Bible Reading February 21 - 23
World English Bible
Feb.
21
Exodus
2
Exo
2:1 A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as
his wife.
Exo
2:2 The woman conceived, and bore a son. When she saw that he was a
fine child, she hid him three months.
Exo
2:3 When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for
him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it,
and laid it in the reeds by the river's bank.
Exo
2:4 His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.
Exo
2:5 Pharaoh's daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens
walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds,
and sent her handmaid to get it.
Exo
2:6 She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried.
She had compassion on him, and said, "This is one of the
Hebrews' children."
Exo
2:7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Should I go
and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse
the child for you?"
Exo
2:8 Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go." The maiden went
and called the child's mother.
Exo
2:9 Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away, and
nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages." The woman
took the child, and nursed it.
Exo
2:10 The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and
he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, "Because I
drew him out of the water."
Exo
2:11 It happened in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he
went out to his brothers, and looked at their burdens. He saw an
Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.
Exo
2:12 He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was
no one, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
Exo
2:13 He went out the second day, and behold, two men of the Hebrews
were fighting with each other. He said to him who did the wrong, "Why
do you strike your fellow?"
Exo
2:14 He said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do
you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?" Moses was
afraid, and said, "Surely this thing is known."
Exo
2:15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But
Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian,
and he sat down by a well.
Exo
2:16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and
drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Exo
2:17 The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and
helped them, and watered their flock.
Exo
2:18 When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, "How is it
that you have returned so early today?"
Exo
2:19 They said, "An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of
the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the
flock."
Exo
2:20 He said to his daughters, "Where is he? Why is it that you
have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread."
Exo
2:21 Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses
Zipporah, his daughter.
Exo
2:22 She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, "I
have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land."
Exo
2:23 It happened in the course of those many days, that the king of
Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage,
and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
Exo
2:24 God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with
Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Exo
2:25 God saw the children of Israel, and God was concerned about
them.
Exodus
3
Exo
3:1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law,
the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the
wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.
Exo
3:2 The angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame of fire out of
the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with
fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Exo
3:3 Moses said, "I will turn aside now, and see this great
sight, why the bush is not burnt."
Exo
3:4 When Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him
out of the midst of the bush, and said, "Moses! Moses!" He
said, "Here I am."
Exo
3:5 He said, "Don't come close. Take your sandals off of your
feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground."
Exo
3:6 Moreover he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Moses hid his
face; for he was afraid to look at God.
Exo
3:7 Yahweh said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my
people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their
taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
Exo
3:8 I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the
Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large
land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the
Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and
the Jebusite.
Exo
3:9 Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me.
Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress
them.
Exo
3:10 Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you
may bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."
Exo
3:11 Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh,
and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"
Exo
3:12 He said, "Certainly I will be with you. This will be the
token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the
people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain."
Exo
3:13 Moses said to God, "Behold, when I come to the children of
Israel, and tell them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you;'
and they ask me, 'What is his name?' What should I tell them?"
Exo
3:14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM," and he said, "You
shall tell the children of Israel this: 'I AM has sent me to you.' "
Exo
3:15 God said moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children
of Israel this, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is
my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
Exo
3:16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them,
'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and
of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I have surely visited
you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt;
Exo
3:17 and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of
Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the
Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk
and honey." '
Exo
3:18 They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the
elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him,
'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us
go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to
Yahweh, our God.'
Exo
3:19 I know that the king of Egypt won't give you permission to go,
no, not by a mighty hand.
Exo
3:20 I will put forth my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders
which I will do in its midst, and after that he will let you go.
Exo
3:21 I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians,
and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.
Exo
3:22 But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her who
visits her house, jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and clothing; and
you shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters. You shall
despoil the Egyptians.
Exodus
4
Exo
4:1 Moses answered, "But, behold, they will not believe me, nor
listen to my voice; for they will say, 'Yahweh has not appeared to
you.' "
Exo
4:2 Yahweh said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He
said, "A rod."
Exo
4:3 He said, "Throw it on the ground." He threw it on the
ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.
Exo
4:4 Yahweh said to Moses, "Put forth your hand, and take it by
the tail." He put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it
became a rod in his hand.
Exo
4:5 "That they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their
fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
has appeared to you."
Exo
4:6 Yahweh said furthermore to him, "Now put your hand inside
your cloak." He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took
it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.
Exo
4:7 He said, "Put your hand inside your cloak again." He
put his hand inside his cloak again, and when he took it out of his
cloak, behold, it had turned again as his other flesh.
Exo
4:8 "It will happen, if they will neither believe you nor
listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the
voice of the latter sign.
Exo
4:9 It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs,
neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the
river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of
the river will become blood on the dry land."
Exo
4:10 Moses said to Yahweh, "Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent,
neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I
am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."
Exo
4:11 Yahweh said to him, "Who made man's mouth? Or who makes
one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn't it I, Yahweh?
Exo
4:12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you
what you shall speak."
Exo
4:13 He said, "Oh, Lord, please send someone else."
Exo
4:14 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Moses, and he said,
"What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can
speak well. Also, behold, he comes forth to meet you. When he sees
you, he will be glad in his heart.
Exo
4:15 You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will
be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you
shall do.
Exo
4:16 He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen,
that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.
Exo
4:17 You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do
the signs."
Exo
4:18 Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said
to him, "Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in
Egypt, and see whether they are still alive." Jethro said to
Moses, "Go in peace."
Exo
4:19 Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, "Go, return into Egypt;
for all the men who sought your life are dead."
Exo
4:20 Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and
he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God's rod in his hand.
Exo
4:21 Yahweh said to Moses, "When you go back into Egypt, see
that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your
hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.
Exo
4:22 You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my
firstborn,
Exo
4:23 and I have said to you, "Let my son go, that he may serve
me;" and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill
your son, your firstborn.' "
Exo
4:24 It happened on the way at a lodging place, that Yahweh met him
and wanted to kill him.
Exo
4:25 Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her
son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, "Surely you are a
bridegroom of blood to me."
Exo
4:26 So he let him alone. Then she said, "You are a bridegroom
of blood," because of the circumcision.
Exo
4:27 Yahweh said to Aaron, "Go into the wilderness to meet
Moses." He went, and met him on God's mountain, and kissed him.
Exo
4:28 Moses told Aaron all the words of Yahweh with which he had sent
him, and all the signs with which he had instructed him.
Exo
4:29 Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of
the children of Israel.
Exo
4:30 Aaron spoke all the words which Yahweh had spoken to Moses, and
did the signs in the sight of the people.
Exo
4:31 The people believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had
visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their
affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.
Feb. 21
Matthew
26
Mat
26:1 It happened, when Jesus had finished all these words, that he
said to his disciples,
Mat
26:2 "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and
the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified."
Mat
26:3 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the
people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who
was called Caiaphas.
Mat
26:4 They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by
deceit, and kill him.
Mat
26:5 But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur
among the people."
Mat
26:6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Mat
26:7 a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive
ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.
Mat
26:8 But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying,
"Why this waste?
Mat
26:9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to
the poor."
Mat
26:10 However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, "Why do you
trouble the woman? Because she has done a good work for me.
Mat
26:11 For you always have the poor with you; but you don't always
have me.
Mat
26:12 For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare
me for burial.
Mat
26:13 Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached
in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of
as a memorial of her."
Mat
26:14 Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to
the chief priests,
Mat
26:15 and said, "What are you willing to give me, that I should
deliver him to you?" They weighed out for him thirty pieces of
silver.
Mat
26:16 From that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
Mat
26:17 Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came
to Jesus, saying to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for
you to eat the Passover?"
Mat
26:18 He said, "Go into the city to a certain person, and tell
him, 'The Teacher says, "My time is at hand. I will keep the
Passover at your house with my disciples." ' "
Mat
26:19 The disciples did as Jesus commanded them, and they prepared
the Passover.
Mat
26:20 Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table with
the twelve disciples.
Mat
26:21 As they were eating, he said, "Most certainly I tell you
that one of you will betray me."
Mat
26:22 They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him,
"It isn't me, is it, Lord?"
Mat
26:23 He answered, "He who dipped his hand with me in the dish,
the same will betray me.
Mat
26:24 The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to
that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better
for that man if he had not been born."
Mat
26:25 Judas, who betrayed him, answered, "It isn't me, is it,
Rabbi?" He said to him, "You said it."
Mat
26:26 As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for it, and
broke it. He gave to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this
is my body."
Mat
26:27 He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, "All
of you drink it,
Mat
26:28 for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out
for many for the remission of sins.
Mat
26:29 But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine
from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in my
Father's Kingdom."
Mat
26:30 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of
Olives.
Mat
26:31 Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to
stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the
shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
Mat
26:32 But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee."
Mat
26:33 But Peter answered him, "Even if all will be made to
stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble."
Mat
26:34 Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you that
tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."
Mat
26:35 Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will
not deny you." All of the disciples also said likewise.
Mat
26:36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and
said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I go there and pray."
Mat
26:37 He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began
to be sorrowful and severely troubled.
Mat
26:38 Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful,
even to death. Stay here, and watch with me."
Mat
26:39 He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed,
saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away
from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire."
Mat
26:40 He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to
Peter, "What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour?
Mat
26:41 Watch and pray, that you don't enter into temptation. The
spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Mat
26:42 Again, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, "My
Father, if this cup can't pass away from me unless I drink it, your
desire be done."
Mat
26:43 He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were
heavy.
Mat
26:44 He left them again, went away, and prayed a third time, saying
the same words.
Mat
26:45 Then he came to his disciples, and said to them, "Sleep
on now, and take your rest. Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son
of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Mat
26:46 Arise, let's be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand."
Mat
26:47 While he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve,
came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the
chief priest and elders of the people.
Mat
26:48 Now he who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, "Whoever
I kiss, he is the one. Seize him."
Mat
26:49 Immediately he came to Jesus, and said, "Hail, Rabbi!"
and kissed him.
Mat
26:50 Jesus said to him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then
they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
Mat
26:51 Behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his
hand, and drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest,
and struck off his ear.
Mat
26:52 Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its
place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.
Mat
26:53 Or do you think that I couldn't ask my Father, and he would
even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?
Mat
26:54 How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be
so?"
Mat
26:55 In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, "Have you come
out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat
daily in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me.
Mat
26:56 But all this has happened, that the Scriptures of the prophets
might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him, and fled.
Mat
26:57 Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high
priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
Mat
26:58 But Peter followed him from a distance, to the court of the
high priest, and entered in and sat with the officers, to see the
end.
Mat
26:59 Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council
sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to
death;
Mat
26:60 and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came
forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came
forward,
Mat
26:61 and said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the
temple of God, and to build it in three days.' "
Mat
26:62 The high priest stood up, and said to him, "Have you no
answer? What is this that these testify against you?"
Mat
26:63 But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, "I
adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the
Christ, the Son of God."
Mat
26:64 Jesus said to him, "You have said it. Nevertheless, I
tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right
hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky."
Mat
26:65 Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, "He has
spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Behold, now you
have heard his blasphemy.
Mat
26:66 What do you think?" They answered, "He is worthy of
death!"
Mat
26:67 Then they spit in his face and beat him with their fists, and
some slapped him,
Mat
26:68 saying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?"
Mat
26:69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came to
him, saying, "You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!"
Mat
26:70 But he denied it before them all, saying, "I don't know
what you are talking about."
Mat
26:71 When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw him, and
said to those who were there, "This man also was with Jesus of
Nazareth."
Mat
26:72 Again he denied it with an oath, "I don't know the man."
Mat
26:73 After a little while those who stood by came and said to
Peter, "Surely you are also one of them, for your speech makes
you known."
Mat
26:74 Then he began to curse and to swear, "I don't know the
man!" Immediately the rooster crowed.
Mat
26:75 Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, "Before
the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." He went out
and wept bitterly.
Matthew
27
Mat
27:1 Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders
of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
Mat
27:2 and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to
Pontius Pilate, the governor.
Mat
27:3 Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was
condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver
to the chief priests and elders,
Mat
27:4 saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood."
But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it."
Mat
27:5 He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and
departed. He went away and hanged himself.
Mat
27:6 The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, "It's
not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of
blood."
Mat
27:7 They took counsel, and bought the potter's field with them, to
bury strangers in.
Mat
27:8 Therefore that field was called "The Field of Blood"
to this day.
Mat
27:9 Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was
fulfilled, saying, "They took the thirty pieces of silver, the
price of him upon whom a price had been set, whom some of the
children of Israel priced,
Mat
27:10 and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord
commanded me."
Mat
27:11 Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked
him, saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said to
him, "So you say."
Mat
27:12 When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he
answered nothing.
Mat
27:13 Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many things
they testify against you?"
Mat
27:14 He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor
marveled greatly.
Mat
27:15 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the
multitude one prisoner, whom they desired.
Mat
27:16 They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
Mat
27:17 When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to
them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or
Jesus, who is called Christ?"
Mat
27:18 For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.
Mat
27:19 While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to
him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I
have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him."
Mat
27:20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes
to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
Mat
27:21 But the governor answered them, "Which of the two do you
want me to release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!"
Mat
27:22 Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who
is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be
crucified!"
Mat
27:23 But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?"
But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"
Mat
27:24 So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather
that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands
before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of
this righteous person. You see to it."
Mat
27:25 All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on
our children!"
Mat
27:26 Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and
delivered to be crucified.
Mat
27:27 Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium,
and gathered the whole garrison together against him.
Mat
27:28 They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.
Mat
27:29 They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a
reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked
him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
Mat
27:30 They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the
head.
Mat
27:31 When they had mocked him, they took the robe off of him, and
put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.
Mat
27:32 As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name,
and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his
cross.
Mat
27:33 They came to a place called "Golgotha," that is to
say, "The place of a skull."
Mat
27:34 They gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had
tasted it, he would not drink.
Mat
27:35 When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among
them, casting lots,
Mat
27:36 and they sat and watched him there.
Mat
27:37 They set up over his head the accusation against him written,
"THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS."
Mat
27:38 Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his
right hand and one on the left.
Mat
27:39 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,
Mat
27:40 and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in
three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from
the cross!"
Mat
27:41 Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the
Pharisees, and the elders, said,
Mat
27:42 "He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the
King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will
believe in him.
Mat
27:43 He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him;
for he said, 'I am the Son of God.' "
Mat
27:44 The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the
same reproach.
Mat
27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land
until the ninth hour.
Mat
27:46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,
"Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?" That is, "My God, my
God, why have you forsaken me?"
Mat
27:47 Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This
man is calling Elijah."
Mat
27:48 Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it
with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.
Mat
27:49 The rest said, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah
comes to save him."
Mat
27:50 Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his
spirit.
Mat
27:51 Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to
the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
Mat
27:52 The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had
fallen asleep were raised;
Mat
27:53 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they
entered into the holy city and appeared to many.
Mat
27:54 Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus,
when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared
exceedingly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God."
Mat
27:55 Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed
Jesus from Galilee, serving him.
Mat
27:56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and
Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
Mat
27:57 When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named
Joseph, who himself was also Jesus' disciple came.
Mat
27:58 This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. Then
Pilate commanded the body to be given up.
Mat
27:59 Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
Mat
27:60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the
rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and
departed.
Mat
27:61 Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite
the tomb.
Mat
27:62 Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation
Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to
Pilate,
Mat
27:63 saying, "Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while
he was still alive: 'After three days I will rise again.'
Mat
27:64 Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third
day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and
tell the people, 'He is risen from the dead;' and the last deception
will be worse than the first."
Mat
27:65 Pilate said to them, "You have a guard. Go, make it as
secure as you can."
Mat
27:66 So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing
the stone.
