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Text -- Matthew 27:1-20 (NET)
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Jesus Brought Before Pilate
27:1 When it was early in the morning , all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him .
27:2 They tied him up , led him away , and handed him over to Pilate the governor .
Judas’ Suicide
27:3 Now when Judas , who had betrayed him , saw that Jesus had been condemned , he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders ,
27:4 saying , “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood !” But they said , “What is that to us ? You take care of it yourself!”
27:5 So Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left . Then he went out and hanged himself .
27:6 The chief priests took the silver and said , “It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury , since it is blood money .”
27:7 After consulting together they bought the Potter’s Field with it , as a burial place for foreigners .
27:8 For this reason that field has been called the “Field of Blood ” to this day .
27:9 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled : “They took the thirty silver coins , the price of the one whose price had been set by the people of Israel ,
27:10 and they gave them for the potter’s field , as the Lord commanded me .”
Jesus and Pilate
27:11 Then Jesus stood before the governor , and the governor asked him , “Are you the king of the Jews ?” Jesus said , “You say so.”
27:12 But when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders , he did not respond .
27:13 Then Pilate said to him , “Don’t you hear how many charges they are bringing against you ?”
27:14 But he did not answer even one accusation , so that the governor was quite amazed .
27:15 During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd , whomever they wanted .
27:16 At that time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus Barabbas .
27:17 So after they had assembled , Pilate said to them , “Whom do you want me to release for you , Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ ?”
27:18 (For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy .)
27:19 As he was sitting on the judgment seat , his wife sent a message to him : “Have nothing to do with that innocent man ; I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream about him today .”
27:20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Pilate, Pontius |
Prisoners |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E2 |
Jesus, The Christ |
Homicide |
Month |
Prayer |
JUDAS ISCARIOT |
Barabbas |
PILATE; PONTIUS |
Rulers |
Judge |
Judas |
Bribery |
PIECE OF SILVER |
Repentance |
GOVERNOR |
PROCURATOR |
Minister |
Demagogism |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Mat 27:1; Mat 27:2; Mat 27:2; Mat 27:2; Mat 27:3; Mat 27:3; Mat 27:5; Mat 27:6; Mat 27:7; Mat 27:9; Mat 27:9; Mat 27:10; Mat 27:11; Mat 27:11; Mat 27:11; Mat 27:11; Mat 27:11; Mat 27:15; Mat 27:16; Mat 27:17; Mat 27:17; Mat 27:17; Mat 27:18; Mat 27:19; Mat 27:19; Mat 27:19; Mat 27:19; Mat 27:19; Mat 27:19; Mat 27:19
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NET Notes: Mat 27:2 The Jews most assuredly wanted to put Jesus to death, but they lacked the authority to do so. For this reason they handed him over to Pilate in hopes ...
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NET Notes: Mat 27:3 Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Mat 27:5 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the leaders’ response to Judas.
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NET Notes: Mat 27:9 Grk “the sons of Israel,” an idiom referring to the people of Israel as an ethnic entity (L&N 11.58).
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NET Notes: Mat 27:10 The source of this citation is debated (see the tc note on Jeremiah in v. 9 above for a related discussion). The quotation is most closely related to ...
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NET Notes: Mat 27:11 The reply “You say so” is somewhat enigmatic, like Jesus’ earlier reply to the Jewish leadership in 26:64.
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NET Notes: Mat 27:15 The custom of Pilate to release one prisoner is unknown outside the gospels in Jewish writings, but it was a Roman custom at the time and thus probabl...
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NET Notes: Mat 27:16 Although the external evidence for the inclusion of “Jesus” before “Barabbas” (in vv. 16 and 17) is rather sparse, being restr...
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