Chronological New Testament Study Day
43
Matthew 27; Mark 15
1 Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders
of the people came to the decision to put Jesus to death. 2 They
bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate, the governor. 3 When
Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with
remorse and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the
elders. 4 "I have sinned," he said, "for I have
betrayed innocent blood." "What is that to us?" they replied.
"That's your responsibility." 5 So Judas threw the
money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself. 6 The
chief priests picked up the coins and said, "It is against the law to put
this into the treasury, since it is blood money."7 So they
decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for
foreigners. 8 That is why it has been called the Field of
Blood to this day. 9 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the
prophet was fulfilled: "They took the thirty silver coins, the price set
on him by the people of Israel, 10 and they used them to buy
the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me." 11 Meanwhile
Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the
king of the Jews?" "Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied. 12 When
he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer. 13 Then
Pilate asked him, "Don't you hear the testimony they are bringing against
you?" 14 But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single
charge--to the great amazement of the governor. 15 Now it was
the governor's custom at the Feast to release a prisoner chosen by the
crowd. 16 At that time they had a notorious prisoner, called
Barabbas. 17 So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked
them, "Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who
is called Christ?" 18 For he knew it was out of envy that
they had handed Jesus over to him. 19 While 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." 20 But the chief priests and the elders
persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed. 21 "Which
of the two do you want me to release to you?" asked the governor.
"Barabbas," they answered. 22 "What shall I do,
then, with Jesus who is called Christ?" Pilate asked. They all answered,
"Crucify him!" 23 "Why? What crime has he
committed?" asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!" 24 When
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!" 25 All the people answered, "Let
his blood be on us and on our children!" 26 Then he
released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be
crucified. 27 Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the
Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. 28 They
stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29 and then
twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in
his right hand and knelt in front of him and mocked him. "Hail, king of
the Jews!" they said. 30 They spit on him, and took the
staff and struck him on the head again and again.31 After they had
mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they
led him away to crucify him. 32 As they were going out, they
met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the
cross. 33 They came to a place called Golgotha (which means
The Place of the Skull). 34 There they offered Jesus wine to
drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. 35 When
they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots. 36 And
sitting down, they kept watch over him there. 37 Above his
head they placed the written charge against him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE
JEWS. 38 Two robbers were crucified with him, one on his right
and one on his left. 39 Those who passed by hurled insults at
him, shaking their heads 40 and 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!" 41 In the
same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked
him. 42 "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. 43 He trusts in God. Let
God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'
" 44 In the same way the robbers who were crucified with
him also heaped insults on him. 45 From the sixth hour until
the ninth hour darkness came over all the land. 46 About the
ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ""Eloi, Eloi,"
"lama" "sabachthani?""--which means, "My God, my
God, why have you forsaken me?" 47 When some of those
standing there heard this, they said, "He's calling Elijah." 48 Immediately
one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a
stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. 49 The rest said,
"Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to save him." 50 And
when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. 51 At
that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The
earth shook and the rocks split. 52 The tombs broke open and
the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. 53 They
came out of the tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they went into the holy
city and appeared to many people. 54 When 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!" 55 Many women were there, watching from a distance.
They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs. 56 Among
them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of
Zebedee's sons. 57 As evening approached, there came a rich
man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of
Jesus. 58 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus' body, and
Pilate ordered that it be given to him. 59 Joseph took the
body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and 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. 61 Mary
Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb. 62 The
next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees
went to Pilate. 63 "Sir," they said, "we
remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, 'After three days I
will rise again.' 64 So 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." 65 "Take a
guard," Pilate answered. "Go, make the tomb as secure as you know
how." 66 So they went and made the tomb secure by putting
a seal on the stone and posting the guard.
1 Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the
elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, reached a decision.
They bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate. 2 "Are
you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate. "Yes, it is as you
say," Jesus replied. 3 The chief priests accused him of
many things. 4 So again Pilate asked him, "Aren't you
going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of." 5 But
Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed. 6 Now it was
the custom at the Feast to release a prisoner whom the people requested. 7 A
man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed
murder in the uprising. 8 The crowd came up and asked Pilate
to do for them what he usually did. 9 "Do you want me to
release to you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate, 10 knowing
it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him. 11 But
the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas
instead. 12 "What shall I do, then, with the one you call
the king of the Jews?" Pilate asked them. 13 "Crucify
him!" they shouted. 14 "Why? What crime has he
committed?" asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, "Crucify
him!" 15 Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released
Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be
crucified. 16 The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace
(that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of
soldiers. 17 They put a purple robe on him, then twisted
together a crown of thorns and set it on him. 18 And they
began to call out to him, "Hail, king of the Jews!" 19 Again
and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on
their knees, they paid homage to him. 20 And when they had
mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then
they led him out to crucify him. 21A certain man from Cyrene,
Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the
country, and they forced him to carry the cross. 22 They
brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the
Skull). 23 Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he
did not take it. 24 And they crucified him. Dividing up his
clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get. 25 It was
the third hour when they crucified him. 26 The written notice
of the charge against him read: the king of the jews. 27 They
crucified two robbers with him, one on his right and one on his left. 29 Those
who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, "So!
You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, 30 come
down from the cross and save yourself !" 31 In the same
way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves.
"He saved others," they said, "but he can't save himself ! 32 Let
this Christ, this King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see
and believe." Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him. 33 At
the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.34 And
at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ""Eloi, Eloi, lama
sabachthani? ""--which means, "My God, my God, why have you
forsaken me?" 35 When some of those standing near heard
this, they said, "Listen, he's calling Elijah." 36 One
man ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it
to Jesus to drink. "Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to take
him down," he said. 37 With a loud cry, Jesus breathed
his last. 38 The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top
to bottom. 39 And when the centurion, who stood there in front
of Jesus, heard his cry and saw how he died, he said, "Surely this man was
the Son of God!" 40 Some women were watching from a
distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger
and of Joses, and Salome. 41 In Galilee these women had
followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him
to Jerusalem were also there. 42 It was Preparation Day (that
is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached, 43 Joseph
of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for
the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. 44 Pilate
was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he
asked him if Jesus had already died. 45 When he learned from
the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph. 46 So
Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen,
and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the
entrance of the tomb. 47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of
Joses saw where he was laid.
