Murals (2008) by PHANTAST - Graffiti - Cultural Music & Art Association inc. - 98 Milne St. Benleigh
"Jesus remained silent" (Luke 23:9).
The silence of goodness in the face of orchestrated evil. The entire episode before the Sanhedrin was an effort to frame Jesus. They knew the letter of the law, He knew the spirit of the moral code. Evil became organised.
The silence of perception, when evil justifies itself by posturing as morality. Their capacity to hate and their love for ceremonial law far exceeded any desire to know truth and goodness.
The silence of consistency. By His silence, Jesus taught us how to fight slander. His silence is a lesson that answers are not always the way to reason. Escaping from slander is a hazardous task when the very accusation can become valid not because of the truth, but because of the lack of composure with which one seek to defend oneself.
The silence of fulfilled mission :"He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open his mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaugter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open his moth" (Isaiah 53:7)