Herod questioned Jesus at great length, but He gave no answer.
Parallel translations
- WEB He questioned him with many words, but he gave no answers.
- KJV Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing.
- NKJV Then he questioned Him with many words, but He answered him nothing.
- NASB And he questioned Him at some length; but He offered him no answer at all.
- NLT He asked Jesus question after question, but Jesus refused to answer.
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Quick answer
Herod questions Jesus at length, but Jesus gives him no answer. His silence meets Herod's hardened curiosity.
Overview
Despite many questions, Jesus remains silent before Herod, who has earlier rejected the truth. His refusal to perform recalls the suffering Servant who did not open His mouth before His accusers. The silence reveals that those who trifle with Christ may find Him withholding further revelation, while it advances His path to the cross.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Matt 27:14But Jesus gave no answer, not even to a single charge, much to the governor’s amazement.
- Isa 53:7He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
- Luke 13:32But Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.’
- Ps 38:13–14But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
- 1 Pet 2:23When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
- Ps 39:1–2For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
- Matt 7:6Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
- Acts 8:32The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
- Ps 39:9I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
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