A.T. Robertson Commentary Luke 14:3

"And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not?" — Luke 14:3 (ASV)

Answering (αποκριθεις). 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 (τους) whereas in 7:30 they are treated as two classes with separate articles.

Or not (η ου). The dilemma forestalled any question by them.

They held their peace (ησυχασαν). Ingressive aorist active of old verb ησυχαζω. They became silent, more so than before.