Demand
Demand
de-mand: The peremptory, imperative sense is absent from this word in its occurrences in the King James Version, where it means no more than ask, inquire (compare French, demander) one or the other of which the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes in 2Sa 11:7; Mat 2:4; Luk 3:14; Luk 17:20; Act 21:33. the Revised Version (British and American) retains demand in Exo 5:14; Job 38:3; Job 40:7; Job 42:4; Dan 2:27; and inserts it (the King James Version require) in Neh 5:18.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Demand
* Note: For DEMAND (Mat 2:4; Act 21:33), see INQUIRE; for its use in Luk 3:14; Luk 17:20, see under ASK.