Matthew 26:63

Jesus remains silent until the high priest puts Him under oath to say if He is the Christ, the Son of God. The key question of His identity is now pressed.

Cross-references · 38

• Lev 5:1“If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.
• 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.
• Matt 16:16Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
• Matt 27:12And when He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He gave no answer.
• 1 Sam 14:26And when they entered the forest and saw the flowing honey, not one of them put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.
• John 6:69We believe and know that You are the Holy One of God.”
• Matt 27:54When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”
• Isa 9:6–7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
• John 3:16–18For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
• 1 Kgs 22:16But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
• 1 Sam 14:28Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”
• John 18:37“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”
• John 8:25“Who are You?” they asked. “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied.
• Dan 3:16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
• John 1:34I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”
• John 10:36then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?
• 2 Chr 18:15But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
• John 19:9and he went back into the Praetorium. “Where are You from?” he asked. But Jesus gave no answer.
• John 20:31But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.
• John 10:30I and the Father are one.”
• Matt 27:40and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
• John 5:18–25Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
• John 10:24So the Jews gathered around Him and demanded, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
• Acts 8:32–35The 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 38:12–14Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
• John 1:49“Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
• Matt 27:14But Jesus gave no answer, not even to a single charge, much to the governor’s amazement.
• Ps 2:6–7“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
• 1 Jn 5:11–13And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
• Matt 27:43He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
• Matt 26:63–66But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.”
• Prov 29:24A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath, but does not testify.
• John 19:7“We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”
• Mark 14:61But Jesus remained silent and made no reply. Again the high priest questioned Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”
• Luke 22:66–71At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, met together. They led Jesus into their Sanhedrin and said,
• 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.
• Num 5:19–21And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.
• 1 Sam 14:24Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.

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