Verses 60-61 “60And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
61But 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?”
At Jesus’ trial, He had very little to say in His own defense. Why? Was it because He knew that His enemies would refuse to be turned from their wickedness no matter what He might say? Was it because He already knew that He would be condemned and crucified? For whatever reason, His silence is the silence of a lamb led to the slaughter. “He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth” (Is 53:7). It was all part of His submission to the will of His Father. It was part of His laying down His life, not as a martyr, but as the Savior.