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NASB | Matthew 26:62 The high priest stood up and said to Him, "Do You not answer? What is it that these men are testifying against You?" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 26:62 The high priest stood up and said to Jesus, "Have You no answer to give? What is it that these men are testifying against You?" |
Bible Question:
Mark 14:55-64 KJV 1)Why did Jesus say nothing through the first part of his trail? 2)Why did He later speak |
Bible Answer: In Matthew 26:62 we also read how Jesus said nothing. Why ? The commentator,Matthew Henry, has this to say. Now the Scriptures were fulfilled, which said, False witnesses are risen up against me. Christ was accused, that we might not be condemned; and if at any time we suffer thus, let us remember we cannot expect to fare better than our Master. When Christ was made sin for us, he was silent, and left it to his blood to speak. Hitherto Jesus had seldom professed expressly to be the Christ, the Son of God; the tenor of his doctrine spoke it, and his miracles proved it; but now he would not omit to make an open confession of it. It would have looked like declining his sufferings. He thus confessed, as an example and encouragement to his followers, to confess him before men, whatever hazard they ran. Disdain, cruel mocking, and abhorrence, are the sure portion of the disciple as they were of the Master, from such as would buffet and deride the Lord of glory. These things were exactly foretold in the fiftieth chapter of Isaiah. Let us confess Christ's name, and bear the reproach, and he will confess us before his Father's throne. Another commentator, Barnes, states:- Jesus held his peace - Was silent. He knew that the evidence did not even appear to amount to anything worth a reply. He knew that they were aware of that, and that feeling that, the high priest attempted to draw something from him on which they could condemn him. Why did He speak later? Again Barnes tells us because Jesus needed to tell them the truth concerning Himself: This is a form of assenting or affirming. Thou hast said the truth; or, as Luke Luk_22:70 has it, “Ye say that I am.” This was not, however, said “immediately.” Before Jesus acknowledged himself to be the Messiah, he said to them Luk_22:67-68, “If I tell you ye will not believe, and if I also ask you” - that is, propose the proofs of my mission, and require you to give your opinion of them “ye will not answer me, nor let me go.” In Christ, Ken John. |
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