The chief priests accused him of many things.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.
- BSB And the chief priests began to accuse Him of many things.
- NKJV And the chief priests accused Him of many things, but He answered nothing.
- NASB And the chief priests started accusing Him of many things.
- NLT Then the leading priests kept accusing him of many crimes,
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Quick answer
The chief priests bring many accusations against Jesus. They press hard to secure his condemnation.
Overview
Determined to destroy Jesus, the leaders pile up charges before Pilate. Their many accusations reveal the intensity of their hostility. Jesus' response of silence, noted next, fulfills the prophecy of the servant who did not defend himself.
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Cross-references · 8
- Isa 53:7He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn’t open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he didn’t open his mouth.
- Mark 14:60–61The high priest stood up in the middle, and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer? What is it which these testify against you?”
- Matt 27:12When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
- John 19:12At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you release this man, you aren’t Caesar’s friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!”
- Mark 15:5But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.
- Luke 23:2–5They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”
- John 19:6–7When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, “Crucify! Crucify!” Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him.”
- John 18:29–31Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?”
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