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Mat_27:11 f. Continuation, after the episode in Mat_27:3-10, of the narrative introduced at Mat_27:2. The accusation preferred by the Jews, though not expressly mentioned, may readily be inferred from the procurator’s question. See Luk_23:2. In appearing before Pilate, they craftily give prominence to the political aspect of the Messianic pretensions of Jesus.
σὺ λέγεις ] There is nothing ambiguous in such a reply (which was not so framed that it might be taken either as an affirmative or as equivalent to ἐγὼ μὲν τοῦτο οὐ λέγω , σὺ δὲ λέγεις , Theophylact), but such a decided affirmative as the terms of the question: Art thou, etc., were calculated to elicit, Joh_18:37. Comp. Mat_26:64.
οὐδὲν ἀπεκρ .] Comp. on Mat_26:62. The calm and dignified silence of the true king.