14 Bible Verses about Christ Being Silent

He will not cry out and lift up and make his voice heard in the street.

He will not quarrel or cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.

He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was brought like lamb to [the] slaughter, and like a sheep is dumb before its shearers, so he did not open his mouth.

Now the passage of scripture that he was reading aloud was this: "He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer [is] silent, so he did not open his mouth.

But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came up [and] asked him, saying, "Send her away, because she is crying out after us!"

But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to him, "I put you under oath by the living God, that you tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God!"

And {when he was being accused} by the chief priests and elders he answered nothing.

And he did not reply to him, not even with reference to one statement, so that the governor was very astonished.

But he was silent and did not reply anything. Again the high priest asked him and said to him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"

But Jesus did not answer anything further, so that Pilate was astonished.

So he questioned him {at considerable length}, but he answered nothing to him.

and he entered into the governor's residence again and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus did not give him an answer.

I will no longer speak much with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has {no power} {over} me.

So Pilate said to him, "Will you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you, and I have authority to crucify you?"