Question (Hastings' Dictionary)

The modem sense of 'interroga- tion ' is found in the Synoptic (iospels in the phrase 'ask a inicstion,' Mt22'«""', Mk 12", Lk 2-'« iO", the Gr. being always the verb irepuTdo) standing alone. In Lk 2'" I'indale has ' bothe hearynge tliem and posinge them,' but the meaning is not different, since 'po.se' is used in its old sense of interrogate, as in Bacon, IJist. Uenry VII. 119, ' She I'osed him and sifted him, to try whether he were the very Duke of York or no.' Tindale was followed by all the Eng. VSS till the Khcm. and Auth., when ' pose ' had become antiquated in this sense. The sense of interrogation is found also in 182 QUICK, QUICKEN QUICKSAl^DS 2 Es 8"' And therefore ask thou no more questions concerning the multitude of theni that perish ' (Noli ergo adicere tnquirendo). A slightly different meaning is found in 1 Es 6* 'Without further question' (dKa/i^io-^ijTTjT-ais) ; with which may be compared 1 Co 10^ " ' Asking no question for conscience' sake ' {fnjdiv dfaKptfovTes Sta. tt}v ffvvci- The phrase ' to call in question ' is in AV more than to dispute ; it means to accuse, to bring into judgment. Thus Ac 19" ' We are in danger to De called in question for this day's uproar ' (kivSw- eiyOMf ^KoKfTadai, RV ' we are in danger to be accused ') ; 23' ' Of the Iiope and resurrection of tlie dead I am called in question ' (iyui Kpivofuii ; so 24^')- See Call in \ol. i. p. 344», and cf. Winthrop, Hist, of New Eng. i. 172, ' The governour wrote to some of the assistants about it, and, upon advice with the ministers, it was agreed to call them [the offenders] in question.' Elsewliere the subst. ' question ' is used either in the sense of discussion, dispute, or else the subject of discussion, matter of dispute. Thus (1) Discus- sion, dispttte (Gr. always f7)n;<ris), Jn S'-^ ' Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying ' ; 2 Ti 2-^ ' Foolish and unlearned questions avoid.' Cf. Ac 28^ Wye, 'Jewis wenten out fro him, ha\'ynge miche questioun, or seking (Purvey, ethir musyng) among iiem silf.' Also Shaks. Henry V. I. L 5 — The scrambling and unquiet time Did push it out of farther question.' (2) Subject .f debate, 1 K 10' ||2 Ch 9' 'She came to prove him with hard questions ' (nh-rj, lit. ' with riddles,' see Riddle) ; 1 K 10' || 2 Ch 9» ' And Solomon told her all her questions' (C"!?";, lit. ' her matters'); cf. Mk ll-'"'! will also ask of you one question' (Iva Xlryov, AVm 'one thing,' RVm ' Gr. word '). Elsewhere only ^rrrrtiia and only in Acts, as Ac 23^ ' W lioin I perceived to be accused of questions of their law.' Cf. Shaks. Hamlet, ill. i. 56— ' To be, or not to be : that is the question.* The verb 'to question' occurs only in the phrase ' question with one ' (once ' question among them- selves,' Mk 1'''), which often meant to dispute, argue with, as Shaks. Merch. of Venice, IV. i. 70, ' I pray you, think yon qtrestion with the Jew '; but in AV it seems never to mean more than ' inquire of.' Thus Lk 23° ' Then he questioned with him in many words (irrjpurra di avrdi/ if \6yois UavoU), but he answered him nothing.' J. Hastings.