Matthew 27:4 Cross References - MNT

⁴ "I have sinned," he said, "in betraying innocent blood!" "What is that to us?" they answered; "you must see to that."

¹⁹ And while he was seated upon the judgment-seat, his wife had sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered many things today, in a dream, because of him."

²³ But Pilate said, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they kept shouting the more fiercely, "Let him be crucified!" ²⁴ So when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that on the contrary a riot was threatening, he took water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying. "I am innocent of the blood of this man; you must answer for it." ²⁵ All the people answered, "His blood be upon us and upon our children."

⁵⁴ When the Roman captain and the soldiers who were with him, guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and all that happened, they were greatly terrified and said, "Certainly this man must have been God's Son."

²⁵ "'Remember my son.' said Abraham, 'that you had in your lifetime all your good things, and in the same way Lazarus his evil things; but now here he is comforted, and you are in anguish. ²⁶ "But besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who want to cross from here to you cannot, nor can those who would cross from you to us.'

²² For the third time he appealed to them. "But what crime has he committed? I have found in him nothing that deserves death. I will therefore flog him, and let him go."

⁴¹ "We indeed justly, for we are receiving due retribution for what we have done. But he has done no wrong."

⁴⁷ When the army captain saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, "This man was really innocent!"

⁷ The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself out to be God's Son,"

²⁸ "Though they found no cause of death in him, yet they asked Pilate to put him to death.

¹⁵ but as these are merely questions about words and names and your own law, you yourselves must see to it. I am not willing to be a judge of these matters." ¹⁶ And he drove them from the tribunal. ¹⁷ Then they all laid hold of Sosthenes, the warden of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal; but Gallio took no notice.

¹⁹ Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law; so that every mouth may be shut, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

² speaking lies in hypocrisy. These are men whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron,

¹⁶ They profess to know God, but by their deeds they disown him; in that they are detestable, disobedient, and reprobate for good work of any sort.

²⁶ For we needed just such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens;

¹⁹ but with precious blood, like that of a lamb without spot or blemish, even the blood of Christ.

¹² We are not to be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil One, and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? It was because his own deeds were evil, and his brother's, righteous.

¹⁰ "And those who dwell on the earth are rejoicing over them, and making merry; and they will send gifts to one another; because these two prophets were a torment to those who dwell on the earth.