en_tn/luk/20/03.md

# General Information:

Jesus responds to the chief priests, scribes, and elders.

# He answered and said to them

"Jesus replied"

# I will also ask you a question, and you tell me

The words "I will ... ask you a question" are a statement. The words "you tell me" are a command.

# was it from heaven or from men

Jesus knows that John's authority comes from heaven, so he is not asking for information. He asks the question so the Jewish leaders will have to tell what they think to all who are listening. This question is rhetorical, but you will probably have to translate it as a question. AT: "do you think John's authority to baptize people came from heaven or from men" or "was it God who told John to baptize people, or did people tell him to do it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# from heaven

"from God." Jewish people avoided referring to God by his name "Yahweh." Often they used the word "heaven" to refer to him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/baptize]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/johnthebaptist]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`

			`Jesus responds to the chief priests, scribes, and elders.`

			`# He answered and said to them`
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Dealing with tN issues 757 & 753 and ULB issues 1281 & 1282. 2017-09-25 16:38:01 +00:00			`# I will also ask you a question, and you tell me`

			`The words "I will ... ask you a question" are a statement. The words "you tell me" are a command.`

Fixing snippet mismatches. 2017-09-26 14:53:58 +00:00			`# was it from heaven or from men`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
Fixing snippet mismatches. 2017-09-26 14:53:58 +00:00			`Jesus knows that John's authority comes from heaven, so he is not asking for information. He asks the question so the Jewish leaders will have to tell what they think to all who are listening. This question is rhetorical, but you will probably have to translate it as a question. AT: "do you think John's authority to baptize people came from heaven or from men" or "was it God who told John to baptize people, or did people tell him to do it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# from heaven`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`"from God." Jewish people avoided referring to God by his name "Yahweh." Often they used the word "heaven" to refer to him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/baptize]]`
Relinking after change of directories. 2017-08-30 21:09:31 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/johnthebaptist]]`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]]`