Matthew 26:62

Amplified Bible

The high priest stood up and said to Jesus, "Have You no answer to give? What is it that these men are testifying against You?"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The high priest stood up and said to him, “Don’t you have an answer to what these men are testifying against you?”

King James Version (1611)
And the high Priest arose, and said vnto him, Answerest thou nothing? What is it, which these witnesse against thee?

King James Version
And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

English Standard Version
And the high priest stood up and said, "Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?"

New American Standard Bible
The high priest stood up and said to Him, "Do You offer no answer for what these men are testifying against You?"

New Century Version
Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, "Aren't you going to answer? Don't you have something to say about their charges against you?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The high priest stood up and said to Him, "Do You not answer? What is it that these men are testifying against You?"

Legacy Standard Bible
And the high priest stood up and said to Him, "Do You not answer? What are these men testifying against You?"

Berean Standard Bible
So the high priest stood up and asked Him, "Have you no answer? What are these men testifying against you?"

Contemporary English Version
The high priest stood up and asked Jesus, "Why don't you say something in your own defense? Don't you hear the charges they are making against you?"

Complete Jewish Bible
The cohen hagadol stood up and said, "Have you nothing to say to the accusation these men are making?"

Darby Translation
And the high priest standing up said to him, Answerest thou nothing? What do these witness against thee?

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, "Don't you have anything to say about these charges against you? Are they telling the truth?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the chiefe Priest arose, and sayde to him, Answerest thou nothing? What is the matter that these men witnesse against thee?

George Lamsa Translation
And the high priest stood up and said to him, You are not answering anything. What is it that these men testify against you?

Good News Translation
The High Priest stood up and said to Jesus, "Have you no answer to give to this accusation against you?"

Lexham English Bible
And the high priest stood up and said to him, "Do you reply nothing? What are these people testifying against you?"

Literal Translation
And standing up, the high priest said to Him, Do you answer nothing? What do these witness against you?

American Standard Version
And the high priest stood up, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

Bible in Basic English
And the high priest got up and said to him, Have you no answer? what is it which these say against you?

Hebrew Names Version
The Kohen Gadol stood up, and answered him, "Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?"

International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
And the chief of the priests arose, and said to him, Dost thou return no word ? What are these witnessing against thee?

Murdock Translation
And the high priest rose up and said to him: Respondest thou nothing? What do these testify against thee?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the chiefe priest arose, and sayde vnto hym: Aunswerest thou nothyng? Why do these beare witnesse agaynst thee?

English Revised Version
And the high priest stood up, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

World English Bible
The high priest stood up, and answered him, "Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the high priest rising up said to him, Answerest thou nothing? What do these witness against thee?

Weymouth's New Testament
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?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the prince of prestis roos, and seide to hym, Answerist thou no thing to tho thingis, that these witnessen ayens thee?

Update Bible Version
And the high priest stood up, and said to him, Do you answer nothing? what is it which these witness against you?

Webster's Bible Translation
And the high priest arose, and said to him, Answerest thou nothing, what [is it which] these testify against thee?

New English Translation
So the high priest stood up and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?"

New King James Version
And the high priest arose and said to Him, "Do You answer nothing? What is it these men testify against You?"

New Living Translation
Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, "Well, aren't you going to answer these charges? What do you have to say for yourself?"

New Life Bible
Then the head religious leader stood up. He said to Jesus, "Have You nothing to say? What about the things these men are saying against You?"

New Revised Standard
The high priest stood up and said, "Have you no answer? What is it that they testify against you?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the High-priest, arising, said unto him - Nothing, answerest thou? What are these, against thee bearing witness?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the high priest rising up, said to him: Answerest thou nothing to the things which these witness against thee?

Revised Standard Version
And the high priest stood up and said, "Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And the chefe preste arose and sayde to him: answerest thou nothinge? How is it yt these beare witnes ageynst the?

Young's Literal Translation
And the chief priest having stood up, said to him, `Nothing thou dost answer! what do these witness against thee?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the hye prest stode vp, and sayde vnto him: Answerest thou nothinge, vnto it, that these testifie agaynst the?

Mace New Testament (1729)
and the high priest arose, and said to him, have you nothing in answer to that charge they bring against you?

THE MESSAGE
The Chief Priest stood up and said, "What do you have to say to the accusation?"

Simplified Cowboy Version
The head honcho stood up and asked Jesus, "Are you gonna answer these charges?What have you got to say about yourself?"

Contextual Overview

⁵⁷Those who had seized Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) had gathered [illegally] together. ⁵⁸But Peter followed Him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the [elegant home of the Jewish] high priest, and went inside, and sat with the guards to see the outcome. ⁵⁹Now the chief priests and the whole Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) tried to get false witnesses to testify against Jesus, so that they might [have a reason to] put Him to death. ⁶⁰They found none, even though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came forward, ⁶¹and testified, "This man said, 'I am able to tear down the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.'" ⁶²The high priest stood up and said to Jesus, "Have You no answer to give? What is it that these men are testifying against You?"⁶³But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, "I call on You to swear a binding oath by the living God, that you tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God." ⁶⁴Jesus said to him, "You have [in fact] said it; but more than that I tell you [regardless of what you do with Me now], in the future you will see [Me revealed as] THE SON OF MAN SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF POWER, and COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN." ⁶⁵Then the high priest tore his robes [in mock horror] and exclaimed, "He has blasphemed [by making Himself God's equal]! What further need have we of witnesses or evidence? See, you have now heard the blasphemy. ⁶⁶"What do you think?" They answered, "He deserves to be put to death."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Answerest: Matthew 27:12-14, Mark 14:60, Luke 23:9, John 18:19-24, John 19:9-11

Reciprocal: Matthew 27:13 - Hearest Mark 15:4 - Answerest Acts 7:1 - Are Acts 8:32 - opened

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jesus held his peace - Was silent. He knew that the evidence did not even appear to amount to anything worth a reply. He knew that they were aware of that, and that feeling that, the high priest attempted to draw something from him on which they could condemn him.

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 auger. 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, and for deluding the people under the pretence of being the Messiah.

The living God - Yahweh is called the living God in opposition to idols, which were without life.

The Christ - The Messiah, the Anointed. See the notes at Matthew 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, John 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 62. Answerest thou nothing? — The accusation was so completely frivolous that it merited no notice: besides, Jesus knew that they were determined to put him to death, and that his hour was come; and that therefore remonstrance or defence would be of no use: he had often before borne sufficient testimony to the truth.