Luke 23:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he questioned him in many words; but he answered him nothing.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐπηρώτα δὲ αὐτὸν ἐν λόγοις ἱκανοῖς· αὐτὸς δὲ οὐδὲν ἀπεκρίνατο αὐτῷ.

Transliteration

Epērōta de auton en logois hikanois; autos de ouden apekrinato autō.

Grammar Details

• *Epērōta*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was questioning
• *de*: postpositive particle - and/but
• *auton*: accusative masculine singular - him
• *en logois hikanois*: with many words/at length
• *autos de*: but he himself
• *ouden*: accusative neuter singular - nothing
• *apekrinato*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - answered
• *autō*: dative masculine singular - to him

Word Meanings

• *Epērōta*: was questioning/was asking/was inquiring
• *logois hikanois*: many words/sufficient words/at length
• *apekrinato*: answered/replied/responded

Referenced Verses

• Matt 27:14 : 14 And he gave him no answer, not even to one word: insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
• Luke 13:32 : 32 And he said unto them, Go and say to that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third [day] I am perfected.
• Acts 8:32 : 32 Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, So he openeth not his mouth:
• 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:
• Ps 38:13-14 : 13 But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14 Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.
• Ps 39:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me. 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.
• Ps 39:9 : 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.
• Isa 53:7 : 7 He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.
• Matt 7:6 : 6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.