Matthew 27:12

And when the chief priests and elders accused him, he made no reply.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

In Context

11And Jesus stood before the president. And the resident asked him, and said to him: Art thou the king of the Jews? And Jesus said to him: Thou hast said.

13Then Pilate said to him: Hearest thou not how much they testify against thee?

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Cross References

Matthew 27:14But he gave him no answer, not even one word: and therefore Pilate wondered greatly.

John 19:9And he went again into the Praetorium; and he said to Jesus: Whence art thou? And Jesus gave him no answer.

1 Peter 2:23When he was reviled, be reviled not; and he suffered and threatened not, but committed his cause to the Judge of righteousness.

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 →

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