Matthew 27:32-66

32As they were going out, they found a Cyrenian man named Simon. They forced him to carry his cross.

33When they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of the Skull),

34they gave him wine mixed with gall to drink. But when he tasted it, he refused to drink it.

35After crucifying him, they divided his clothes by casting lots.

36Then they sat down and were guarding him there.

37Above his head they put up the charge against him in writing: This Is Jesus, the King of the Jews.

38Then two criminals were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.

39Those who passed by were yelling insults at him, shaking their heads

40and saying, “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

41In the same way the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him and said,

42“He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the King of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.

43He trusts in God; let God rescue him now — if he takes pleasure in him! For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

44In the same way even the criminals who were crucified with him taunted him.

45From noon until three in the afternoon, darkness came over the whole land.

46About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Elí, Elí, lemá sabachtháni?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”

47When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling for Elijah.”

48Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and offered him a drink.

49But the rest said, “Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.”

50But Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit.

51Suddenly, the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth quaked, and the rocks were split.

52The tombs were also opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.

53And they came out of the tombs after his resurrection, entered the holy city, and appeared to many.

54When the centurion and those with him, who were keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

55Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and looked after him were there, watching from a distance.

56Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.

57When it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph came, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

58He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus’s body. Then Pilate ordered that it be released.

59So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in clean, fine linen,

60and placed it in his new tomb, which he had cut into the rock. He left after rolling a great stone against the entrance of the tomb.

61Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were seated there, facing the tomb.

62The next day, which followed the preparation day, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate

63and said, “Sir, we remember that while this deceiver was still alive he said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

64So give orders that the tomb be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come, steal him, and tell the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

65“Take guards,” Pilate told them. “Go and make it as secure as you know how.”

66They went and secured the tomb by setting a seal on the stone and placing the guards.