Gen Z: Matthew 27
1When the morning hit, all the top priests and elders were like, "Let's plot against Jesus to get him outta here."
2They tied him up and bounced him over to Pontius Pilate, the governor dude.
3Then Judas, who totally sold him out, realized he messed up and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, no cap.
4He was like, "I messed up for betraying innocent blood." And they were like, "What’s that to us? You do you."
5He threw the silver pieces down in the temple, dipped, and went to hang himself, that's savage.
6The chief priests picked up the silver and were like, "We can’t put this in the treasury, it’s blood money."
7They schemed and bought a potter’s field to bury the outsiders in.
8So that field got the name, The field of blood, and it’s still called that today.
9Then what Jeremy the prophet said came true, saying, "They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the one who was valued, which the kids of Israel thought was worth."
10And they used it for the potter’s field, just like the Lord told me to do, periodt.
11So Jesus is standing in front of the governor, and the governor's like, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus is like, "You said it, fam."
12When the chief priests and elders came at him, he just stayed silent, no cap.
13Pilate's like, "You hear all these peeps ratting on you?"
14But Jesus didn’t say a word, and Pilate was shook, fr.
15At that feast, the governor always let one prisoner go, whoever the crowd wanted, vibe check.
16They had this notorious dude named Barabbas.
17So when they all gathered, Pilate asked, "Who do you want me to let go? Barabbas or Jesus, who they call Christ?"
18Pilate knew they were just jealous and threw him under the bus.
19When he sat down to judge, his wife hit him up, saying, "Don’t mess with that righteous dude; I had a wild dream about him today."
20But the chief priests and elders rallied the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to take Jesus out, that’s savage.
21The governor was like, "Who do you want me to let go, Barabbas or the other dude?" They were all, "Barabbas, for sure."
22Pilate asked, "So what should I do with Jesus, aka Christ?" They all yelled, "Crucify him, no cap!"
23The governor was like, "What did he even do wrong?" But they just yelled louder, "Crucify him!"
24When Pilate saw the chaos was lit, he washed his hands in front of everyone and was like, "I’m not responsible for this guy’s blood, you do you."
25The crowd replied, "His blood is on us and our kids, periodt."
26Then he let Barabbas go and after giving Jesus a savage beatdown, he handed him over to be crucified.
27The governor's soldiers took Jesus to the squad room and gathered all their homies around him.
28They stripped him down and threw a red robe on him, just for vibes.
29Then they made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, gave him a stick for a scepter, and bowed down laughing, saying, "What’s up, King of the Jews!"
30They spit on him and hit him on the head with the stick, just straight up disrespectful.
31After they roasted him, they took off his drip and put his old fit back on, then led him away to get crucified.
32As they rolled out, they found this dude Simon from Cyrene and made him carry the cross, no cap.
33When they hit up a spot called Golgotha, which literally means Skull Place, it was a vibe.
34They gave him some vinegar mixed with gall to drink, but when he tasted it, he was like, "Nah, I'm good."
35They crucified him and split his clothes, rolling dice to see who got what, just like the prophet said, "They divided my clothes among them."
36They just sat there, watching him like it was a whole show.
37They put a sign above his head that said, "THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS."
38Then they had two thieves getting crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left, straight savage.
39Those who passed by were hating on him, shaking their heads like it was a whole mood.
40They were like, "You who destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you really the Son of God, come down from that cross."
41Meanwhile, the top priests were throwing shade at him, along with the scribes and elders, saying,
42"He saved others, but can't save himself? If he's the King of Israel, let him hop off that cross, and we'll believe, no cap."
43"He trusted in God; let God save him now if He's really about that life, 'cause he said he's the Son of God."
44The criminals getting crucified with him were also spitting the same insults.
45From noon, it was dark all over the land until about 3 PM, like a total vibe shift.
46Around 3 PM, Jesus shouted loud, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why you ghosting me?"
47Some peeps standing there heard him and were like, "Ayo, he’s calling for Elijah."
48Right away, one of them ran, grabbed a sponge, soaked it in vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to him to sip.
49The others were like, "Chill, let's see if Elijah shows up to save him."
50Jesus, after crying out again with a loud voice, gave up the ghost.
51And like, the temple curtain just ripped from top to bottom; the earth shook, and the rocks were like, "No cap, we’re breaking too."
52And the graves popped open; a bunch of saints who were napping came back to life, fr.
53They rolled out of the graves after Jesus bounced back, hit the holy city, and showed up to a lot of peeps.
54So when the centurion and his crew saw the quake and all the wild stuff happening, they were shook, saying, "For real, this was the Son of God."
55And a bunch of women were there, watching from a distance, who had been vibing with Jesus from Galilee, serving him.
56Among them was Mary Magdalene, Mary the mom of James and Joses, and the mom of Zebedee’s kids.
57When evening hit, a rich dude from Arimathea named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus, showed up.
58He went to Pilate and was like, "Yo, can I have Jesus’ body?" Then Pilate was like, "Bet, you can take it."
59After Joseph took the body, he wrapped it in a fresh linen cloth, no cap.
60And he laid it in his brand new tomb he carved out in the rock, then rolled a big stone in front of the entrance and bounced.
61And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, just chilling by the tomb, vibing.
62The next day, after prep day, the chief priests and Pharisees pulled up on Pilate, no cap.
63They were like, "Yo, we remember that dude said, while he was alive, ‘I’ll bounce back in three days.’"
64So they told Pilate, "Make sure the tomb is secured until day three, or else his squad might sneak in, steal him, and say he’s alive. That’d be savage."
65Pilate was like, "You got a guard: do your thing, make it as tight as you can."
66So they dipped, secured the tomb, rolled the stone, and set up a watch, periodt.