And he knows his life is at stake, but he gives him no help even when Pilate wants to release him. Silence is the mysterious center of the trial. Meekness does not mean weakness. It means power put under God's control . An unbroken colt is useless.
Meekness is the opposite of violence and vengeance.
It means standing humbly before God because he knows he has nothing to offer on his own. It is not cowardice or lack of conviction. It is courage and strength and conviction. Dr. Lloyd-Jones gives as good a definition of this beatitude as anyone I've read. The man who is truly meek is the one who is truly amazed that God and man can think of him as well as they do and treat him as well as they do.