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 my justice shall speak for me in the day tomorrow, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one which is not speckled and patched among the she-goats and black among the lambs, that to be stolen with me.
And the women will answer, playing, and they will say, Saul smote with his thousand and David with his ten thousands.
If he shall desire to contend with him, he shall not answer him one from a thousand.
And he will answer and say to them standing before him, saying, Remove the filthy garments from off him, And he will say to him, See, I caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and clothed thee with festive garments.
And I shall answer and say to the messenger speaking with me, What are these, my lord?
In that time Jesus having answered, said, I acknowledge to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for thou hast hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to children.
Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, Teacher, we wish to see a sign from thee.
And Jesus having answered, said to him, Simon, I have something to say to thee. And he says, Teacher, speak.
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 say to him the intimations of divine will I have left to myself seven thousand men, who bent not the knee to Baal.
In my first defence none was present with me, but all forsook me; (may it not be reckoned to them.)
By which also the figure, immersion, now saves us (not by laying aside of the filth of the flesh, but the question of a good. consciousness toward God,) by the rising up of Jesus Christ:
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 my justice shall speak for me in the day tomorrow, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one which is not speckled and patched among the she-goats and black among the lambs, that to be stolen with me.
The Israel will sing this song: Ascend thou well! answer ye to it.
And it was when many evils and afflictions shall find him, and this song testified before him for a witness: for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouth of his seed; for I knew his formation which he did this day, before I shall bring him to the land which I sware
Is not this David which they will answer to him in dances, saying, Saul struck his thousands and David his ten thousands?
And the pride of Israel was humbled in his face, and Israel and Ephraim shall be weak in their iniquity; Judah also being weak with them.
And he having said these things, one of the attendants standing by gave Jesus a blow with a rod, having said, Answerest thou the chief priest so?
Surely, O man, who art thou replying against God? Shall the formation say to him having formed, Why hest thou made me so
And we ourselves have had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not have trusted in ourselves, but in God raising the dead: