⁶³ But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to him, “I demand in the name of the living God—tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”

Sins Requiring a Sin Offering

5 “If you are called to testify about something you have seen or that you know about, it is sinful to refuse to testify, and you will be punished for your sin.

¹⁶ Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah,^[a] the Son of the living God.”

¹² But when the leading priests and the elders made their accusations against him, Jesus remained silent.

²⁶ They didn’t dare touch the honey because they all feared the oath they had taken.

³² The passage of Scripture he had been reading was this:

³⁴ The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, was the prophet talking about himself or someone else?” ³⁵ So beginning with this same Scripture, Philip told him the Good News about Jesus.

³¹ But these are written so that you may continue to believe^[a] that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his name.

⁹ He took Jesus back into the headquarters^[a] again and asked him, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave no answer.

⁷ The Jewish leaders replied, “By our law he ought to die because he called himself the Son of God.”