Matthew 27:12
And when he was accused of the chief priests and the elders, he answered nothing.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
In Context
13Then says Pilate to him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
Cross References
Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, but he opened not his mouth; he was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and was as a sheep dumb before her shearers, and he opened not his mouth.
Matthew 27:14And he answered him not so much as one word, so that the governor wondered exceedingly.
John 19:9and went into the praetorium again and says to Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
1 Peter 2:23who, [when] reviled, reviled not again; [when] suffering, threatened not; but gave [himself] over into the hands of him who judges righteously;
Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:12-26
Christ at the Bar of Pilate. 11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. 12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. 13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? 14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly. 15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom… Read the whole commentary →