Mark 11:32

32 sed dicemus ex hominibus timebant populum omnes enim habebant Iohannem quia vere propheta esset

Mark 11:32 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 11:32

But if we shall say, of men
That John's baptism was an human invention, and he had no authority from God to preach and administer it,

they feared the people;
lest being enraged thereby they should, at once, rise up, and destroy them:

for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed;
a real prophet, one truly sent from God, and had his commission and credentials from him: this was the general sentiment of the people; (See Gill on Matthew 21:26).

Mark 11:32 In-Context

30 baptismum Iohannis de caelo erat an ex hominibus respondete mihi

31 at illi cogitabant secum dicentes si dixerimus de caelo dicet quare ergo non credidistis ei

32 sed dicemus ex hominibus timebant populum omnes enim habebant Iohannem quia vere propheta esset

33 et respondentes dicunt Iesu nescimus respondens Iesus ait illis neque ego dico vobis in qua potestate haec faciam