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

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

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

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