12 Bible Verses about Christ Being Silent

He will not debate, nor challenge anyone; His voice will no one hear in the streets;

Now this was the passage of Scripture that he was reading: "Like a sheep He was led away to be slaughtered, and just as a lamb is dumb before its shearer, so He does not open His mouth.

But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came up and kept begging Him, "Send her away, for she keeps on screaming after us."

But Jesus kept silent. So the high priest said to Him, "I charge you, on your oath, in the name of the living God, tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."

And while the charges were being made against Him by the high priests and elders, He made no answer.

But He did not answer him a single word, so that the governor was dumbfounded beyond expression.

But He kept silent and made no answer at all. So the high priest again questioned Him in these words, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"

But Jesus made no further answer at all, so that Pilate was astonished.

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

and went back into the governor's palace and asked Jesus, "Where do you come from?" But Jesus made no answer.

"I shall not talk much more with you, for the evil ruler of this world is coming and he has nothing in common with me,

Then Pilate said to Him, "Do you refuse to speak to me? Do you not know that I have it in my power to set you free or to crucify you?"