the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative singular masculine
accused
κατηγορεῖσθαιkatēgoreisthai
G2723
to be a plaintiff · verb — present passive infinitive
of
ὑπὸhupo
G5259
under · preposition
priests
ἀρχιερέωνarchiereōn
G749
the high-priest (literally · noun — genitive plural masculine
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
elders
πρεσβυτέρωνpresbuterōn
G4245
older · noun — genitive plural masculine
answered
ἀπεκρίνατο.¶apekrinato
G611
to conclude for oneself · verb — aorist middle deponent indicative, 3rd person singular
nothing
οὐδὲνouden
G3762
not even one (man · adjective — accusative singular neuter
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Cross-references
Matthew 26:63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be…
Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her she…
Matthew 27:14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
Mark 15:3-5 And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.
John 19:9-11 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
Acts 8:32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opene…
1 Peter 2:23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
Psalms 38:13-14 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Matthew 27:9
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying-- (Zac 11:12-13). Never was a complicated prophecy, otherwise hopelessly dark, more marvellously fulfilled. Various conjectures have been formed to account for Matthew's ascribing to Jeremiah a prophecy found in the book of Zechariah. But since with this book he was plainly familiar, having quoted one of its most remarkable prophecies of Christ but a few chapters before (Mat 21:4-5), the question is one more of critical interest than real importance. Perhaps the true explanation is the following, from LIGHTFOOT: "Jeremiah of old had the first place among the prophets, and hereby he comes to be mentioned above all the rest…
And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders,.... As that he was a perverter of the people, a stirrer of sedition, discord, and rebellion among them; that he taught them not to give tribute to Caesar, and set up himself for a king; all which he had done not in one place only, but throughout all the land of Judea, from Galilee to Jerusalem; see Luke 23:2,
he answered nothing; the things laid to his charge being notoriously false, and known to be so by all the people; and the evidence with which they were supported being so slender, the judge could never receive it; he therefore judged it unnecessary, and not worth a while to return an answer to them: besides, he knew they were ben…
Matthew 27:11-14
Matthew 27:11-14
Mark 15:2-5
Luke 23:2-12
11. Now Jesus stood [245] before the governor. And the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? Jesus saith to him, Thou sayest it. [246] 12. And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, and he answered nothing. 13. Then Pilate saith to him, Hearest thou not how many things they testify against thee? [247] 14. And he did not answer him a single word, so that the governor was greatly astonished.
2. And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said to him, Thou sayest it. [248] 3. And the chief priests accused him of many things. 4. And Pilate again asked him, saying, Answeres…
The Church Fathers
Neither then nor now did Jesus make any reply to their accusations, for the word of God was not sent to them, as it was formerly to the Prophets. Neither was Pilate worthy of an answer, as he had no fixed or abiding opinion of Christ, but veered about to contradictory suppositions. Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
(de Cons. Ev. iii. 8.) Luke explains what were the accusations alleged against Him, And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. (Luke 23:2.) But it is of no consequence to the truth in what order they relate the history, or that one omits what another inserts.
And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders of the people, he answered nothing. Then Pilate says to him: Do you not hear how many testimonies they bring against you? And he did not answer him a single word, so that the governor marveled exceedingly. The ministers of the Jewish letter that kills, and the elders, are the sons of those priests and elders who accused Jesus, taking up their accusation even until now and accusing Jesus. Therefore, since that very sin remains in them, and "wrath, even to the end" has once forestalled them, they still suffer those same workings, being abandoned along with the whole people "like a tent in a vineyard, and like a hut in a cucumber-field, and like a city that is stormed." And just as Jesus, when accused, then answered nothing, so also now against the accusations of those priests and elders he answers nothing. For the Word of God is silent toward them, and they no longer hear the Word of God, as had once come to pass with the prophets, and, in the consummation of the ages, when he "was made flesh and dwelt among us." And not only to the chief priests and elders of the people falsely accusing him did he not respond, but neither to Pilate, since he wished to hear him defending himself against their lying accusations. For when Pilate said to him, after the accusations of the chief priests and elders: Do you not hear how many things they accuse you of?— not even to him did he respond. For it was not fitting to respond even to one who was in doubt as to whether he ought to respond against their false accusations. This we have said not forgetting what was said about Pilate, namely that he had at least some momentary kindly disposition toward Christ (for that this is true of Pilate is shown from the whole narrative concerning him). Yet no one will dare to say that the judgment about Christ within him was abiding and firm; for he was being drawn also to the contrary. Therefore now too, to one being drawn toward the worse opinion, the Lord did not respond, despising all the things that had been said in accusation of him. But Pilate marveled at his constancy, perhaps knowing how, though he was competent to pronounce sentence and to remit the charge … he marveled, seeing him stand in the calm and quiet gravity of wisdom and, with judgment, unperturbed—he in whom it was reckoned by those who were there that he was in…
Dictionary and topics
Judge · Kings and other rulers as — Kings and other rulers as
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
The Roman trial included an initial hearing before Pilate (27:11-14), one before Herod Antipas (Luke 23:6-16), and a second hearing before Pilate (Matt 27:15-26).
27:11 king of the Jews: The Sanhedrin’s original charge of blasphemy (26:65-66; 27:1) held no interest to the Romans, who saw it as a Jewish religious question (cp. Acts 25:18-20). The charge was therefore changed to incriminate Jesus in Roman eyes as a political rebel (see Luke 23:2).
