en_tn/mat/21/25.md

# Connecting Statement:

Jesus continues to respond to the religious leaders.

# from where did it come?

"where did he get the authority to do that?"

# If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?

This has quotes within a quote. You could translate the direct quotations as an indirect quotations. Alternate translation: "If we say that we believe John received his authority from heaven, then Jesus will ask us why we did not believe John." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])

# From heaven

Here "heaven" refers to God. Alternate translation: "from God in heaven" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# Why then did you not believe him?

The religious leaders know that Jesus could scold them with this rhetorical question. Alternate translation: "Then you should have believed John the Baptist" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Connecting Statement:`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Jesus continues to respond to the religious leaders.`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# from where did it come?`
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Dealing with tN Issues 229 to 248. 2017-08-22 21:55:53 +00:00			`"where did he get the authority to do that?"`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?`
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Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`This has quotes within a quote. You could translate the direct quotations as an indirect quotations. Alternate translation: "If we say that we believe John received his authority from heaven, then Jesus will ask us why we did not believe John." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])`
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			`# From heaven`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`Here "heaven" refers to God. Alternate translation: "from God in heaven" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# Why then did you not believe him?`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`The religious leaders know that Jesus could scold them with this rhetorical question. Alternate translation: "Then you should have believed John the Baptist" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00