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Mark 11:33

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11:33So45 they answered Jesus,46 “We don’t know.”47 Then Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you48 by what authority49 I am doing these things.”

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Footnotes

  1. 45 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.
  2. 46 Grk “answering, they said to Jesus.” The participle ἀποκριθέντες (apokrithentes) is redundant, but the syntax of the phrase has been modified to conform to English style.
  3. 47 Very few questions could have so completely revealed the wicked intentions of the religious leaders. Jesus’ question revealed the motivation of the religious leaders and exposed them for what they really were—hypocrites. They indicted themselves when they cited only two options and chose neither of them (“We do not know”). The point of Mark 11:27–33 is that no matter what Jesus said in response to their question they were not going to believe it and would in the end use it against him.
  4. 48 Neither will I tell you. Though Jesus gave no answer, the analogy he used to their own question makes his view clear. His authority came from heaven.
  5. 49 On this phrase, see ποῖος 2.a.γ. This is exactly the same phrase as in v. 28.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”

Jesus said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”

And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

NLTNew Living Translation

So they finally replied, “We don’t know.”

And Jesus responded, “Then I won’t tell you by what authority I do these things.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.