He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, but He did not open His mouth. He was led as a lamb to the slaughter; and as a ewe before her shearers is mute, and He opened not His mouth.
Then Pilate said to Him, Therefore, then are you not a king? Jesus answered, You say that I am a king. For this purpose I have been born, and for this purpose I have come into the world, that I might witness to the Truth. Everyone being of the Truth hears My voice.
And the content of the Scripture which he was reading was this: “He was led as a sheep to slaughter, and as a lamb is voiceless before the one shearing it, so He does not open His mouth.