Mark 11:31
And they reasoned with themselves, saying: If we say, From heaven, he will reply, Why, then, did you not believe him?
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
30Was the immersion of John from heaven, or from men? answer me.
32But if we say, From men, they feared the people; for all regarded John as a prophet indeed.
Cross References
Matthew 11:7As these were going away, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the will of his father? They said to him, The first. Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you, The publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said: Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world.
John 1:36And looking on Jesus as he walked, he said: Behold the Lamb of God.
Matthew Henry on Mark 11:28-33
The Pharisees Nonplussed. 27 And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders, 28 And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things? 29 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. 30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me. 31 And they… Read the whole commentary →