They said, “If you are the Christ, tell us.” Jesus said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe me.
Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “If I give you an answer, you will surely kill me. And even if I give you advice, you will not listen to me.”
But Abraham said to him, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not listen to someone who comes back from the dead.’ ”
And if I ask you, you will not answer.
The high priest asked Jesus questions about his followers and his teaching.
So why do you question me? Ask the people who heard my teaching. They know what I said.”