¹² And in his being accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not answer any thing,

⁶³ and Jesus was silent. And the chief priest answering said to him, `I adjure thee, by the living God, that thou mayest say to us, if thou art the Christ -- the Son of God.'

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.

¹³ And I, as deaf, hear not. And as a dumb one who openeth not his mouth.

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

¹⁴ And he did not answer him, not even to one word, so that the governor did wonder greatly.

³ And the chief priests were accusing him of many things, `but he answered nothing.'

⁴ And Pilate again questioned him, saying, `Thou dost not answer anything! lo, how many things they do testify against thee!'

⁵ and Jesus did no more answer anything, so that Pilate wondered.

⁹ and entered again to the praetorium, and saith to Jesus, `Whence art thou?' and Jesus gave him no answer.

¹⁰ Pilate, therefore, saith to him, `To me dost thou not speak? hast thou not known that I have authority to crucify thee, and I have authority to release thee?'

¹¹ Jesus answered, `Thou wouldst have no authority against me, if it were not having been given thee from above; because of this, he who is delivering me up to thee hath greater sin.'

³² And the contents of the Writing that he was reading was this: `As a sheep unto slaughter he was led, and as a lamb before his shearer dumb, so he doth not open his mouth;

²³ who being reviled -- was not reviling again, suffering -- was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,