{Answering} (apokritheis). First aorist passive participle
without the passive meaning. Jesus answered the thoughts of those
mentioned in verse  1 . Here "lawyers and Pharisees" are treated
as one class with one article (	ous) whereas in  7:30  they are
treated as two classes with separate articles. {Or not} ((8820)ou).
The dilemma forestalled any question by them. {They held their
peace} (h(8873)uchasan). Ingressive aorist active of old verb
h(8873)uchaz(935c). They became silent, more so than before.