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## And they answered ##

"The chief priests, scribes and elders answered"

## they answered that they did not know ##

Some languages may prefer a direct quote. "They said, 'We do not know'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])

## where it came from ##

"where John's baptism came from." It can be translated as "where John's authority to baptize came from" or "who authorized John to baptize people."

## Neither will I tell you ##

This could be translated as "And I will not tell you" or "Just as you will not tell me, I will not tell you."
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`## And they answered ##`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`"The chief priests, scribes and elders answered"`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`## they answered that they did not know ##`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`Some languages may prefer a direct quote. "They said, 'We do not know'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])`

			`## where it came from ##`

			`"where John's baptism came from." It can be translated as "where John's authority to baptize came from" or "who authorized John to baptize people."`

			`## Neither will I tell you ##`

			`This could be translated as "And I will not tell you" or "Just as you will not tell me, I will not tell you."`