Verse 3

And the chief priests were accusing him of many things, `but he answered nothing.'

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 53:7 : 7 It hath been exacted, and he hath answered, And he openeth not his mouth, As a lamb to the slaughter he is brought, And as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, And he openeth not his mouth.
  • Matt 27:12 : 12 And in his being accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not answer any thing,
  • Mark 14:60-61 : 60 And the chief priest, having risen up in the midst, questioned Jesus, saying, `Thou dost not answer anything! what do these testify against thee?' 61 and he was keeping silent, and did not answer anything. Again the chief priest was questioning him, and saith to him, `Art thou the Christ -- the Son of the Blessed?'
  • Mark 15:5 : 5 and Jesus did no more answer anything, so that Pilate wondered.
  • Luke 23:2-5 : 2 and began to accuse him, saying, `This one we found perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ a king.' 3 And Pilate questioned him, saying, `Thou art the king of the Jews?' and he answering him, said, `Thou dost say `it'.' 4 And Pilate said unto the chief priests, and the multitude, `I find no fault in this man;' 5 and they were the more urgent, saying -- `He doth stir up the people, teaching throughout the whole of Judea -- having begun from Galilee -- unto this place.'
  • John 18:29-31 : 29 Pilate, therefore, went forth unto them, and said, `What accusation do ye bring against this man?' 30 they answered and said to him, `If he were not an evil doer, we had not delivered him to thee.' 31 Pilate, therefore, said to them, `Take ye him -- ye -- and according to your law judge him;' the Jews, therefore, said to him, `It is not lawful to us to put any one to death;'
  • John 19:6-7 : 6 When, therefore, the chief priests and the officers did see him, they cried out, saying, `Crucify, crucify;' Pilate saith to them, `Take ye him -- ye, and crucify; for I find no fault in him;' 7 the Jews answered him, `We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, for he made himself Son of God.'
  • John 19:12 : 12 From this `time' was Pilate seeking to release him, and the Jews were crying out, saying, `If this one thou mayest release, thou art not a friend of Caesar; every one making himself a king, doth speak against Caesar.'