CHAPTER EXPLORER
Matthew 27
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66 verses in KJV · 566 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of Matthew 27 (KJV)
27:1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
27:2 And when they had bound him, they led [him] away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
27:3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
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Traditional writer attribution: Matthew
Approximate study chronology: c. AD 33
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G2424IēsousJesus · 17 occurrencesG575apoaway from · 11 occurrencesG4091PilatosPilate · 9 occurrencesG2036eiponto say · 9 occurrencesG5119totethen · 8 occurrencesG2983lambanōto take · 8 occurrencesG749archiereushigh-priest · 7 occurrencesG3778ohutosthis/he/she/it · 7 occurrencesG2232hēgemōnruler · 7 occurrencesG4717stauroōto crucify · 6 occurrencesG2316theosGod · 6 occurrencesG912BarabbasBarabbas · 5 occurrencesG5207uhiosson · 5 occurrencesG4245presbuteroselder: Elder · 5 occurrences
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