Mark 11:31
And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we reply, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
30The baptism of John, was it of heaven, or of men? answer me.
32but if we say of men―they feared the people: for all men held John to be in truth a prophet.
Cross References
Matthew 11:7And when they were gone, Jesus began to speak to the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the will of his father? They say to him, The first. Jesus saith to them, Verily I say unto you, That tax-gatherers and harlots shall go before you into the kingdom of God.
John 1:29The next day John seeth Jesus coming to him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world,
John 1:36and looking upon Jesus as he walked by, he saith, 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 →