<p>27:62 <em>Now the next day, which is the day after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together before Pilate</em>- Matthew wants to present the day of the Lord's death as being the day upon which the Passover lambs were killed. &quot;Came together&quot; again shows how the Lord's cross both gathered together and divided people, as it does, or is intended to do, today.</p>