Mark 11:32 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 11:32

But 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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ASV

But should we say, From men—they feared the people: for all verily held John to be a prophet.

KJV

But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.

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Commentary

2 voices

Bede

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (735)

(ubi sup.) It goes on: But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people. They saw then that whatever they answered, they should fall into a snare; fearing to be stoned, they feared still more the confession of the truth. Wherefore it goes on: And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

But if we shall say, of men,.... That John's baptism was an human invention, and he had no authority from God to preach and administer it, they feared the people; lest being enraged thereby they should, at once, rise up, and destroy them: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed; a real prophet, one truly sent from God, and had his commission and credentials from him: this was the general sentiment of the people; See Gill on Mat 21:26.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This colt was borrowed too. Christ went upon the water in a borrowed boat, ate the passover in a borrowed chamber, was buried in a borrowed sepulchre, and here rode on a borrowed ass. Let not Christians scorn to be beholden one to another, and, when need is, to go a borrowing, for our Master did not.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

They feared the people - Or rather, We fear, etc. Instead of εφοβουντο, they feared; the Codex Bezae, seven others, later Syriac, Arabic, Coptic, Ethiopic, Armenian, Vulgate, and all the Itala, read φοβουμεν, or φοβουμεθα. The common reading appearing to me quite improper. We fear the people. Εαν, if, before ειπωμεν, we shall say, is omitted by ABCEFGHLS, and more than fifty others. Bengel leaves it out of the text, and puts a note of interrogation after Εξ ανθρωπων; and then the whole passage reads thus: But shall we say, Of men?

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

(1857)

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	But	G235 →
εἴπωμεν·	eipōmen	shall we say;	G2036 →
ἐξ	ex	From	G1537 →
ἀνθρώπων,	anthrōpōn	men’..,	G444 →
ἐφοβοῦντο	ephobounto	they were afraid of	G5399 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
ὄχλον·	ochlon	crowd;	G3793 →
ἅπαντες	hapantes	all	G537 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
εἶχον	eichon	were holding	G2192 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰωάννην	Iōannēn	John	G2491 →
ὄντως	ontōs	truly	G3689 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
προφήτης	prophētēs	a prophet	G4396 →
ἦν.	ēn	he was.	G1510 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 21:46
Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.
leads to
- Matthew 21:26
  But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 21:11
  The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
Through
Mark 12:12
At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.
leads to
- Mark 11:18
  When the chief priests and scribes heard this, they looked for a way to kill Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.
- Matthew 22:22
  And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.
- John 7:44
  Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.
- John 7:30
  So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
Through
Matthew 14:5
Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.
leads to
- Matthew 11:9
  What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
- Matthew 21:32
  For John came to you in a righteous way and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe…

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02Original language & word study

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark