Matthew 27:25

Matthew 27:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
• New International Version (NIV)All the people answered, “His blood is on us and on our children!”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And all the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And all the people answered and said, “His blood be on us and on our children.”

Context of Matthew 27:25

23Pilate asked, “Why? What has he done wrong?” But they began to shout loudly, “He should be crucified!” 24Pilate saw that he was not getting anywhere. Instead, a riot was breaking out. So Pilate took some water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. He said, “I won’t be guilty of killing this man. Do what you want!” All the people answered, “The responsibility for killing him will rest on us and our children.” 26Then Pilate freed Barabbas for the people. But he had Jesus whipped and handed over to be crucified. 27Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the palace and gathered the whole troop around him.

Matthew 27:25 word by word

Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς πᾶς ὁ λαὸς εἶπεν· τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ τέκνα ἡμῶν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenκαίkai · andG2532
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• the peopleὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
• and saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• bloodαἷμαaima · bloodG129
• onἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• childrenτέκνονteknon · childG5043

Cross-references for Matthew 27:25

• Matthew 21:44Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken. If the stone falls on anyone, it will crush that person.”
• Matthew 23:30Then you say, ‘If we had lived at the time of our ancestors, we would not have helped to murder the prophets.’
• Numbers 35:33“You must not pollute the land where you live. Murder is what pollutes the land. The land where a murder was committed can never make peace with the Lord except through the death of the murderer.
• Deuteronomy 19:10That way, innocent people won’t be killed in the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you won’t be guilty of murder.
• Joshua 2:19Whoever leaves your house will be responsible for his own life. We will be free from that responsibility. But we will take responsibility if anyone inside your house is harmed.
• 2 Samuel 1:16while David said, “You are responsible for spilling your own blood. You testified against yourself when you said, ‘I killed the Lord’s anointed king.’ ”
• 2 Samuel 3:28Later when David heard about it, he said, “As far as the Lord is concerned, my kingdom and I are forever innocent of spilling the blood of Ner’s son Abner.
• 1 Kings 2:32The Lord will repay him for the slaughter he caused. Joab killed two honorable men who were better than he was. He used his sword to kill Abner (who was the son of Ner and the commander of Israel’s army) and Amasa (who was the son of Jether and the commander of Judah’s army). Joab did this without my father’s knowledge.
• 2 Kings 24:3Without a doubt, this happened to Judah because the Lord had commanded it to happen. He wanted to remove the people of Judah from his sight because of Manasseh’s sins—everything he had done,
• Psalms 109:12Let no one be kind to him anymore. Let no one show any pity to his fatherless children.
• Ezekiel 22:2“Will you judge, son of man? Will you judge the city of murderers? Then tell it about all the disgusting things that it has done.
• Ezekiel 24:7Blood is still in that city. The blood was poured on a bare rock. It wasn’t poured on the ground where dust would cover it.
• Acts 5:28He said, “We gave you strict orders not to mention Jesus’ name when you teach. Yet, you’ve filled Jerusalem with your teachings. You want to take revenge on us for putting that man to death.”
• Acts 7:52Was there ever a prophet your ancestors didn’t persecute? They killed those who predicted that a man with God’s approval would come. You have now become the people who betrayed and murdered that man.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and who have persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God. They are enemies of the whole human race
• Hebrews 10:28If two or three witnesses accused someone of rejecting Moses’ Teachings, that person was shown no mercy as he was executed.

Commentaries on Matthew 27:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25His blood be on us and on our children - If this man be innocent, and we put him to death as a guilty person, may the punishment due to such a crime be visited upon us, and upon our children after us! What a dreadful imprecation! and how literally fulfilled! The notes on chap. 24, will show how they fell victims to their own imprecation, being visited with a series of calamities unexampled in the history of the world. They were visited with the same kind…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25His blood be on us … - That is, let the guilt of putting him to death, if there be any, be on us and our children. We will be answerable for it, and will consent to bear the punishment for it. It is remarked by writers that, among the Athenians, if anyone accused another of a capital crime, he devoted himself and children to the same punishment if the accused was afterward found innocent. So in all countries the conduct of the parent involves the children…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-25Verses 11-25 Having no malice against Jesus, Pilate urged him to clear himself, and laboured to get him discharged. The message from his wife was a warning. God has many ways of giving checks to sinners, in their sinful pursuits, and it is a great mercy to have such checks from Providence, from faithful friends, and from our own consciences. O do not this abominable thing which the Lord hates! is what we may hear said to us, when we are entering into…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25All the people (see 21:43): This does not mean every living Jewish person. Instead, it refers to those who urged the condemnation of Jesus. They represented all of Israel who disbelieved Jesus. Their actions led to consequences for the entire nation, like the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. His blood be on us and on our children! (see 23:35; 2 Samuel 1:16; 14:9; Jeremiah 51:35; Acts 5:28; 18:6; 20:26): Some Christians have misunderstood and misused…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 27:25

• Barabbas
• Complicity
• Court
• Demagogism
• Impenitence
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judge
• Opinion, Public
• Persecution
• Politics
• Responsibility
• Rulers
• Verdict

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Commentaries on Matthew 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings