Matthew 27:36

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then they sat down and kept guard over him there.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 27:54 : 54 Now when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said,“Truly this one was God’s Son!”
  • Mark 15:39 : 39 Now when the centurion, who stood in front of him, saw how he died, he said,“Truly this man was God’s Son!”
  • Mark 15:44 : 44 Pilate was surprised that he was already dead. He called the centurion and asked him if he had been dead for some time.

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  • Matt 27:33-35
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    33They came to a place called Golgotha(which means“Place of the Skull”)

    34and offered Jesus wine mixed with gall to drink. But after tasting it, he would not drink it.

    35When they had crucified him, they divided his clothes by throwing dice.

  • Matt 27:37-42
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    79%

    37Above his head they put the charge against him, which read:“This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.”

    38Then two outlaws were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.

    39Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads

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

    41In the same way even the chief priests– together with the experts in the law and elders– were mocking him:

    42“He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him!

  • Mark 15:24-27
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    24Then they crucified him and divided his clothes, throwing dice for them, to decide what each would take.

    25It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.

    26The inscription of the charge against him read,“The king of the Jews.”

    27And they crucified two outlaws with him, one on his right and one on his left.

  • Matt 27:44
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    44The robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.

  • Matt 27:31
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    31When they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

  • John 19:18-20
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    18There they crucified him along with two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.

    19Pilate also had a notice written and fastened to the cross, which read:“Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews.”

    20Thus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.

  • Luke 23:33-39
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    33So when they came to the place that is called“The Skull,” they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.

    34[But Jesus said,“Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.

    35The people also stood there watching, but the leaders ridiculed him, saying,“He saved others. Let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, his chosen one!”

    36The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine,

    37and saying,“If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!”

    38There was also an inscription over him,“This is the king of the Jews.”

    39One of the criminals who was hanging there railed at him, saying,“Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!”

  • Ps 22:18
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    18They are dividing up my clothes among themselves; they are rolling dice for my garments.

  • Matt 27:66
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    66So they went with the soldiers of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.

  • John 19:23-24
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    23Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier, and the tunic remained.(Now the tunic was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.)

    24So the soldiers said to one another,“Let’s not tear it, but throw dice to see who will get it.” This took place to fulfill the scripture that says,“They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they threw dice.” So the soldiers did these things.

  • Mark 15:32
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    32Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!” Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.

  • Matt 27:27-29
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    27Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence and gathered the whole cohort around him.

    28They stripped him and put a scarlet robe around him,

    29and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him:“Hail, king of the Jews!”

  • Acts 13:29
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    29When they had accomplished everything that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.

  • Luke 24:20
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    20and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

  • Mark 15:17
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    17They put a purple cloak on him and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

  • Matt 27:49
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    49But the rest said,“Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to save him.”

  • Matt 27:61
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    61(Now Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, opposite the tomb.)

  • John 19:36-37
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    36For these things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled,“Not a bone of his will be broken.”

    37And again another scripture says,“They will look on the one whom they have pierced.”

  • Mark 15:29
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    29Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying,“Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

  • Acts 10:39
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    39We are witnesses of all the things he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree,

  • John 19:16
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    16Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.The CrucifixionSo they took Jesus,

  • Matt 27:2
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    2They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.

  • Matt 26:38
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    38Then he said to them,“My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.”

  • Mark 15:20
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    20When they had finished mocking him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

  • Luke 19:36
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    36As he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road.

  • Matt 26:57-58
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    57Condemned by the Sanhedrin Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house the experts in the law and the elders had gathered.

    58But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest’s courtyard. After going in, he sat with the guards to see the outcome.