Top Verses from Matthew 27  

About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" (which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"). (NIV)

And about the ninth hour (three o'clock) Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?--that is, My God, My God, why have You abandoned Me [leaving Me helpless, forsaking and failing Me in My need]? [Ps. 22:1.] (AMP)

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? (KJV)

From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land. (NIV)

Now from the sixth hour (noon) there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour (three o'clock). (AMP)

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. (KJV)

As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. (NIV)

When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. (AMP)

When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: (KJV)

At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split (NIV)

And at once the curtain of the sanctuary of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; the earth shook and the rocks were split. [Exod. 26:31-35.] (AMP)

And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; (KJV)

When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. (NIV)

When Judas, His betrayer, saw that [Jesus] was condemned, [Judas was afflicted in mind and troubled for his former folly; and] with remorse [with little more than a selfish dread of the consequences] he brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, [Exod. 21:32.] (AMP)

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, (KJV)

And then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand as a scepter. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. "Hail, king of the Jews!" they said. (NIV)

And, weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on His head and put a reed (staff) in His right hand. And kneeling before Him, they made sport of Him, saying, Hail (greetings, good health to You, long life to You), King of the Jews! (AMP)

And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! (KJV)

After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him. (NIV)

And when they finished making sport of Him, they stripped Him of the robe and put His own garments on Him and led Him away to be crucified. (AMP)

And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. (KJV)

They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. (NIV)

And they spat on Him, and took the reed (staff) and struck Him on the head. (AMP)

And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. (KJV)

They came to a place called Golgotha (which means "the place of the skull"). (NIV)

And when they came to a place called Golgotha [Latin: Calvary], which means The Place of a Skull (AMP)

And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, (KJV)

In the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him. (NIV)

And the robbers who were crucified with Him also abused and reproached and made sport of Him in the same way. (AMP)

The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. (KJV)