Matthew 27 in the Unitarian Standard Version

 

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1 Now when morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 2 and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pilate the governor. 3 Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou [to it]. 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged(a) himself. 6 And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood. 7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter`s field, to bury strangers in. 8 Wherefore that field was called, the field of blood, unto this day. 9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was priced, whom [certain] of the children of Israel did price; 10 and they gave them for the potter`s field(b), as the Lord appointed me.

11 Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said, Thou sayest(c). 12 And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. 13 Then saith Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? 14 And he gave him no answer, not even to one word: insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.

15 Now at the feast the governor was wont to release unto the multitude one prisoner, whom they would. 16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called [Jesus] Barabbas. 17 When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? [Jesus](d) Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ? 18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him up. 19 And while he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that righteous man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. 20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 21 But the governor answered and said unto them, Which of the two will ye that I release unto you? And they said, Barabbas. 22 Pilate saith unto them, What then shall I do unto Jesus who is called Christ? They all say, Let him be crucified(e). 23 And he said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out exceedingly, saying, Let him be crucified. 24 So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this man; see ye [to it]. 25 And all the people answered and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children. 26 Then released he unto them Barabbas; but Jesus he scourged and delivered to be crucified(e).

27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered unto him the whole band. 28 And they stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him. 29 And they braided a crown of thorns and put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! 30 And they spat upon him, and took the reed and smote him on the head. 31 And when they had mocked him, they took off from him the robe, and put on him his garments, and led him away to crucify(e) him.

32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to go [with them], that he might bear his stake. 33 And they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, 34 they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted it, he would not drink. 35 And when they had crucified(e) him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots; 36 and they sat and watched him there. 37 And they set up over his head his accusation written,

THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

38 Then are there crucified(e) with him two robbers(f), one on the right hand and one on the left. 39 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, 40 and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the stake. 41 In like manner also the chief priests mocking [him], with the scribes and elders, said, 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the stake, and we will believe on him. 43 He trusteth on God; let him deliver now, if he desireth him: for he said, I am the Son of God. 44 And the robbers also that were crucified(e) with him cast upon him the same reproach.

45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,

Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? that is, My God, my God(g), why hast thou forsaken me?

47 And some of them stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calleth Elijah. 48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. 49 And the rest said, Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to save him. 50 And Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost(h). 51 And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake; and the rocks were rent; 52 [and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming forth out of the tombs(i) after his resurrection they entered into the holy city and appeared unto many.] 54 Now the centurion, and they that were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, Truly this was a Son of God. 55 And many women were there beholding from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: 56 among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

57 And when even was come, there came a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus` disciple: 58 this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded it to be given up. 59 And Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed. 61 And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting over against the tomb.

62 Now on the morrow, which is [the day] after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together unto Pilate, 63 saying, Sir(j), we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive, After three days I rise again. 64 Command therefore that the tomb be made sure until the third day, lest haply his disciples come and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first. 65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a guard: go, make it [as] sure as ye can. 66 So they went, and made the tomb sure, sealing the stone, the guard being with them.

Footnotes

(a) Acts 1:18: "Now this man obtained a field with the reward of his iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out." Compare this to the death of Ammesai at 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 20:10: "And Amessai observed not the dagger that was in the hand of Joab: and Joab smote him with it on the loins, and his bowels were shed out upon the ground..." Brenton LXX
(b) A potter's field, paupers' grave or common grave is a place for the burial of strangers, criminals, and the poor.
(c) "Jesus replied to him in the affirmative." RDNT
(d) Five people are named Jesus: Jesus Barabbas, Elymas Bar-Jesus (Acts 13:6-8), Jesus Justus (Col. 4:11) and Jesus, son of Nun (Acts 7: 45 Joshua)
(e) Crucified (STAURWQHTW/Staurotheto, from the verb stauroo) comes from the Latin word CRUX. "...the words crucifixion or crucify would not exclusively refer to execution on a 't' shaped frame but would include execution on 'other wooden instruments', including a tree, frame or upright pole." https://biblereadingarcheology.com. "The Latin word crux means 'stake' or 'pole' and was used to describe the instrument of execution known as the gibbet. The Greek word for the same instrument was stauros." Google's AI Overview
(f) According to apocryphal writings, the names of the robbers were Demas (Dismas) and Gestas.
(g) My God, my God: Jesus called upon His God. Almighty God does not have a God, therefore Jesus cannot be Almighty God.
(h) ASV: "yielded up his spirit"; KJV: "yielded up the ghost"; Buzzard, NRSV, NRSVue, NEB, REB: breathed his last; KGV: gave up his breath. I reverted back to the old English phrase which was popularized by the King James Bible which simply meant "to die", though it can be traced back to Miles Coverdale's Bible version in 1535.
(i) Verses 52 and 53 are probably a later interpolation. There are no parallel accounts, and the historical world is silent about this event. Read more at https://2001translation.org/notes/matthew27-5253
(j) Sir. Greek: KURIE, the vocative form of Kyrios/KURIOS, the word for "Lord." 

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From: Catholicism and Fundamentalism by Karl Keating, 1988, Ignatiuis Press, pp. 144,145

"Consider the doctrine of the Trinity. It is not present on the face of Scripture, not just in the sense that the word Trinity is never used-its first use was by Theophilus of Antioch in 186-but also in the sense that it is by no means obvious, from the surface meaning of the text, that the Holy Spirit is a divine Person. We naturally read back into the Bible the beliefs we already hold, each of us having been instructed in the Faith before ever picking up the Bible. References to the Holy Spirit's divinity seem to jump out at us. If we imagine ourselves as ancient pagans or as present-day non-Christians, coming across the Bible for the first time, we realize that the status of the Holy Spirit is by no means clear. If we think of ourselves as having no recourse to divine Tradition and to the Magisterium of the Church, we can appreciate how easy it must have been for the early pneumatological heresies to arise."