Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 23:9

"And he questioned him in many words; but he answered him nothing." — Luke 23:9 (ASV)

Then he questioned with him in many words: but he answered him nothing.

"No," says good Christopher Ness – "John Baptist was Christ's voice, and Herod had stopped him; there Christ would not speak; as if he would say, 'No, no'; you did cut off John Baptist's head, who was my messenger, and since you have ill-treated my emir, I, the King of kings, will have nothing to say to you."