Matthew 27:12
When however the High Priests and the Elders kept bringing their charges against Him, He said not a word in reply.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
In Context
13"Do you not hear," asked Pilate, "what a mass of evidence they are bringing against you?"
Cross References
Matthew 27:14But He made no reply to a single accusation, so that the Governor was greatly astonished.
John 19:9"What is your origin?" he asked. But Jesus gave him no answer.
1 Peter 2:23When He was reviled, He did not answer with reviling; when He suffered He uttered no threats, but left His wrongs in the hands of the righteous Judge.
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 →