Matthew 27
Matthew 27 is the 27th chapter in the Gospel of Matthew, part of the New Testament in the Christian Bible. This chapter contains Matthew's record of the day of the trial, crucifixion and burial of Jesus. Scottish theologian William Robertson Nicoll notes that "the record of this single day is very nearly one-ninth of the whole book". The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 66 verses. Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: Papyrus 104 (~AD 250; extant verses 34–37, 43, 45) Codex Vaticanus (325-350) Codex Sinaiticus (330-360) Codex Bezae (c. 400; extant verses 1, 13–66) Codex Washingtonianus (c. 400) Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (c. 450; extant verses 1–10, 47–66) Papyrus 105 (5th/6th century; extant verses 62–64) Codex Purpureus Rossanensis (6th century) Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus (6th century; extant verses 27–33) Psalm : Alexander Kirkpatrick notes that "allusion seems to be made to this passage ... though it is not actually quoted". Psalm Psalm Psalm Psalm Psalm Matthew 27:1-2, : ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; The New International Version (NIV) organises the material in this chapter as follows: Judas Hangs Himself (verses 1–10) Jesus Before Pilate (verses 11–26) The Soldiers Mock Jesus (verses 26-31) The Crucifixion of Jesus (verses 32–44) The Death of Jesus (verses 45–56) The Burial of Jesus (verses 57–61) The Guard at the Tomb (verses 62–66). During the morning after his arrest, the trial of Jesus before the Sanhedrin is concluded with plans to have Jesus executed (verse 1), and he is taken to Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor (procurator) of Judea. As Jesus was being led away, Judas Iscariot, who had betrayed Jesus, sees that his former teacher has been condemned, and is overcome by remorse: in the words of the King James Version, he "repented himself". The word translated as "repented" (μεταμεληθεις, metamelētheis) is not the same as the word for repentance which John the Baptist and Jesus himself used in their ministry (μετανοειτε, metanoeite); Arthur Carr, in the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges notes that "it implies no change of heart or life, but merely remorse or regret".