Mark 11:30

Did John's authority to baptize come from heaven or from men? Answer me.”

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

In Context

29Jesus answered them, “I will also ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things:

31So they considered it among themselves, saying, “ If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

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Cross References

Mark 1:1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Luke 3:1In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,

John 1:15John testified about him and cried out, “This is he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks ahead of me, because he existed 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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