⁹ and he entered into the Praetorium again, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.

³³ Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?

²⁸ and in nothing affrighted by the adversaries: which is for them an evident token of perdition, but of your salvation, and that from God;

³² Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, So he openeth not his mouth:

³³ In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: His generation who shall declare? For his life is taken from the earth.

³⁷ Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end have I been born, and to this end am I come into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

²⁹ We know that God hath spoken unto Moses: but as for this man, we know not whence he is.

³⁰ The man answered and said unto them, Why, herein is the marvel, that ye know not whence he is, and `yet' he opened mine eyes.

¹⁴ Jesus answered and said unto them, Even if I bear witness of myself, my witness is true; for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know not whence I come, or whither I go.

³ And the chief priests accused him of many things.

⁴ And Pilate again asked him, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they accuse thee of.

⁵ But Jesus no more answered anything; insomuch that Pilate marvelled.

¹² And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

¹³ Then saith Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

¹⁴ And he gave him no answer, not even to one word: insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.

⁶³ But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Christ, the Son of God.

⁷ He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

¹³ But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

¹⁴ Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

¹⁵ For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.

⁶ Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of God, very terrible; and I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name: