Matthew 26:62

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

So the high priest stood up and asked Him, “Have You no answer? What are these men testifying against You?”

American Standard Version (1901)

And the high priest stood up, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

Bible in Basic English

And the high priest got up and said to him, Have you no answer? what is it which these say against you?

Douay-Rheims 1899

And the high priest rising up, said to him: Answerest thou nothing to the things which these witness against thee?

Free Bible Version

The high priest stood up and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer? What do you have to say in your defense?”

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the chiefe Priest arose, and sayde to him, Answerest thou nothing? What is the matter that these men witnesse against thee?

King James (Authorized) Version

And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

One Unity Resource Bible

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

Translation for Translators

Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, “Are you not going to reply? What do you say about these things that they are saying to accuse you?”

Unlocked Literal Bible

The high priest stood up and said to him, “Do you have no answer? What is it that they are testifying against you?”

Noah Webster Bible

And the high priest arose, and said to him, Answerest thou nothing, what is it which these testify against thee?

World English Bible

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

Young's Literal Translation

And the chief priest having stood up, said to him, 'Nothing thou dost answer! what do these witness against thee?

Context

Jesus before the Sanhedrin

⁶¹and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”⁶²So the high priest stood up and asked Him, “Have You no answer? What are these men testifying against You?”

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Summary

In this verse, the high priest questions Jesus about the accusations made against Him, but Jesus remains silent. This silence fulfills the prophecy in Isaiah 53:7, where the Messiah is described as being silent before His accusers. Jesus' response reflects His submission to the Father's will and His willingness to endure unjust suffering for the sake of humanity's redemption. It also demonstrates His innocence and the futility of the false accusations brought against Him.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

But Jesus held his peace,.... Knowing it would signify nothing, whatever he should say, they being set upon his death, the time of which was now come; and therefore he quietly submits, and says nothing in his own defence to prevent it. To be silent in a court of judicature, Apollonius Tyanaeus (c) says, is the fourth virtue; this Christ had, and all others: and the high priest answered and said unto him; though Christ had said nothing, a way of speaking very frequent among the Jews, and in the sacred writings: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God; the Christ; the anointed, that David speaks of in the second Psalm, and who is there said to be the Son of God, Psa 2:2, to which the high priest seems to have respect; since there is no other passage, in which both these characters meet; and which was understood by the ancient Jews of the Messiah, as is owned by modern ones (d). Jesus was given out to be the Messiah, and his disciples believed him to be the Son of God, and he had affirmed himself to be so; wherefore the high priest, exerting his priestly power and authority, puts him upon his oath; or at least with an oath made by the living God, charges him to tell the truth, and which when ever any heard the voice of swearing, he was obliged to do, Lev 5:1. (c) Philostrat. Vita Apollouii, l. 8. c. 1. (d) Jarchi & Aben Ezra in Psal. ii. 1. & Kimchi in ver. 12.