Matthew 27:12
And when he was accused of the chiefe Priestes, and Elders, he answered nothing.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
In Context
13Then saide Pilate vnto him, Hearest thou not howe many things they lay against thee?
Cross References
Isaiah 53:7Hee was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet did he not open his mouth: hee is brought as a sheepe to the slaughter, and as a sheepe before her shearer is dumme, so he openeth not his mouth.
Matthew 27:14But he answered him not to one worde, in so much that the gouernour marueiled greatly.
John 19:9And went againe into the common hall, and saide vnto Iesus, Whence art thou? But Iesus gaue him none answere.
1 Peter 2:23Who when hee was reuiled, reuiled not againe: when hee suffered, hee threatned not, but comitted it to him that iudgeth 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 →