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Matthew 27:12

Matthew 27:12 is verse 12 of Matthew chapter 27, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

And when He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He gave no answer.

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King James Version

And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

World English Bible

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

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Matthew 27:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord had commanded me.”

11 Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, who questioned Him: “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.

12 And when He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He gave no answer.

13 Then Pilate asked Him, “Do You not hear how many charges they are bringing against You?”

14 But Jesus gave no answer, not even to a single charge, much to the governor’s amazement.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Matthew 27:14

But Jesus gave no answer, not even to a single charge, much to the governor’s amazement.

Matthew 26:63

But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.”

Psalms 38:13

But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.

Psalms 38:14

I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.

Isaiah 53:7

He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

Mark 15:3

And the chief priests began to accuse Him of many things.

Mark 15:4

Then Pilate questioned Him again, “Have You no answer? Look how many charges they are bringing against You!”

Mark 15:5

But to Pilate’s amazement, Jesus made no further reply.

John 19:9

and he went back into the Praetorium. “Where are You from?” he asked. But Jesus gave no answer.

John 19:10

So Pilate said to Him, “Do You refuse to speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You and authority to crucify You?”

John 19:11

Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”

Acts 8:32

The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

1 Peter 2:23

When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.

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