Matthew 27:12

World English Bible (2000)

When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 26:63 : 63 But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, "I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."
  • Isa 53:7 : 7 He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn't open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he didn't open his mouth.
  • Ps 38:13-14 : 13 But I, as a deaf man, don't hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth. 14 Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.
  • Matt 27:14 : 14 He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.
  • Mark 15:3-5 : 3 The chief priests accused him of many things. 4 Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!" 5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.
  • John 19:9-9 : 9 He entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave him no answer. 10 Pilate therefore said to him, "Aren't you speaking to me? Don't you know that I have power to release you, and have power to crucify you?" 11 Jesus answered, "You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin."
  • Acts 8:32 : 32 Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn't open his mouth.
  • 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 Who, when he was cursed, didn't curse back. When he suffered, didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 15:2-5
    4 verses
    90%

    2 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered, "So you say."

    3 The chief priests accused him of many things.

    4 Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!"

    5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.

  • Matt 26:62-63
    2 verses
    81%

    62 The high priest stood up, and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?"

    63 But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, "I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."

  • Matt 27:13-14
    2 verses
    81%

    13 Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many things they testify against you?"

    14 He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.

  • Mark 14:60-61
    2 verses
    80%

    60 The high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer? What is it which these testify against you?"

    61 But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"

  • Luke 23:9-10
    2 verses
    80%

    9 He questioned him with many words, but he gave no answers.

    10 The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.

  • Matt 27:11
    76%

    11 Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said to him, "So you say."

  • John 19:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9 He entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave him no answer.

    10 Pilate therefore said to him, "Aren't you speaking to me? Don't you know that I have power to release you, and have power to crucify you?"

  • Mark 15:12
    75%

    12 Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?"

  • John 18:34-35
    2 verses
    74%

    34 Jesus answered him, "Do you say this by yourself, or did others tell you about me?"

    35 Pilate answered, "I'm not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me. What have you done?"

  • Luke 23:2-4
    3 verses
    73%

    2 They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."

    3 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered him, "So you say."

    4 Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."

  • Luke 23:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13 Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

    14 and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.

  • John 18:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29 Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"

    30 They answered him, "If this man weren't an evildoer, we wouldn't have delivered him up to you."

  • Matt 27:41
    72%

    41 Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said,

  • Luke 22:66
    72%

    66 As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,

  • Matt 27:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22 Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"

    23 But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"

  • Acts 25:8
    72%

    8 while he said in his defense, "Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I sinned at all."

  • Matt 22:46
    72%

    46 No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forth.

  • Matt 27:2
    71%

    2 and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

  • Mark 14:55
    71%

    55 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.

  • John 19:6
    71%

    6 When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him."

  • Mark 11:27
    71%

    27 They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders came to him,

  • Mark 15:9
    71%

    9 Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

  • Luke 12:11
    71%

    11 When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don't be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;

  • John 19:21
    71%

    21 The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, "Don't write, 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'he said, I am King of the Jews.'"

  • Matt 27:20
    71%

    20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

  • John 18:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21 Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them. Behold, these know the things which I said."

    22 When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped Jesus with his hand, saying, "Do you answer the high priest like that?"

  • Acts 25:16
    70%

    16 To whom I answered that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction, before the accused has met the accusers face to face, and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.

  • Acts 23:35
    70%

    35 "I will hear you fully when your accusers also arrive." He commanded that he be kept in Herod's palace.

  • John 18:38
    70%

    38 Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, "I find no basis for a charge against him.

  • 2 Kgs 18:36
    70%

    36 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, "Don't answer him."

  • Isa 36:21
    70%

    21 But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king's commandment was, "Don't answer him."

  • John 7:26
    70%

    26 Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?

  • Luke 20:1
    70%

    1 It happened on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Good News, that the priests and scribes came to him with the elders.

  • Mark 14:57
    69%

    57 Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying,

  • Acts 24:13
    69%

    13 Nor can they prove to you the things of which they now accuse me.