Mark 11:31 “They deliberated among themselves what they should answer: “If we say,…”

Mark 11:31

They deliberated among themselves what they should answer: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?

World English Bible

They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we should say, ‘From heaven;’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

American Standard Version

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?

Geneva Bible 1599

And they thought with themselues, saying, If we shall say, From heauen, he will say, Why then did ye not beleeue him?

Darby Translation

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say, Why [then] have ye not believed him?

Young's Literal Translation

And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, 'If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

Bible in Basic English

And they gave thought to it among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not have faith in him?

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Cross references

“Why”

Matthew 11:7–14 Matthew 21:25–27 John 1:15 John 1:29 John 1:34 John 1:36

Matthew 11:7–14 · BSB

As 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?

Matthew 21:25–27 · BSB

What 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?’

John 1:15 · BSB

John 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 1:29 · BSB

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

John 1:34 · BSB

I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God. ”

John 1:36 · BSB

When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

30John’s baptism—was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me!”

32But if we say, ‘From men’...” they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.

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