Matthew 26:63
Good News Translation
But Jesus kept quiet. Again the High Priest spoke to him, "In the name of the living God I now put you under oath: tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God."

New Revised Standard Version
But Jesus was silent. Then the high priest said to him, “I put you under oath before the living God, tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”

Contemporary English Version
But Jesus did not answer. So the high priest said, "With the living God looking on, you must tell the truth. Are you the Messiah, the Son of God?"

New American Bible
But Jesus was silent. Then the high priest said to him, “I order you to tell us under oath before the living God whether you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou be the Christ the Son of God.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou be the Christ the Son of God.

Jesus.

Psalm 38:12-14 And they that sought my soul used violence. And they that sought evils to me spoke vain things, and studied deceits all the day long. . . .

Isaiah 53:7 He was offered because it was his own will, and he opened not his mouth: he shall be led as a sheep to the slaughter, and shall be dumb as a lamb before his shearer, and he shall not open his mouth.

Daniel 3:16 Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, answered, and said to king Nabuchodonosor: We have no occasion to answer thee concerning this matter.

Acts 8:32-35 And the place of the scripture which he was reading was this: He was led as a sheep to the slaughter: and like a lamb without voice before his shearer, so openeth he not his mouth. . . .

1 Peter 2:23 Who, when he was reviled, did not revile: when he suffered, he threatened not, but delivered himself to him that judged him unjustly.

I adjure.

Leviticus 5:1 If any one sin, and hear the voice of one swearing, and is a witness either because he himself hath seen, or is privy to it: if he do not utter it, he shall bear his iniquity.

Numbers 5:19-21 And he shall adjure her, and shall say: If another man hath not slept with thee, and if thou be not defiled by forsaking thy husband's bed, these most bitter waters, on which I have heaped curses, shall not hurt thee. . . .

1 Samuel 14:24,26,28 And the men of Israel were joined together that day: and Saul adjured the people, saying: Cursed be the man that shall eat food till evening, till I be revenged of my enemies. So none of the people tasted any food. . . .

1 Kings 22:16 But the king said to him: I adjure thee again and again, that thou tell me nothing but that which is true, in the name of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 18:15 And the king said: I adjure thee again and again to say nothing but the truth to me, in the name of the Lord.

Proverbs 29:24 He that is partaker with a thief, hateth his own soul: he heareth one putting him to his oath, and discovereth not.

that.

Mark 14:61 But he held his peace and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him and said to him: Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed God?

Luke 22:66-71 And as soon as it was day, the ancients of the people and the chief priests and scribes came together. And they brought him into their council saying: If thou be the Christ, tell us. . . .

John 8:25 They said therefore to him: Who art thou? Jesus said to them: The beginning, who also speak unto you.

John 10:24 The Jews therefore came round about him and said to him: How long dost thou hold our souls in suspense? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

John 18:37 Pilate therefore said to him: Art thou a king then? Jesus answered: Thou sayest that I am a king. For this was I born, and for this came I into the world; that I should give testimony to the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

the Christ.

Matthew 16:16 Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God.

Matthew 27:40,43,54 And saying: Vah, thou that destroyest the temple of God and in three days dost rebuild it: save thy own self. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. . . .

Psalm 2:6,7 But I am appointed king by him over Sion, his holy mountain, preaching his commandment. . . .

Isaiah 9:6,7 For a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace. . . .

John 1:34,49 And I saw: and I gave testimony that this is the Son of God. . . .

John 3:16-18 For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son: that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but may have life everlasting. . . .

John 5:18-25 Hereupon therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he did not only break the sabbath but also said God was his Father, making himself equal to God. . . .

John 6:69 And we have believed and have known that thou art the Christ, the Son of God.

John 10:30,36 I and the Father are one. . . .

John 19:7 The Jews answered him: We have a law; and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

John 20:31 But these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God: and that believing, you may have life in his name.

1 John 5:11-13 And this is the testimony that God hath given to us eternal life. And this life is in his Son. . . .

Context
Jesus Faces the Sanhedrin
62And the high priest rising up, said to him: Answerest thou nothing to the things which these witness against thee? 63But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou be the Christ the Son of God. 64Jesus saith to him: Thou hast said it. Nevertheless I say to you, hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the power of God and coming in the clouds of heaven.…
Cross References
Leviticus 5:1
If any one sin, and hear the voice of one swearing, and is a witness either because he himself hath seen, or is privy to it: if he do not utter it, he shall bear his iniquity.

Psalm 42:2
My soul hath thirsted after the strong living God; when shall I come and appear before the face of God?

Isaiah 53:7
He was offered because it was his own will, and he opened not his mouth: he shall be led as a sheep to the slaughter, and shall be dumb as a lamb before his shearer, and he shall not open his mouth.

Matthew 4:3
And the tempter coming said to him: If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

Matthew 16:16
Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God.

Matthew 26:62
And the high priest rising up, said to him: Answerest thou nothing to the things which these witness against thee?

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

Matthew 27:14
And he answered him to never a word, so that the governor wondered exceedingly.

Mark 14:61
But he held his peace and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him and said to him: Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed God?

Luke 22:67
And he saith to them: If I shall tell you, you will not believe me.

John 19:7
The Jews answered him: We have a law; and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

John 19:9
And he entered into the hall again; and he said to Jesus: Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.

2 Corinthians 1:19
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me and Sylvanus and Timothy, was not: It is and It is not. But, It is, was in him.

Matthew 26:62
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