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He Answered Them Not A Word

Brooklyn Museum - Jesus Before Pilate Second Interview (Jésus devant Pilate. Deuxième entretien) - James Tissot

Psalm 38:12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

 

Matthew 27:12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

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

14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.

 

They Lay Snares, Deception

Brooklyn Museum - The Pharisees Question Jesus (Les pharisiens questionnent Jésus) - James Tissot

Psalm 38:12  They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

 

Mark 14:1  After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

 

Matthew 22:15  Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.

 

 

Stood At A Distance

Brooklyn Museum - The Holy Women Watch from Afar (Les saintes femmes observent de loin) - James Tissot

Psalm 38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

 

Luke 23:49  And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.