Matthew 26:62

62 And the high priest stood up [and] said to him, "Do you reply nothing? What are these [people] testifying against you?"

Matthew 26:62 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 26:62

And the high priest arose and said unto him
He rose up from his seat in great wrath and anger; partly being vexed, that they could get no other and better testimony; and partly because of Christ's contemptuous silence, giving no answer to the witnesses, as judging they deserved none; and which highly provoked the high priest, and therefore in passion said,

answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
Is it true or false, right or wrong? The Vulgate Latin renders it, "dost thou answer nothing to those things which these witness against thee?" To which agree the Arabic version, and Munster's Hebrew Gospel.

Matthew 26:62 In-Context

60 And they did not find [it], [although] many false witnesses came forward. And finally two came forward

61 [and] said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild [it] within three days.'"

62 And the high priest stood up [and] said to him, "Do you reply nothing? What are these [people] testifying against you?"

63 But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to him, "I put you under oath by the living God, that you tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God!"

64 Jesus said to him, "You have said [it]. But I tell you, from now [on] you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven."

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("stood up") has been translated as a finite verb