Jesus answered, 'I have spoken openly to the world; I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple, where all the Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret.' — Jesus' defense appeals to the openness of his ministry: public synagogue and temple teaching, witnessed by crowds. The contrast between "openly" (parrēsia, bold public speech) and "nothing in secret" (en kryptō) throws the charge into irony—Jesus has hidden nothing, so clandestine conspiracy cannot be argued. His teaching is a matter of public record.

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