Matthew 27:11-43

Jesus Before Pilate

11 l Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you m the King of the Jews?" Jesus said, n "You have said so." 12 o But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer. 13 Then Pilate said to him, p "Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?" 14 But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed.

The Crowd Chooses Barabbas

15 q Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted. 16 And they had then a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. 17 So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you: Barabbas, or r Jesus who is called Christ?" 18 For he knew that it was out s of envy that they had delivered him up. 19 Besides, while he was sitting on t the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, "Have nothing to do with u that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today v in a dream." 20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to w ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. 21 The governor again said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" And they said, "Barabbas." 22 Pilate said to them, "Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?" x They all said, "Let him be crucified!" 23 And he said, "Why, y what evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Let him be crucified!"

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

24 So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that z a riot was beginning, he took water and a washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of b this man's blood; 1 c see to it yourselves." 25 And all the people answered, d "His blood be on us and e on our children!" 26 Then he released for them Barabbas, and having f scourged 2 Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

27 g Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the h governor's headquarters, 3 and they gathered the whole i battalion 4 before him. 28 And they stripped him and put j a scarlet robe on him, 29 and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they k mocked him, saying, "Hail, l King of the Jews!" 30 And m they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. 31 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and n led him away to crucify him.

The Crucifixion

32 o p As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to o carry his cross. 33 q And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull), 34 r they offered him wine to drink, mixed with s gall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it. 35 And when they had crucified him, t they divided his garments among them by casting lots. 36 Then they sat down and u kept watch over him there. 37 And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, "This is Jesus, v the King of the Jews." 38 Then two w robbers were crucified with him, x one on the right and one on the left. 39 And y those who passed by z derided him, a wagging their heads 40 and saying, b "You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! c If you are d the Son of God, come down from the cross." 41 So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, 42 e "He saved others; f he cannot save himself. g He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43 h He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 27:11 - 14
    Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You have said so.
    Mark 15:2 - 5
    And Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, "You have said so.
    Luke 23:2 - 3
    And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.
    John 18:29 - 38
    So Pilate went outside to them and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?
  2. Cross References
    Matthew 27:29
    And twisting together a crown of thorns, they p...
    Matthew 27:37
    And over his head they put the charge against h...
    Matthew 2:2
    Saying, "Where is he who has been born king of ...
    John 18:39
    But you have a custom that I should release one...
    John 19:3
    They came up to him, saying, "Hail, King of the...
    Matthew 27:42
    He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is ...
  3. Cross References
    1 Timothy 6:13
    I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession.
    Luke 22:70
    So they all said, "Are you the Son of God, then?" And he said to them, "You say that I am.
  4. Cross References
    Matthew 27:11 - 14
    Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You have said so.
    Mark 15:1 - 5
    And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole Council. And they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate.
    Luke 23:1 - 3
    Then the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate.
    John 18:28 - 38
    Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor's headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.
  5. Cross References
    Matthew 26:63
    But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.
  6. Cross References
    John 19:10
    So Pilate said to him, "You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?
  7. Cross References
    Matthew 27:15 - 26
    Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted.
    Mark 15:6 - 15
    Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked.
    Luke 23:18 - 25
    But they all cried out together, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas" -
    John 18:39 - 40
    But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?
    John 19:16
    So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus.
  8. Cross References
    Matthew 27:15 - 26
    Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted.
    Mark 15:6 - 15
    Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked.
    Luke 23:18 - 25
    But they all cried out together, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas" -
    John 18:39 - 40
    But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?
    John 19:16
    So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus.
  9. Cross References
    Matthew 27:22
    Pilate said to them, "Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?" They all said, "Let him be crucified!
  10. Cross References
    John 12:19
    So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.
  11. Cross References
    John 19:13
    So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic Gabbatha.
  12. Cross References
    Matthew 27:24
    So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves.
    Luke 23:47
    Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, saying, "Certainly this man was innocent!
  13. Cross References
    Matthew 2:12
    And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.
  14. Cross References
    Acts 3:14
    But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you.
  15. Cross References
    Acts 13:28
    And though they found in him no guilt worthy of death, they asked Pilate to have him executed.
  16. Cross References
    Luke 23:41
    And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.
    John 8:46
    Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
  17. Cross References
    Matthew 26:5
    But they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.
  18. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 21:6 - 8
    And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.
    Psalms 26:6
    I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O Lord.
    Psalms 73:13
    All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.
  19. Cross References
    Matthew 27:19
    Besides, while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today in a dream.
  20. Cross References
    Matthew 27:4
    Saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." They said, "What is that to us? See to it yourself.
  21. Cross References
    Matthew 23:35 - 36
    So that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
    Joshua 2:19
    Then if anyone goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his own head, and we shall be guiltless. But if a hand is laid on anyone who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head.
    Acts 5:28
    Saying, "We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
  22. Cross References
    Exodus 20:5
    You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me.
    Lamentations 5:7
    Our fathers sinned, and are no more; and we bear their iniquities.
  23. Cross References
    Matthew 20:19
    And deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.
    Isaiah 50:6
    I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting.
    Isaiah 53:5
    But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.
    Luke 23:16
    I will therefore punish and release him.
    John 19:1
    Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him.
  24. Cross References
    Matthew 27:27 - 31
    Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him.
    Mark 15:16 - 20
    And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor's headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion.
    John 19:2 - 3
    And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe.
  25. Cross References
    John 18:28
    Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor's headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.
    John 18:33
    So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?
    John 19:9
    He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave him no answer.
    Acts 23:35
    He said, "I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive." And he commanded him to be guarded in Herod's praetorium.
    Philippians 1:13
    So that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ.
  26. Cross References
    Acts 10:1
    At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort.
  27. Cross References
    Matthew 27:27 - 31
    Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him.
    Mark 15:16 - 20
    And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor's headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion.
    John 19:2 - 3
    And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe.
  28. Cross References
    Revelation 18:12
    Cargo of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all kinds of scented wood, all kinds of articles of ivory, all kinds of articles of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble.
    Revelation 18:16
    Alas, alas, for the great city that was clothed in fine linen, in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold, with jewels, and with pearls!
    Luke 23:11
    And Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, arraying him in splendid clothing, he sent him back to Pilate.
  29. Cross References
    Matthew 20:19
    And deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.
  30. Cross References
    Matthew 27:11
    Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You have said so.
  31. Cross References
    Matthew 26:67
    Then they spit in his face and struck him. And some slapped him.
  32. Cross References
    Isaiah 53:7
    He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.
  33. Cross References
    Mark 15:21
    And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.
    Luke 23:26
    And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus.
    John 19:17
    And he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.
  34. Cross References
    Mark 15:21
    And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.
    Luke 23:26
    And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus.
    John 19:17
    And he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.
  35. Cross References
    Hebrews 13:12
    So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.
    Matthew 21:39
    And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
    Numbers 15:35
    And the Lord said to Moses, "The man shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.
  36. Cross References
    Matthew 27:33 - 51
    And when they came to a place called Golgotha (...
    Mark 15:22 - 38
    And they brought him to the place called Golgot...
    Luke 23:32 - 38
    Two others, who were criminals, were led away t...
    Luke 23:44 - 46
    It was now about the sixth hour, and there was ...
    John 19:17 - 19
    And he went out, bearing his own cross, to the ...
    John 19:23 - 24
    When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they too...
    John 19:28 - 30
    After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now fin...
  37. Cross References
    Matthew 27:33 - 51
    And when they came to a place called Golgotha (...
    Mark 15:22 - 38
    And they brought him to the place called Golgot...
    Luke 23:32 - 38
    Two others, who were criminals, were led away t...
    Luke 23:44 - 46
    It was now about the sixth hour, and there was ...
    John 19:17 - 19
    And he went out, bearing his own cross, to the ...
    John 19:23 - 24
    When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they too...
    John 19:28 - 30
    After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now fin...
  38. Cross References
    Psalms 69:21
    They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.
  39. Cross References
    Acts 8:23
    For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.
  40. Cross References
    Psalms 22:18
    They divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.
  41. Cross References
    Matthew 27:54
    When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, "Truly this was the Son of God!
    Psalms 22:17
    I can count all my bones - they stare and gloat over me.
  42. Cross References
    Matthew 27:11
    Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You have said so.
    Matthew 27:29
    And twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!
  43. Cross References
    John 18:40
    They cried out again, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.
  44. Cross References
    Matthew 20:21
    And he said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Say that these two sons of mine are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.
  45. Cross References
    Psalms 22:7
    All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads.
    Psalms 109:25
    I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they wag their heads.
    Lamentations 1:12
    Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which was brought upon me, which the Lord inflicted on the day of his fierce anger.
  46. Cross References
    Luke 22:65
    And they said many other things against him, blaspheming him.
    Luke 23:39
    One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!
    James 2:7
    Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable name by which you were called?
  47. Cross References
    Job 16:4
    I also could speak as you do, if you were in my place; I could join words together against you and shake my head at you.
    Isaiah 37:22
    This is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him: "'She despises you, she scorns you - the virgin daughter of Zion; she wags her head behind you - the daughter of Jerusalem.
    Jeremiah 18:16
    Making their land a horror, a thing to be hissed at forever. Everyone who passes by it is horrified and shakes his head.
    Lamentations 2:15
    All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem: "Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?
  48. Cross References
    Matthew 26:61
    And said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to rebuild it in three days.'
  49. Cross References
    Matthew 4:3
    And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.
    Matthew 4:6
    And said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, "'He will command his angels concerning you,' and "'On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'
  50. Cross References
    Matthew 27:43
    He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God.'
    Matthew 26:63
    But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.
    Matthew 14:33
    And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God.
  51. Cross References
    Luke 4:23
    And he said to them, "Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, 'Physician, heal yourself.' What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.
  52. Cross References
    Matthew 26:53 - 54
    Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels?
    John 10:18
    No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.
  53. Cross References
    John 1:49
    Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!
    John 12:13
    So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!
    Matthew 27:37
    And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.
  54. Cross References
    Psalms 22:8
    "He trusts in the Lord ; let him deliver him; let him rescue him, for he delights in him!"
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