23 And [after] he arrived at the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him [while he] was teaching, saying, "By what authority are you doing these [things]? And who gave you this authority?"
24
And Jesus answered [and] said to them, "I also will ask you one question. If you tell [the answer] to me, I also will tell you by what authority I am doing these [things].
25
From where was the baptism of John--from heaven or from men?" And they began to discuss [this] among themselves, saying, "If we say 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
26
But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the crowd, because they all look upon John as a prophet."
27
And they answered [and] said to Jesus, "We do not know." And he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these [things].
[a].
*Here "[after]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("arrived")
[b].
*Here "[while]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was teaching") which is understood as temporal
[c].
*Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("answered") has been translated as a finite verb
[d].
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
[e].
*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to discuss")
[f].
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
[g].
*Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("answered") has been translated as a finite verb
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