Polyglot Bible: Matthew: Matthew 27

This is Matthew chapter 27 from the Christian New Testament, presented in a parallel-text format with the Greek source (GNT) alongside the King James Version English translation — a format typical of scholarly or devotional Bible study editions. The passage narrates the final hours of Jesus of Nazareth: Judas Iscariot's remorse and suicide after returning the thirty silver coins paid for his betrayal, Jesus's trial before the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, the crowd's choice to free Barabbas instead, and Pilate's ritualistic hand-washing to disclaim responsibility. The narrative proceeds through Jesus's mockery and scourging by Roman soldiers, the crucifixion at Golgotha between two criminals, and his death accompanied by dramatic cosmic signs — darkness, earthquake, the Temple veil splitting, and the dead rising from tombs. The passage ends with Joseph of Arimathea's burial of Jesus in a sealed, guarded tomb, framed by the chief priests' fear that his disciples might steal the body and claim a resurrection. Matthew's account is distinctive for its heavy use of fulfillment citations (attributing events to prophetic scripture), its unique crowd declaration of blood-guilt ("his blood be on us and on our children"), and the extraordinary detail of saints rising from their graves and appearing in Jerusalem after the crucifixion — details absent from the other Gospels.

Polyglot Bible: Matthew: Matthew 27

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