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Matthew 21:23-25
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Jesus’ Authority Challenged

23 And after[a] he arrived at the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him while he[b] was teaching, saying, “By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?” 24 And Jesus answered and[c] said to them, “I also will ask you one question. If you tell the answer[d] to me, I also will tell you by what authority I am doing these things. 25 From where was the baptism of John—from heaven or from men?” And they began to discuss[e] this[f] among themselves, saying, “If we say ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:23 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“arrived”)
  2. Matthew 21:23 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was teaching”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Matthew 21:24 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
  4. Matthew 21:24 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  5. Matthew 21:25 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to discuss”)
  6. Matthew 21:25 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
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