Then answered] That is, they began to speak; so this phrase is usually taken in the Scriptures, as 1 Samuel 14:28. Ezra 10:2. Matthew 11:25. Acts 5:8. Do ye know] That is, we would have you to know. in these houses] That is, in one of these houses. consider] That is, Whether it be not expedient, that we take all these along with us, or no, to make the like use of them, that we have done before.