Mark 11:30

The baptism of John, was it of heaven, or of men? answer me.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.

In Context

29And Jesus answering said to them, *I* also will ask you one thing, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things:

31And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say, Why [then] have ye not believed him?

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Cross References

Mark 1:1Beginning of the glad tidings of Jesus Christ, Son of God;

Luke 3:1Now in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituraea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

John 1:15(John bears witness of him, and he has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me;)

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 →

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