Jesus’ Authority Challenged
Mark 11:31
In 9 translations
- BSB
- They deliberated among themselves what they should answer: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
- KJV
- And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
- WEB
- They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we should say, ‘From heaven;’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
- ASV
- And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
- LSV
- And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, “If we may say, From Heaven, He will say, Why then did you not believe him?
- YLT
- And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, 'If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?
- DBY
- And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say, Why [then] have ye not believed him?
- DRC
- But they thought with themselves, saying: If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not believe him?
- GNV
- And they thought with themselues, saying, If we shall say, From heauen, he will say, Why then did ye not beleeue him?
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read διελογίζοντο (“they were reasoning”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐλογίζοντο (“they were reckoning”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, SBLGNT (2010) include τί εἴπωμεν (“What may we say”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include οὖν (“then”); Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)
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- SBLGNT: διελογίζοντο. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read διελογίζοντο; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐλογίζοντο.
- SBLGNT: Τί εἴπωμεν;. Michael W. Holmes (SBLGNT editor) read Τί εἴπωμεν;; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
- SBLGNT: οὖν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read οὖν; Tregelles omit this wording.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ διελογίζοντο πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς λέγοντες· Τί εἴπωμεν; ἐὰν εἴπωμεν· Ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, ἐρεῖ· Διὰ τί οὖν οὐκ ἐπιστεύσατε αὐτῷ;
- RP2018
- Καὶ ἐλογίζοντο πρὸς ἑαυτούς, λέγοντες, Ἐὰν εἴπωμεν, Ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, ἐρεῖ, Διὰ τί οὖν οὐκ ἐπιστεύσατε αὐτῷ;
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ ἐλογίζοντο πρὸς ἑαυτούς, λέγοντες, Ἐὰν εἴπωμεν, Ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, ἐρεῖ, Διὰ τί οὖν οὐκ ἐπιστεύσατε αὐτῷ;
- SCR1894
- και ελογιζοντο προς εαυτους λεγοντες εαν ειπωμεν εξ ουρανου ερει δια τι ουν ουκ επιστευσατε αυτω
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- John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- John 1:36When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
- John 1:15John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”
- John 3:29–36The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. He must increase; I must…
- John 1:34I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”
- Matthew 21:31–32Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you. For John came to you in a…
- Matthew 11:7–14As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind? Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine…
- Matthew 21:25–27What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ But if we say, ‘From men,’…
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