Mǎtaìfúyīn 21:27

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

Mǎtaìfúyīn 21:27 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 21:27

And they answered Jesus and said, we cannot tell
They saw the dilemma they were brought into; they chose rather therefore to speak against their own consciences, and tell a wilful lie, and incur the reproach of ignorance: who, at other times, took upon them to judge of a prophet, whether he was a true or a false one, and by what authority he acted, whether of God, or man: but now being reduced to this wretched condition, contrary to their office and character, declare they did not know, and could not tell from whence John had his commission, and who gave him his authority:

and he said unto them, neither tell I you by what authority I do
these things:
since, according to the proposal of Christ, and the agreement he entered into with them, they did not give him a direct answer to his question, he looked upon himself under no obligation to inform them, what was his authority, and from whence he had it; though by the question he put to them he tacitly suggests, that he had his authority not from man, but from God; and by this his answer signifies, that since John preached and baptized without their authority and approbation, so might he; nor was he dependent on them, or accountable to them.

Mǎtaìfúyīn 21:27 In-Context

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 .

29 Tā huídá shuō , wǒ bú qù . yǐhòu zìjǐ àohuǐ jiù qù le .