Mark 11:30

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29And Jesus said to them: I also will ask you one thing, that ye may tell me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

31And they reasoned with themselves, and said: If we should say to him, From heaven; he will say to us, Why then did ye not believe him?

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Cross References

Mark 1:1THE beginning of the gospel of Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God.

Luke 3:1And in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, in the presidency of Pontius Pilate in Judaea, while Herod was Tetrarch in Galilee, and Philip his brother Tetrarch in Ituraea and in the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias Tetrarch of Abilene,

John 1:15John testified of him, and cried, and said: This is he, of whom I said, That he cometh after me, and is before me; for he was prior to 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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