12 Bible Verses about Christ Being Silent

He shall not contend, nor cry aloud, Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets;

The passage of Scripture which he was reading was this--'Like a sheep, he was led away to slaughter, and as a lamb is dumb in the hands of its shearer, so he refrains from opening his lips.

But Jesus did not answer her a word; and his disciples came up and begged him to send her away. "She keeps calling out after us," they said.

But Jesus remained silent. On this the High Priest said to him: "I adjure you, by the Living God, to tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."

While charges were being brought against him by the Chief Priests and Councillors, Jesus made no reply.

Yet Jesus made no reply--not even a single word; at which the Governor was greatly astonished.

But Jesus remained silent, and made no answer. A second time the High Priest questioned him. "Are you," he asked, "the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"

But Jesus still made no reply whatever; at which Pilate was astonished.

So he questioned him at some length, but Jesus made no reply.

And, going into the Government House again, he said to Jesus: "Where do you come from?"

I shall not talk with you much more, for the Spirit that is ruling the world is coming. He has nothing in common with me;

But Jesus made no reply. So Pilate said to him: "Do you refuse to speak to me? Do not you know that I have power to release you, and have power to crucify you?"