What Does Matthew 27:12 Mean?

“And”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“when”

"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“he was accused”

to be a plaintiff, i.e., to charge with some offence

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“of”

under, i.e., (with the genitive case) of place (beneath), or with verbs (the agency or means, through); (with the accusative case) of place (whither (

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the chief priests”

the high-priest (literally, of the jews; typically, christ); by extension a chief priest

“And”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“elders”

older; as noun, a senior; specially, an israelite sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or christian "presbyter"

“nothing”

not even one (man, woman or thing), i.e., none, nobody, nothing

“he answered”

to conclude for oneself, i.e., (by implication) to respond; by hebraism (compare h6030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected)