He answered nothing. — Here, as before in Matthew 26:63, we have to realise the contrast between the vehement clamour of the accusers, the calm, imperturbable, patient silence of the accused, and the wonder of the judge at what was so different from anything that had previously come within the range of his experience.
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Matthew 27:12
12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.