Marco 15:5

5 Ma Gesù non rispose più nulla; talché Pilato se ne maravigliava.

Marco 15:5 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:5

But Jesus yet answered nothing
He still continued silent, and made no defence for himself, which the governor was willing to give him an opportunity to make, and, as his friend, urged him to it:

so that Pilate marvelled;
what should be the meaning of his silence, when he was so capable of defending himself, and was so innocent, as Pilate himself was ready to believe; and yet the things he was charged with were of, the highest nature, and by persons of the greatest figure in the nation; so that his silence exposed him to a great deal of danger, which Pilate thought might easily be avoided by answering for himself; (See Gill on Matthew 27:14).

Marco 15:5 In-Context

3 E i capi sacerdoti l’accusavano di molte cose;

4 e Pilato daccapo lo interrogò dicendo: Non rispondi nulla? Vedi di quante cose ti accusano!

5 Ma Gesù non rispose più nulla; talché Pilato se ne maravigliava.

6 Or ogni festa di pasqua ei liberava loro un carcerato, qualunque chiedessero.

7 C’era allora in prigione un tale chiamato Barabba, insieme a de’ sediziosi, i quali, nella sedizione, avean commesso omicidio.