Reference: Answer
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Besides the common use of this word in the sense of to reply, it is very often used in the bible, following the Hebrew and Greek idioms, in the sense of to speak; meaning simply that one begins or resumes his discourse, Zec 3:4; 6:4; Mt 11:25; 12:38; Lu 7:40. It also means, to sing in choruses or responses, 1Sa 18:7; and to give account of one's self in judgment, Ge 30:33; Job 9:3.
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And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief.
And the women, answering one another in their song, said, Saul has put to death his thousands and David his tens of thousands.
If a man was desiring to go to law with him, he would not be able to give him an answer to one out of a thousand questions.
And he made answer and said to those who were there before him, Take the unclean robes off him, and let him be clothed in clean robes;
And I made answer and said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these, my lord?
At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees, hearing this, said to him, Master, we are looking for a sign from you.
And Jesus, answering, said, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said, Master, say on.
Hastings
An answer is (1) an apology or defence, as 2Ti 4:16 'at my first answer no man stood by me'; so perhaps 1Pe 3:21 'the answer of a good conscience'; (2) oracle, Divine response, as Ro 11:4 'what saith the answer of God?'
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But what answer does God make to him? I have still seven thousand men whose knees have not been bent to Baal.
At my first meeting with my judges, no one took my part, but all went away from me. May it not be put to their account.
And baptism, of which this is an image, now gives you salvation, not by washing clean the flesh, but by making you free from the sense of sin before God, through the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead;
Watsons
ANSWER. Besides the common usage of this word, in the sense of a reply, it has other significations. Moses, having composed a thanksgiving, after the passage of the Red Sea, Miriam, it is said, answered, "Sing ye to the Lord," &c,
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And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief.
Then Israel gave voice to this song: Come up, O water-spring, let us make a song to it:
Then when evils and troubles without number have overtaken them, this song will be a witness to them, for the words of it will be clear in the memories of their children: for I see the thoughts which are moving in their hearts even now, before I have taken them into the land of my oath.
Is this not David, who was named in their songs, when in the dance they said to one another, Saul has put to death thousands, and David tens of thousands?
And the pride of Israel gives an answer to his face; and Ephraim will have a fall through his sins, and the fall of Judah will be the same as theirs.
When he said this, one of the police by his side gave him a blow with his open hand, saying, Do you give such an answer to the high priest?
But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so?
Yes, we ourselves have had the answer of death in ourselves, so that our hope might not be in ourselves, but in God who is able to give life to the dead: