MATTHEW 27:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.”
But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer. The silence before Pilate's second phase of questioning: the chief priests and elders who accompany the bound Jesus make their accusations, and Jesus gives no answer. The silence of the Servant who does not quarrel or cry aloud (Isaiah 42:2) continues in the Roman court.
Church Fathers on Matthew 27:12
Matthew, having finished his digression concerning the traitor Judas, returns to the course of his narrative saying, 'Jesus stood before the governor.'
Mark how He that is ordained by His Father to be the Judge of the whole creation, humbled Himself, and was content to stand before the judge of the land of Judaea, and to be asked by Pilate either in mockery or doubt, 'Art thou the King of the Jews?'
Pilate asked Christ that which His enemies were continually casting in His teeth, for because they knew that Pilate cared not for matters of their Law, they had recourse to a public charge.
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