Quotes about Silence
“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
- Luke 19:40
And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people; and amazed at His answer, they fell silent.
- Luke 20:26
And they did not dare to question Him any further.
- Luke 20:40
And if I ask you a question, you will not answer.
- Luke 22:68
Herod questioned Jesus at great length, but He gave no answer.
- Luke 23:9
Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.
- John 7:13
Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?
- John 7:26
But no one at the table knew why Jesus had said this to him.
- John 13:28
and he went back into the Praetorium. “Where are You from?” he asked. But Jesus gave no answer.
- John 19:9
Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
- Acts 4:18
The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
- Acts 8:32
Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.
- Acts 12:17