Matthew 27:12
While charges were being brought against him by the chief priests and elders, Jesus made no reply.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
In Context
13Then Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear how many accusations they are making against you?”
Cross References
Matthew 27:14Yet Jesus made no reply – not even a single word; at which the Governor was greatly astonished.
John 19:9and, going into the Government house again, he said to Jesus, “Where do you come from?”
1 Peter 2:23He was abused, but he did not answer with abuse; he suffered, but he did not threaten; he entrusted himself to him whose judgments are just.
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 →