14 Bible Verses about Christ Being Silent

He won't shout, or raise his voice, or make it heard in the street.

He will not quarrel or shout, and no one will hear him shouting in the streets.

He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he didn't open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

This was the passage of Scripture he was reading: "Like a sheep he was led away to be slaughtered, and like a lamb is silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth.

But he didn't answer her at all. Then his disciples came up and kept urging him, "Send her away, because she keeps on screaming as she follows us."

But Jesus was silent. Then the high priest told him, "I command you by the living God to tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God!"

While Jesus was being accused by the high priests and elders, he made no reply.

But Jesus did not reply at all, so that the governor was very surprised.

But he kept silent and didn't answer at all. The high priest asked him again, "Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?"

But since Jesus no longer answered, Pilate was astonished.

So he continued to question him for a long time, but Jesus gave him no answer at all.

Returning to his headquarters, he asked Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus did not answer him.

I won't talk with you much longer, because the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me.

So Pilate asked him, "Aren't you going to speak to me? You realize, don't you, that I have the authority to release you and the authority to crucify you?"