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Mat 27:11. Ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων, the King of the Jews) Jesus before Caiaphas confesses Himself to be Christ, before Pilate, King.-σὺ λέγεις, thou sayest) An open and holy confession.[1180] Jesus shows that His subsequent silence would not be from want of freedom of speech, and immediately answers Pilate, after having previously informed the Jews when adjured by Caiaphas. St Mark and St Luke also record the expression, “Thou sayest;” and this is clearly the sum of all that St John records to have been said by our Lord to Pilate in ch. Joh 18:34; Joh 18:36-37.[1181]
[1180] Cf. 1Ti 4:13.-E. B.
[1181] Mat 27:12. οὐδὲν ἀπεκρίνατο, answered nothing) As the accusers brought forward nothing new, the silence of Jesus was a subsequent confirmation of those things which He had already said.-Harm., p. 547.