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.
But Jesus kept silent. And answering, the high priest said to Him, I put You on oath by the living God that You tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.
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.