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MattheW 27:19 | 1589
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Af ter a lit tle while , those stand ing there went up to Pe ter and said , “ Sure ly you are one of them ; your ac cent gives you away .”
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Then he be gan to call down curs es , and he swore to them , “ I don ’ t know the man !”
Im me di ate ly a roost er crowed . 75 Then Pe ter remem bered the word Jesus had spo ken : “ Be fore the roost er crows , you will dis own me three times .” And he went out side and wept bit ter ly .
Judas Hangs Himself
Ear ly in the morn ing , all the chief priests

27 and the el ders of the peo ple made their plans how to have Jesus ex e cuted . 2 So they bound him , led him away and hand ed him over to Pi late the gov er nor .

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When Ju das , who had be trayed him , saw that Jesus was con demned , he was seized with re morse and re turned the thir ty piec es of sil ver to the chief priests and the el ders . 4 “ I have sinned ,” he said , “ for I have be trayed in no cent blood .”
“ What is that to us ?” they re plied . “ That ’ s your re spon si bil i ty .”
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So Ju das threw the mon ey into the tem ple and left . Then he went away and hanged him self .
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The chief priests picked up the coins and said , “ It is against the law to put this into the treasury , since it is blood mon ey .” 7 So they de cid ed to use the mon ey to buy the pot ter ’ s field as a buri al place for for eign ers . 8 That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day . 9 Then what was spo ken by Jer e mi ah the proph et was ful filled : “ They took the thir ty piec es of sil ver , the price set on him by the peo ple of Is ra el , 10 and they used them to buy the pot ter ’ s field , as the Lord com mand ed me .” a
Jesus Before Pilate
27:11-26pp — ​Mk 15:2-15 ; Lk 23:2,3,18-25 ; Jn 18:29 – ​19:16
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Mean while Jesus stood be fore the gov er nor , and the gov er nor asked him , “ Are you the king of the Jews ?” “ You have said so ,” Jesus re plied .
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When he was ac cused by the chief priests and the el ders , he gave no an swer . 13 Then Pi late asked him , “ Don ’ t you hear the tes ti mo ny they are bring ing against you ?” 14 But Jesus made no re ply , not even to a sin gle charge — ​to the great amaze ment of the gov er nor .
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Now it was the gov er nor ’ s cus tom at the fes tival to re lease a pris on er cho sen by the crowd . 16 At that time they had a well­ known pris on er whose name was Jesus b Bar ab bas . 17 So when the crowd had gath ered , Pi late asked them , “ Which one do you want me to re lease to you : Jesus Bar ab bas , or Jesus who is called the Mes si ah ?” 18 For he knew it was out of self-interest that they had hand ed Jesus over to him .
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While Pi late was sit ting on the judge ’ s seat , his wife sent him this mes sage : “ Don ’ t have any thing to do with that in no cent man , for I have suf fered a great deal to day in a dream be cause of him .”
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10 See Zech . 11:12,13 ; Jer . 19:1-13 ; 32:6-9 . b
16 Many manuscripts do not have Jesus ; also in verse 17 .
26:73 your accent gives you away Peter speaks as a Galilean . 26:74 to call down curses , and he swore Peter ’ s third denial adds a curse to the oath . The meaning of this detail is not clear ; it does not necessarily refer to using profanity .
27:1 – 2 As the day dawns , the religious leaders take Jesus to Pilate to be sentenced . See the event line “ Jesus ’ Passion and Resurrection ” on p . 1698 .
27:2 handed him over to Pilate Roman governor of Judea . Only Roman authorities could impose the death penalty ( Jn 18:31 ). See the infographic “ Pontius Pilate ’ s Inscription ” on p . 1707 .
Matthew 27:2
PILATE Little is known of this Roman governor of Judea , but his rule of the Jews is often depicted as turbulent . Philo , a first-century Hellenistic-Jewish philosopher , describes Pilate ’ s reign as characterized by theft , dishonesty , violence and frequent executions of untried prisoners ( Philo , Gaium 302 ; compare Lk 13:1 and note ). See the table “ Political Leaders in the New Testament ” on p . 1916 .
27:3 – 10 Recognizing his guilt in Jesus ’ death sentence , Judas hangs himself .
27:5 threw the money into the temple A parallel to Zec 11:13 . he went away and hanged himself Compare Ac 1:18 and note . 27:7 a burial place for foreigners Gentiles could not be buried with Jews . 27:8 Field of Blood See Ac 1:19 and note . 27:9 spoken by Jeremiah the prophet The reference to the potter and 30 pieces of silver comes from Zec 11:12 – 13 ; the allusion to a business transaction appears to reflect Jer 32:6 – 9 . Thirty pieces of silver is also the price someone owed if their ox killed a slave ( Ex 21:32 ). See the table “ Jesus ’ Fulfillment of OT Prophecy ” on p . 1573 .
27:11 – 26 The religious leaders hand Jesus over to Pilate . Apparently wanting to free Jesus , Pilate offers to release a prisoner , but the crowd calls for Barabbas instead of Jesus .
27:16 Jesus Barabbas The other Gospels identify Barabbas as a violent insurrectionist ( Mk 15:7 ; Lk 23:19 ; Jn 18:40 ). 27:19 the judge ’ s seat An elevated bench that allowed Pilate to be heard over the crowd . See the infographic “ A Judgment Seat in Jerusalem ” on p . 1761 . dream In writings from this period , dreams were common means of supernatural revelation .