'Answer' in the Bible

And having been warned [by God] in a dream not to go back to Herod, the magi left for their own country by another way.

But He did not say a word in answer to her. And His disciples came and asked Him [repeatedly], “Send her away, because she keeps shouting out after us.”

Jesus replied to them, “I will also ask you a question, and if you tell Me the answer, then I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

No one was able to say a word to Him in answer, nor from that day on did anyone dare to question Him again.

Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink?

Then they also [in their turn] will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or as a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to You?’

The high priest stood up and said to Jesus, “Have You no answer to give? What is it that these men are testifying against You?”

But when the charges were brought against Him by the chief priests and elders, He did not answer.

If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it’; and immediately he will send it here.”

Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question, and you answer Me, and then I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

Was the baptism of John [the Baptist] from heaven [that is, ordained by God] or from men? Answer Me.”

And again He came back and found them sleeping, because their eyes were very heavy; and they did not know how to answer Him.

The high priest stood up and came forward and asked Jesus, “Have You no answer to give [in response] to what these men are testifying against You?”

But Jesus kept silent and gave no answer at all. Again the high priest was questioning Him, and saying to Him, “Are You the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), the Son of the Blessed One?”

Then Pilate again asked Him, “Have You no answer [to give]? See how many charges they are bringing against You!”

But Jesus gave no further answer; so Pilate was perplexed.

and from inside he answers, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’

Once the head of the house gets up and closes the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door [again and again], saying, ‘Lord, open to us!’ then He will answer you, ‘I do not know where you are from [for you are not of My household].’

Jesus replied, “I will also ask you a question. You tell Me:

But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are firmly convinced that John was a prophet.”

So make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves;

and if I ask a question, you will not answer.

Then they said to him, “Who are you? Tell us, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

But when He said this, one of the officers who was standing nearby struck Jesus [in the face], saying, “Is that how You answer the high priest?”

He went into the Praetorium again and said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But Jesus did not answer him.

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man well spoken of by all the Jewish people, was divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and hear what you have to say.”

When he knocked at the door of the gateway, a servant-girl named Rhoda came to answer.

On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers [arrogantly] back to God and dares to defy Him? Will the thing which is formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”

So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

When we are slandered, we try to be conciliatory and answer softly. We have become like the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.

For as many as are the promises of God, in Christ they are [all answered] “Yes.” So through Him we say our “Amen” to the glory of God.

Let your speech at all times be gracious and pleasant, seasoned with salt, so that you will know how to answer each one [who questions you].

Corresponding to that [rescue through the flood], baptism [which is an expression of a believer’s new life in Christ] now saves you, not by removing dirt from the body, but by an appeal to God for a good (clear) conscience, [demonstrating what you believe to be yours] through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,