Topic
Answer
8 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Job 21:34ISBE
How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
- Job 34:36ISBE
My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.
- Mark 9:6ISBE
For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.
- Acts 5:8ISBE
And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.
- Acts 24:10ISBE
Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
- Acts 24:25ISBE
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
- Romans 11:4ISBE
But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
- 1 Peter 3:15ISBE
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 8 references
an'-ser: In our English Bible the word "answer" does not always mean a simple reply to a question.
1. In the Old Testament:
Six different words are translated by answer.
(1) It is frequently used where no question has been asked and in such cases it means a word, a statement.
(2) It also means a response (Job 21:34; 34:36).
(3) It often means a declaration or proclamation from God where no question has been asked. See the many passages that read: "The Lord answered and said."
(4) The other words translated "answer" or "answered" in the Old Testament are unimportant shadings and variations.
2. In the New Testament:
The words translated "answer" are not so varied.
(1) It sometimes means an apology, a defense (1Pe 3:15; Ac 24:10,25).
(2) It may mean simply "to say" (Mr 9:6).
(3) It may mean a revelation from God (Ro 11:4).
(4) It is also used to apply to unspoken thoughts of the heart, especially in the sayings of Jesus; also by Peter to Sapphira (Ac 5:8).
G. H. Gerberding
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.