Welcome to our new project, the Daily Bible Devotional.

The goal is to help you understand and apply scripture as you go through a New Testament

Bible read five days a week, Monday through Friday, as we move from Matthew straight through

to Revelation.

In under four minutes each morning, we will recap the chapter,

make some application, present thought questions for the day, and offer a prayer together.

I'm excited about exploring God's word with you, so let's get started.

Hey, welcome to our study today. Let's look at Matthew chapter 27, which records the death of our Savior.

Jesus is taken to Pilate, the Roman governor who sees no guilt in him.

Even Pilate's wife has a dream about his innocence.

But the Jewish crowd is insistent that Jesus be crucified.

One criminal is to be released, and they choose to release a murderer,

Barabbas, instead of Christ. Jesus is mocked, beaten, and crucified between two criminals.

When Judah sees all this take place, he throws away the money he received and runs off to

hang himself. After six hours of suffering, Jesus dies on the

cross. At that moment, the veil of the temple is ripped into and the earthquakes. A centurion remarks,

quote, truly, this was the son of God. A rich man named Joseph asks for the body and buries Jesus in a new tomb.

This is the darkest moment in human history.

The Jewish people put to death the very Messiah for which they had been waiting.

They were angry and adamant and said, quote,

His blood shall be on us and our children.

He was their creator, their savior, and the entire purpose of their

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