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Butἀλλὰshould we say,εἴπωμεν‘FromἘξpeople’?”ἀνθρώπων—they were afraid ofἐφοβοῦντοthe crowd,τὸν ὄχλονforγὰρallἅπαντεςheldεἶχονthatὅτιJohnτὸν Ἰωάννηνreallyὄντωςwasἦνa prophet.προφήτης
Mark 11:32
Study it in the app“But should we say, ‘From people’?” — they were afraid of the crowd, for all held that John really was a prophet.”
With the Greek beneath
Mark 11:32, word by word
- should we sayεἴπωμενeipōmen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipōmen” appears- people’ἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōn
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpōn” appears- they were afraid ofἐφοβοῦντοephobounto
be afraid
To be afraid: "do not fear".
Where else “ephobounto” appears- the crowdὄχλονochlon
crowd
A lot of people together.
Where else “ochlon” appears- allἅπαντεςhapantes
all
All, every one without exception.
Where else “hapantes” appears- heldεἶχονeichon
regard as
To regard someone as: "they held him a prophet".
Where else “eichon” appears- JohnἸωάννηνIōannēn
John
John. In the Gospels, John the Immerser (the Baptist) or John son of Zebedee, one of the Twelve.
Where else “Iōannēn” appears- reallyὄντωςontōs
really
Truly, really.
Where else “ontōs” appears- wasἦνēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appears- a prophetπροφήτηςprophētēs
prophet
Someone who speaks for God.
Where else “prophētēs” appears
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Mark 11:27-33
27And they come again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the high priests and the scribes and the elders come to him 28and they were saying to him, “By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?” 29But Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question; and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. 30The immersion of John, was it from heaven or from people? Answer me.” 31And they were discussing it among themselves, saying, “What shall we say? If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 32But should we say, ‘From people’?” — they were afraid of the crowd, for all held that John really was a prophet. 33And they answered Jesus and say, “We do not know.” And Jesus says to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
23And when he had come into the temple, the high priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, saying, “By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?” 24And Jesus answered and said to them, “I also will ask you one thing, which, if you tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25The immersion of John, where was it from? From heaven or from people?” And they were discussing among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 26But if we say, ‘From people,’ we fear the crowd; for all hold John as a prophet.” 27And they answered Jesus and said, “We do not know.” And he said to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
1And it happened on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and proclaiming the good news, that the high priests and the scribes came up with the elders, 2and they spoke, saying to him, “Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is the one who gave you this authority?” 3And he answered and said to them, “I also will ask you a question, and you tell me: 4The immersion of John, was it from heaven or from men?” 5And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’ 6But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us; for they are convinced that John was a prophet.” 7And they answered that they did not know where it was from. 8And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
The context
31And they were discussing it among themselves, saying, “What shall we say? If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
32 · This verse (above)
33And they answered Jesus and say, “We do not know.” And Jesus says to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
To study Mark 11 in a group
1. What it says
What did those going before and following Jesus shout as he entered Jerusalem (vv. 8–10)?
2. What it means
Why did Jesus say his house will be called “a house of prayer for all the nations” (vv. 15–17)?
3. How I live it
Jesus speaks of forgiving while praying (v. 25). Whom could you forgive today, even if only as a first step?