decision to put Jesus to death.G1161G4405G1096G3956G749G2532G4245G2992G2983G4824G2596G2424G5620G2289G846G22892They bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor.G2532G1210G846G520G2532G3860G846G4194G4091G22323When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders.G5119G2455G3588G3860G846G1492G3754G2632G3338G654G5144G694G749G2532G42454"I have sinned," he said, "for I have betrayed innocent blood." "What is that to us?" they replied. "That's your responsibility."G3004G264G3860G121G129G1161G2036G5101G4314G2248G3700G47715So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.G2532G4496G694G1722G3485G402G2532G565G5196The chief priests picked up the coins and said, "It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money."G1161G749G2983G694G2036G1832G3756G1832G906G846G1519G2878G1893G2076G5092G1297So they decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners.G1161G2983G4824G59G1537G846G2763G68G1519G5027G3581G50278That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.G1352G1565G68G2564G68G129G2193G45949Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel,G5119G4137G3588G4483G1223G2408G4396G3004G2532G2983G5144G694G5092G5091G3739G575G5207G2474G509110and they used them to buy the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me."G2532G1325G846G1519G2763G68G2505G2962G4929G342711Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" "You have said so," Jesus replied.G1161G2424G2476G1715G2232G2532G2232G1905G846G3004G1488G4771G935G2453G1161G2424G5346G846G4771G300412When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer.G2532G1722G846G2723G5259G749G2532G4245G611G376213Then Pilate asked him, "Don't you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?"G5119G3004G4091G846G191G3756G4214G2649G467514But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge—to the great amazement of the governor.G2532G3756G611G846G4314G3761G1520G4487G5620G2232G2296G302915Now it was the governor's custom at the Festival to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd.G1161G2596G1859G2232G1486G630G3793G1520G1198G3739G230916At that time they had a well-known prisoner whose name was Jesus Barabbas.G1161G2192G5119G1978G1198G3004G91217So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, "Which one do you want me to release to you: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?"G3767G846G4863G4091G2036G846G5101G2309G630G5213G912G2228G2424G3588G3004G554718For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.G1063G1492G3754G1223G5355G3860G84619While Pilate was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him this message: "Don't have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him."G1161G846G2521G1909G968G846G1135G649G4314G846G3004G2532G4671G3367G1565G1342G1063G3958G4183G4594G2596G3677G1223G84620But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.G1161G749G2532G4245G3982G3793G2443G154G912G1161G622G242421"Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" asked the governor. "Barabbas," they answered.G2232G611G1161G2036G846G5101G575G1417G2309G630G5213G1161G2036G91222"What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?" Pilate asked. They all answered, "Crucify him!"G4091G3004G846G5101G4160G3767G2424G3588G3004G5547G3956G3004G846G471723"Why? What crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!"G1161G2232G5346G1063G5101G2556G4160G1161G2896G4057G3004G471724When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. "I am innocent of this man's blood," he said. "It is your responsibility!"G1161G4091G1492G3754G5623G3762G235G3123G2351G1096G2983G5204G633G5495G561G3793G3004G1510G121G575G129G5127G1342G3700G521025All the people answered, "His blood is on us and on our children!"G2532G611G3956G2992G2036G846G129G1909G2248G2532G1909G2257G504326Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.G5119G630G912G846G1161G5417G2424G3860G2443G471727Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him.G5119G4757G2232G3880G2424G1519G4232G4863G1909G846G3650G468628They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him,G2532G1562G846G4060G846G2847G551129and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand as a scepter. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. "Hail, king of the Jews!" they said.G2532G4120G4735G1537G173G2007G1909G846G2776G2532G2563G1909G846G1188G2532G1120G1715G846G1702G846G3004G5463G935G245330They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again.G2532G1716G1519G846G2983G2563G2532G5180G846G1519G277631After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.G2532G3753G1702G846G1562G5511G1562G846G2532G1746G846G2440G1746G846G2532G520G846G520G1519G471732As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross.G1161G1831G2147G444G2956G4613G3686G5126G29G2443G142G846G471633They came to a place called Golgotha (which means "the place of the skull").G2532G2064G1519G5117G3004G1115G3739G2076G3004G5117G289834There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it.G1325G846G3690G4095G3396G3326G5521G2532G1089G2309G3756G409535When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots.G1161G4717G846G1266G846G2440G906G2819G2443G4137G3588G4483G5259G4396G1266G3450G2440G1438G2532G1909G3450G2441G906G281936And sitting down, they kept watch over him there.G2532G2521G5083G846G156337Above his head they placed the written charge against him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.G2532G2007G1883G846G2776G846G156G1125G3778G2076G2424G935G245338Two rebels were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.G5119G1417G3027G4717G4862G846G1520G1537G1188G2532G1520G1537G217639Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their headsG1161G3899G987G846G2795G846G277640and saying, "You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!"G2532G3004G2647G3485G2532G3618G1722G5140G2250G4982G4572G1487G1488G5207G2316G2597G575G471641In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him.G1161G3668G2532G749G1702G3326G1122G2532G4245G300442"He saved others," they said, "but he can't save himself! He's the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.G4982G243G1438G3756G1410G4982G1487G2076G935G2474G2597G3568G2597G575G4716G2532G4100G84643He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, 'I am the Son of God.' "G3982G1909G2316G4506G846G3568G1487G2309G846G1063G2036G3754G1510G5207G231644In the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.G1161G3027G2532G3588G4957G846G3679G846G846G367945From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land.G1161G575G1623G5610G1096G4655G1909G3956G1093G2193G1766G561046About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, (which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?").G1161G4012G1766G5610G2424G310G3173G5456G3004G2241G2241G2982G4518G5123G3450G2316G3450G2316G2444G1459G316547When some of those standing there heard this, they said, "He's calling Elijah."G1161G5100G2476G1563G191G3004G3754G3778G5455G224348Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink.G2532G2112G1520G1537G846G5143G2532G2983G4699G5037G4130G3690G2532G4060G2563G4222G846G422249The rest said, "Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to save him."G1161G3062G3004G863G1492G1487G2243G2064G4982G84650And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.G1161G2424G2896G3825G3173G5456G863G415151At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks splitG2532G2400G2665G3485G4977G1519G1417G575G509G2193G2736G2532G1093G4579G2532G4073G497752and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.G2532G3419G455G2532G4183G4983G40G3588G2837G145353They came out of the tombs after Jesus' resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.G2532G1831G1537G3419G3326G846G1454G1525G1519G40G4172G2532G1718G418354When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, "Surely he was the Son of God!"G1161G1543G2532G3326G846G5083G2424G1492G4578G2532G1096G5399G4970G3004G230G3778G2258G5207G231655Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs.G1161G4183G1135G2258G1563G2334G575G3113G3748G190G2424G575G1056G1247G84656Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.G1722G3739G2258G3137G3094G2532G3137G3384G2385G2532G2500G2532G3384G2199G520757As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus.G1161G3798G1096G2064G4145G444G575G707G5122G2501G3739G2532G846G3100G2424G310058Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus' body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.G3778G4334G4091G154G4983G2424G5119G4091G2753G4983G59159Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,G2532G2501G2983G4983G1794G846G2513G461660and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away.G2532G5087G846G1722G846G2537G3419G3739G2998G1722G4073G2532G4351G3173G3037G2374G3419G56561Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.G1161G1563G2258G3137G3094G2532G243G3137G2521G561G502862The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate.G1161G1887G3748G2076G3326G3904G749G2532G5330G4863G4314G409163"Sir," they said, "we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise again.'G3004G2962G3415G3754G1565G4108G2036G2089G2198G3326G5140G2250G145364So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first."G2753G3767G5028G805G2193G5154G2250G3379G846G3101G2064G3571G2813G846G2813G2532G2036G2992G1453G575G3498G2532G2078G4106G2071G5501G441365"Take a guard," Pilate answered. "Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how."G1161G4091G5346G846G2192G2892G5217G805G5613G149266So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.G1161G4198G805G5028G805G4972G3037G3326G2892