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Jesus’ Authority Challenged
27 And they came again to Jerusalem. And as[fn] he was walking in the templecourts,[fn] the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came up to him 28 and said to him, “By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority that you do these things?” 29 So Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question. Answer me and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things. 30 The baptism of John—was it from heaven or from men? Answer me!” 31 And they began to discuss[fn]this[fn] with one another, saying, “What should we say?[fn] If we say ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 32 But if we say, ‘From men’ ”—they were afraid of the crowd, because they all looked upon John as truly a prophet.[fn] 33 And they replied to Jesus saying, “We do not know.” And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
?:? *Here “as” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was walking”)
?:? *Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
?:? The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to discuss”)
?:? *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
?:? Some manuscripts omit “What should we say?”
?:? Literally “that he was truly a prophet”