Matthew 26:62

62 Then the High Priest stood up and asked Him, "Have you no answer to make? What is it these men are saying in evidence 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 but they could find none, although many false witnesses came forward. At length there came two

61 who testified, "This man said, `I am able to pull down the Sanctuary of God and three days afterwards to build a new one.'"

62 Then the High Priest stood up and asked Him, "Have you no answer to make? What is it these men are saying in evidence against you?"

63 Jesus however remained silent. Again the High Priest addressed Him. "In the name of the ever-living God," he said, "I now put you on your oath. Tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."

64 "I am He," replied Jesus. "But I tell you that, later on, you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Omnipotence, and coming on the clouds of the sky."