'Answered' in the Bible

And the Man who stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, “These are the ones whom the Lord has sent to go throughout the earth and patrol it.”

And the men on the horses answered the Angel of the Lord who stood among the myrtle trees and said, “We have gone throughout the earth [patrolling it] and behold, all the earth sits at rest [in peace and free from war].”

And the Lord answered the angel who was speaking with me with gracious and comforting words.

So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he answered me, “These are the horns [the powerful Gentile nations] that have scattered Judah (the Southern Kingdom), Israel (the Northern Kingdom), and Jerusalem (capital city of Judah).”

Then the angel who was speaking with me answered me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”

And he answered me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”

And the angel said to me, “What do you see?” And I answered, “I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits (thirty feet) and its width is ten cubits (fifteen feet).”

The angel answered me, “These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go out after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth,