Matthew 27:13

13 Then Pilate asked him, “Don’t you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?”

Matthew 27:13 in Other Translations

13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

13 Then Pilate said to him, "Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?"

13 “Don’t you hear all these charges they are bringing against you?” Pilate demanded.

13 Pilate asked him, "Do you hear that long list of accusations? Aren't you going to say something?"

13 Then Pilate said to Him, "Don't You hear how much they are testifying against You?"

Matthew 27:13 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 27:13

Then saith Pilate unto him
Observing he made no reply to the accusations of the chief priests and elders, and in order to draw something out of him,

hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
art thou deaf? or dost thou not take in what is alleged against thee? dost thou not consider the nature of these charges? how many, and of what kind the depositions are now made by persons of such rank and figure? art thou under no concern to make answer to them?

Matthew 27:13 In-Context

11 Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.

12 When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer.

13 Then Pilate asked him, “Don’t you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?”

14 But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge—to the great amazement of the governor.

15 Now it was the governor’s custom at the festival to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 26:62