But Jesus remained silent. He gave no answer. Again the high priest asked him,“ Are you the Messiah? Are you the Son of the Blessed One?”

耶稣却不言语，一句也不回答。大祭司又问他说：“你是那当称颂者的儿子基督不是？”

耶稣却不言语，一句也不回答。大祭司又问他：“你是不是基督，那当称颂者的儿子？”

耶稣却不言语，一句也不回答。大祭司又问他：“你是不是基督，那当称颂者的儿子？”

耶稣还是沉默不语，什么也不答。大祭司又问祂：“你是那当受称颂者的儿子基督吗？”

耶稣却不作声，什么也不回答。大祭司又问他：“你是那受称颂者的儿子基督吗？”

耶稣沉默不语，什么也不回答。大祭司又问他，说：“你是基督——那当受颂赞者的儿子吗？”

耶穌卻不言語，一句也不回答。大祭司又問他說：「你是那當稱頌者的兒子基督不是？」

耶穌卻不言語，一句也不回答。大祭司又問他：「你是不是基督，那當稱頌者的兒子？」

耶穌卻不言語，一句也不回答。大祭司又問他：「你是不是基督，那當稱頌者的兒子？」

耶穌還是沉默不語，什麼也不答。大祭司又問祂：「你是那當受稱頌者的兒子基督嗎？」

耶穌卻不作聲，甚麼也不回答。大祭司又問他：“你是那受稱頌者的兒子基督嗎？”

耶穌不作聲，甚麼也不回答。大祭司又詰問他說：『你、是上帝所膏立者，那當受祝頌者的兒子麼？』

耶穌沉默不語，什麼也不回答。大祭司又問他，說：「你是基督——那當受頌讚者的兒子嗎？」

耶穌不答、大祭司復問曰、爾乃宜頌者之子基督乎、

耶穌默然不答、祭司長復問曰、爾是可頌者之子基督否、

耶穌默然不答、大祭司復問曰、爾乃可頌者之子基督否、

耶穌仍嘿然不答。大司祭復問曰：『汝果為至尊者之聖子基督乎？』

But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer. Again the high priest asked him,“ Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him,“ Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”

But Jesus was silent and made no reply. Then the high priest asked him,“ Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

But he kept silent and did not answer. Again the high priest questioned him,“ Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

But He kept silent and did not offer any answer. Again the high priest was questioning Him, and* said to Him,“ Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”

But He kept silent and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked Him, saying to Him,“ Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”

But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and saith unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

But He kept silent and did not answer anything. Again the high priest questioned Him,“ Are You the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

But he was silent and did not answer. Again the high priest questioned him,“ Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”

But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him,“ Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”

He was treated badly and made to suffer. But he didn’t open his mouth. He was led away like a lamb to be killed. Sheep are silent while their wool is being cut off. In the same way, he didn’t open his mouth.

But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him,“ I am commanding you in the name of the living God. May he judge you if you don’t tell the truth. Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”“ You have said so,” Jesus replied.“ But here is what I say to all of you. From now on, you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One. You will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven.”

“ Are you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate.“ You have said so,” Jesus replied.

Simon Peter answered,“ You are the Messiah. You are the Son of the living God.”

The Jewish leaders replied,“ We have a law. That law says he must die. He claimed to be the Son of God.”

If that is true, what about the one the Father set apart as his very own? What about this one the Father sent into the world? Why do you charge me with saying a very evil thing? Is it because I said,‘ I am God’s Son’?

I said,“ I will be careful about how I live. I will not sin by what I say. I will keep my mouth closed when I am near sinful people.”So I was completely silent. I didn’t even say anything good. But the pain inside me grew worse.

They asked Jesus,“ Are you the one who is supposed to come? Or should we look for someone else?”Jesus replied,“ Go back to John. Report to him what you hear and see.Blind people receive sight. Disabled people walk. Those who have skin diseases are made‘ clean.’ Deaf people hear. Those who are dead are raised to life. And the good news is preached to those who are poor.

People shouted at him and made fun of him. But he didn’t do the same thing back to them. When he suffered, he didn’t say he would make them suffer. Instead, he trusted in the God who judges fairly.

God will bring Jesus back at a time that pleases him. God is the blessed and only Ruler. He is the greatest King of all. He is the most powerful Lord of all.

But when the chief priests and the elders brought charges against him, he did not answer.Then Pilate asked him,“ Don’t you hear the charges they are bringing against you?”But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge. The governor was really amazed.

True teaching agrees with the good news about the glory of the blessed God. He trusted me with that good news.

“ If you are the Messiah,” they said,“ tell us.” Jesus answered,“ If I tell you, you will not believe me.And if I asked you, you would not answer.But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God.”They all asked,“ Are you the Son of God then?” He replied,“ You say that I am.”Then they said,“ Why do we need any more witnesses? We have heard it from his own lips.”

“ So you are a king, then!” said Pilate. Jesus answered,“ You say that I am a king. In fact, that’s the reason I was born. I was born and came into the world to be a witness to the truth. Everyone who is on the side of truth listens to me.”

Lord, I give praise to you. Teach me your orders.

A voice from heaven said,“ This is my Son, and I love him. I am very pleased with him.”

The Jews who were gathered there around Jesus spoke to him. They said,“ How long will you keep us waiting? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”

I will announce what the Lord has promised. He said to me,“ You are my son. Today I have become your father.

I keep silent. I don’t open my mouth. You are the one who has caused all this to happen.

I have seen it happen. I am a witness that this is God’s Chosen One.”

Here is the part of Scripture the official was reading. It says,“ He was led like a sheep to be killed. Just as lambs are silent while their wool is being cut off, he did not open his mouth.

“ Son of God, what do you want with us?” they shouted.“ Have you come here to punish us before the time for us to be judged?”

I and the Father are one.”Again the Jews who had challenged him picked up stones to kill him.

For this reason the Jewish leaders tried even harder to kill him. According to them, Jesus was not only breaking the law of the Sabbath day. He was even calling God his own Father. He was making himself equal with God.Jesus answered,“ What I’m about to tell you is true. The Son can do nothing by himself. He can do only what he sees his Father doing. What the Father does, the Son also does.This is because the Father loves the Son. The Father shows him everything he does. Yes, and the Father will show the Son even greater works than these. And you will be amazed.The Father raises the dead and gives them life. In the same way, the Son gives life to anyone he wants to.Also, the Father does not judge anyone. He has given the Son the task of judging.Then all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.“ What I’m about to tell you is true. Anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. They will not be judged. They have crossed over from death to life.What I’m about to tell you is true. A time is coming for me to give life. In fact, it has already begun. The dead will hear the voice of the Son of God. Those who hear it will live.

A child will be born to us. A son will be given to us. He will rule over us. And he will be called Wonderful Adviser and Mighty God. He will also be called Father Who Lives Forever and Prince Who Brings Peace.There will be no limit to how great his authority is. The peace he brings will never end. He will rule on David’s throne and over his kingdom. He will make the kingdom strong and secure. His rule will be based on what is fair and right. It will last forever. The Lord’ s great love will make sure that happens. He rules over all.

So Pilate asked him again,“ Aren’t you going to answer? See how many things they charge you with.”But Jesus still did not reply. Pilate was amazed.

He went back inside the palace.“ Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus. But Jesus did not answer him.

But Jesus remained silent. He gave no answer. Again the high priest asked him,“ Are you the Messiah? Are you the Son of the Blessed One?”“ I am,” said Jesus.“ And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One. You will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven.”The high priest tore his clothes.“ Why do we need any more witnesses?” he asked.

Nathanael replied,“ Rabbi, you are the Son of God. You are the king of Israel.”Jesus said,“ You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.”Then he said to the disciples,“ What I’m about to tell you is true. You will see heaven open. You will see the angels of God going up and coming down on the Son of Man.”