Mǎtaìfúyīn 21:26

26 Ruò shuō cóng rénjiān lái , wǒmen yòu pà bǎixìng . yīnwei tāmen dōu yǐ Yuēhàn wéi xiānzhī .

Mǎtaìfúyīn 21:26 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 21:26

But if we shall say of men
They reasoned with themselves, that should they give their answer in this form, and say, that the ministry and baptism of John, were merely human, and what he took up of himself, or which he performed by an authority derived from men,

we fear the people;
that were then upon the spot, in the temple; who, as many of them were now the followers of Christ, more of them had been the admirers of John, and probably had been baptized by him: wherefore the sanhedrim were afraid of them, lest if they should affirm, that the authority by which John acted was human, they would immediately rise up against them; and, as Luke says, "stone" them: so high a veneration had they for him, and so dear was his memory still unto them.

For all held John as a prophet.
These are the words of the high priests and elders, and not of the evangelist, expressing the reason of their fears from the people, who, in general, were thoroughly persuaded, as Luke expresses it, and firmly believed that John was a prophet, that was raised up, and sent immediately by God; and did not derive his authority and commission to preach and baptize from any man, or set of men, whatever.

Mǎtaìfúyīn 21:26 In-Context

24 Yēsū huídá shuō , wǒ yĕ yào wèn nǐmen yī jù huà , nǐmen ruò gàosu wǒ , wǒ jiù gàosu nǐmen wǒ zhàng zhe shénme quánbǐng zuò zhèxie shì .

25 Yuēhàn de xǐlǐ shì cóng nàli lái de . shì cóng tiān shang lái de , shì cóng rénjiān lái de ne . tāmen bǐcǐ shāngyì shuō , wǒmen ruò shuō cóng tiān shang lái , tā bì duì wǒmen shuō , zhèyàng , nǐmen wèishénme bú xìn tā ne .

26 Ruò shuō cóng rénjiān lái , wǒmen yòu pà bǎixìng . yīnwei tāmen dōu yǐ Yuēhàn wéi xiānzhī .

27 Yúshì huídá Yēsū shuō , wǒmen bú zhīdào . Yēsū shuō , wǒ yĕ bú gàosu nǐmen wǒ zhàng zhe shénme quánbǐng zuò zhèxie shì .

28 Yòu shuō , yī gèrén yǒu liǎng ge érzi , tā lái duì dà érzi shuō , wǒ ér , nǐ jīntiān dào pútaóyuán lǐ qù zuò gōng .