{Whence art thou?} (pothen ei su;). Pilate knew that Jesus
was from Galilee ( Lu 23:6f. ). He is really alarmed. See a like
question by the Jews in  8:25 . {Gave him no answer} (apokrisin
ouk ed(936b)en aut(9369)). See same idiom in  1:22 . Apokrisis (old
word from apokrinomai) occurs also in  Lu 2:47  20:26 . The
silence of Jesus, like that before Caiaphas ( Mr 14:61  Mt
26:63 ) and Herod ( Lu 23:9 ), irritates the dignity of Pilate in
spite of his fears.