Matthew 26:63

Jesus Before The Sanhedrin

⁶² The high priest then stood up and said to Him, “Don’t You have an answer to what these men are testifying against You?” ⁶³ But Jesus kept silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “By the living God I place You under oath: tell us if You are the Messiah, the Son of God!” ⁶⁴ “You have said it,” Jesus told him. “But I tell you, in the future you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

Chief Priest

High Priest

Jesus Said

Living God

Son of God

You are the Christ

Chosen One

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Messiah

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Leviticus 5:1

“When someone sins in any of these ways:

If he has seen, heard, or known about something he has witnessed, and did not respond to a public call to testify, he is responsible for his sin.

Matthew 16:16

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God!”

1 Samuel 14:24

and the men of Israel were worn out that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath: “The man who eats food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies is cursed.” So none of the troops tasted any food.

1 Samuel 14:26

When the troops entered the forest, they saw the flow of honey, but none of them ate any of it because they feared the oath.

Isaiah 53:7

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

Matthew 27:12

And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He didn’t answer.

Matthew 27:14

But He didn’t answer him on even one charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed.

John 10:24

Then the Jews surrounded Him and asked, “How long are You going to keep us in suspense? If You are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”

Numbers 5:19-21

The priest will require the woman to take an oath and will say to her, ‘If no man has slept with you, if you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, be unaffected by this bitter water that brings a curse.

1 Samuel 14:28

Then, one of the troops said, “Your father made the troops solemnly swear, ‘The man who eats food today is cursed,’ and the troops are exhausted.”

1 Kings 22:16

But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of Yahweh?”

2 Chronicles 18:15

But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of Yahweh?”

Psalm 2:6-7

“I have consecrated My King
on Zion, My holy mountain.”

Psalm 38:12-14

Those who seek my life set traps,
and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;
they plot treachery all day long.

Proverbs 29:24

To be a thief’s partner is to hate oneself;
he hears the curse but will not testify.

Isaiah 9:6-7

For a child will be born for us,
a son will be given to us,
and the government will be on His shoulders.
He will be named
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

Daniel 3:16

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “Nebuchadnezzar, we don’t need to give you an answer to this question.

Matthew 26:63-66

But Jesus kept silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “By the living God I place You under oath: tell us if You are the Messiah, the Son of God!”

Matthew 27:40

and saying, “The One who would demolish the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

Matthew 27:43

He has put His trust in God; let God rescue Him now—if He wants Him! For He said, ‘I am God’s Son.’”

Matthew 27:54

When the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they were terrified and said, “This man really was God’s Son!”

Mark 14:61

But He kept silent and did not answer anything. Again the high priest questioned Him, “Are You the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

Luke 22:66-71

When daylight came, the elders of the people, both the chief priests and the scribes, convened and brought Him before their Sanhedrin.

John 1:34

I have seen and testified that He is the Son of God!”

John 1:49

“Rabbi,” Nathanael replied, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

John 3:16-18

“For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

John 5:18-25

This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill Him: Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

John 6:69

We have come to believe and know that You are the Holy One of God!”

John 8:25

“Who are You?” they questioned.

“Precisely what I’ve been telling you from the very beginning,” Jesus told them.

John 10:30

The Father and I are one.”

John 10:36

do you say, ‘You are blaspheming’ to the One the Father set apart and sent into the world, because I said: I am the Son of God?

John 18:37

“You are a king then?” Pilate asked.

“You say that I’m a king,” Jesus replied. “I was born for this, and I have come into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice.”

John 19:7

“We have a law,” the Jews replied to him, “and according to that law He must die, because He made Himself the Son of God.”

John 19:9

He went back into the headquarters and asked Jesus, “Where are You from?” But Jesus did not give him an answer.

John 20:31

But these are written so that you may believe Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and by believing you may have life in His name.

Acts 8:32-35

Now the Scripture passage he was reading was this:

He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
and as a lamb is silent before its shearer,
so He does not open His mouth.

1 Peter 2:23

when He was reviled,
He did not revile in return;
when He was suffering,
He did not threaten
but entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly.

1 John 5:11-13

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.