Mǎtaìfúyīn 21:24

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 .

Mǎtaìfúyīn 21:24 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 21:24

And Jesus answered and said unto them
Not by replying directly to their question, but by putting another question to them, whereby he escaped the snare he saw they laid for him:

I also will ask you one thing,
word, or question,

which if ye tell me;
honestly, and plainly answer to it,

I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things:
which was putting the thing upon such a foot, and in such a form, as they could not well object to; for Christ promises, that if they would return a plain answer to the question he had to put to them, and which was no unreasonable, nor impertinent one, he would thoroughly satisfy them in this point; and expressly declare his commission and authority, what it was, and from whence he had it. The question is as follows:

Mǎtaìfúyīn 21:24 In-Context

22 Nǐmen dǎogào , wúlùn qiú shénme , zhǐyào xìn , jiù bì dé zhe .

23 Yēsū jìn le diàn , zhēng jiàoxun rén de shíhou , Jìsīzhǎng hé mínjiān de zhǎnglǎo lái wèn tā shuō , nǐ zhàng zhe shénme quánbǐng zuò zhèxie shì . gĕi nǐ zhè quánbǐng de shì shuí ne .

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 .