Matthew 27:12
But when the chief priests and elders brought charges against him, Jesus did not answer.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
In Context
13“Don't you hear how many charges they're bringing against you?” Pilate asked him.
Cross References
Isaiah 53:7He was persecuted and mistreated, but he didn't say anything. He was led like a lamb to be killed, and in the same way that a sheep about to be sheared is silent, he didn't say a word.
Matthew 27:14But Jesus didn't say anything, not a single word. This greatly surprised the governor.
John 19:9and he went back into the governor's palace. He asked Jesus, “Where do you come from?” But Jesus didn't respond.
1 Peter 2:23and when he was badly treated, he didn't retaliate. When he suffered, he didn't threaten to take revenge. He simply placed himself in the hands of the one who always judges rightly.
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 →