Matthew 26:62
And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
Matthew 26:62 in other translations
| BSB | So the high priest stood up and asked Him, “Have You no answer? What are these men testifying against You?” |
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| WEB | The high priest stood up and said to him, “Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?” |
| ASV | And the high priest stood up, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? |
| YLT | And the chief priest having stood up, said to him, ‘Nothing thou dost answer! what do these witness against thee? |
| DARBY | And the high priest standing up said to him, Answerest thou nothing? What do these witness against thee? |
| BBE | And the high priest got up and said to him, Have you no answer? what is it which these say against you? |
| Webster | And the high priest arose, and said to him, Answerest thou nothing, what is it which these testify against thee? |
What does Matthew 26:62 mean?
Barnes' Notes
I adjure thee by the living God. I put thee upon thy oath before God. This was the usual form of putting an oath among the Jews. It implies, calling God to witness the truth of what was said. The law respecting witnesses also made it a violation of an oath to conceal any part of the truth; and though our Saviour might have felt that such a question, put in such a manner, was very improper, or was unlawful, yet he also knew that to be silent would be construed into a denial of his being the Christ. The question was probably put in anger. They had utterly failed in their proof. They had no way left to accomplish their purpose of condemning him, but to draw it from his own lips. This cunning question was therefore proposed. The difficulty of the question consisted in this: If he confessed that he was the Son of God, they stood ready to condemn him for blasphemy; if he denied it, they were prepared to condemn him for being an impostor, for deluding the people under the pretence of being the Messiah.
The living God. Jehovah is called the living God, in opposition to idols, which were without life. �
The Christ. The Messiah, the Anointed. Mt 1:1.
The Son of God. The Jews uniformly expected that the Messiah would be the Son of God. In their view it denoted also that he would be Divine, or equal to the Father, Jn 10:31-36. To claim that title was, therefore, in their view, blasphemy; and as they had determined beforehand, in their own minds, that he was not the Messiah, they were ready at once to accuse him of blasphemy.
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 26:57-68
Jesus was hurried into Jerusalem. It looks ill, and bodes worse, when those who are willing to be Christ's disciples, are not willing to be known to be so. Here began Peter's denying him: for to follow Christ afar off, is to begin to go back from him. It is more our concern to prepare for the end, whatever it may be, than curiously to ask what the end will be. The event is God's, but the duty is ours. Now the…
Matthew 26:62 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Matthew 26:62
- John 19:9-11
And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
- John 18:19-24
The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said. And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? …
- Luke 23:9
Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing.
- Matthew 27:12-14
And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
- Mark 14:60
And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
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27:12-14; Mr 14:60; Lu 23:9; Joh 18:19-24; 19:9-11
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Context
- Matthew 26:61
And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
- Matthew 26:62
And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
- 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 the Christ, the Son of God.
Matthew 26:62 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y levantándose el pontífice, le dijo: ¿No respondes nada? ¿qué testifican éstos contra ti? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le souverain sacrificateur, se levant, lui dit: Ne réponds-tu rien? De quoi ceux-ci témoignent-ils contre toi? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der Hohepriester stand auf und sprach zu ihm: Antwortest du nichts? Was zeugen diese wider dich? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et surgens princeps sacerdotum, ait illi: Nihil respondes ad ea, quæ isti adversum te testificantur? |