Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
When he was accused ... - To wit, of perverting the nation, and of forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, Luke 23:2, Luke 23:5. Probably this was done in a tumultuous manner and in every variety of form.
He answered nothing - He was conscious of his innocence. He knew that they could not Proverbs these charges. They offered no testimony to Proverbs them, and, in conscious innocence, he was silent.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Matthew 27:12:
Psalms 38:13
Revelation 12:10
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