New Testament letter composed under the guise of a presumably lost letter of the Apostle Paul, the Epistle to the Laodiceans. The books of the New Testament were all or nearly all written by Jewish Christians—that is, Jewish disciples of Christ, who lived in the Roman Empire, and under Roman occupation. Luke, who wrote the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts, is frequently thought of as an exception; scholars are divided as to whether Luke was a Gentile or a Hellenistic Jew. A few scholars identify the author of the Gospel of Mark as probably a Gentile, and similarly for
Matthew 27:12 notably Mark makes no mention of any replay by Jesus, and Jesus' silence can be presumed. Matthew makes it explicit that Jesus says nothing when confronted. Luke also has a version of this exchange at . Luke's version lists several specific charges made by the priests. The silence of Jesus when faced with the accusations have been linked by many scholars to the Suffering Servant of Isaiah, and more generally to Jesus' philosophy of meekness. Matthew 27:12 Matthew 27:12 is the twelfth verse of the twenty-seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. This continues Pilate's Court,