The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? answer me.
the baptism of John--from heaven was it? or from men? answer me.'
The baptism of John, was it of heaven, or of men? answer me.
Mark — The Gospel of the servant in motion. The narrative hinges at Peter's confession (8:27). Before: the Servant revealed. After: the Servant suffers.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
Voices5
They were angry with the Lord, for having cast out of the temple those who had made it a place of merchandize, and therefore they come up to Him, to question and tempt Him. Wherefore it is said: And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the Chief Priests, and the Scribes, and the elders, and say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee authority to do these things? As if they had said, Who art thou that doest these things?
Theophylact of Ohrid· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 1107patristic
The baptism announced by John formed the subject, even at that time, of a question, proposed by the Lord Himself indeed to the Pharisees, whether that baptism were heavenly, or truly earthly: about which they were unable to give a consistent answer, inasmuch as they understood not, because they believed not.
Tertullian· On Baptism, 220patristic
The baptism of John,.... The doctrine of which he was the first preacher, and the ordinance of which he was the first administrator: was it from heaven, or of men? was it of divine or of human institution? answer me; directly and plainly, without any shuffling, or evasion: it is a fair question, and may be answered; and the answer to it our Lord suggests would naturally lead to a proper one to their question; See Gill on Mat 21:25.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
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.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Christ might with the better grace put this question to them, because they had sent a committee of their own house to examine John, John i. "Now," saith Christ, "what was the result of your enquiries concerning him?" They knew what they thought of this question; they could not but think that John Baptist was a man sent of God.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
The verses this one reaches10
John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”
There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.
But I tell you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they wished, just as it is written about him.”
Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.
But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him whatever they wished. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.”
The walk5
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
Mark 9:13But I tell you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they wished, just as it is written about him.”
leads to
Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him whatever they wished. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at…
And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
