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# 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/jit/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations]])
"If we say that we believe John received his authority from heaven, then Jesus will ask us why we did not believe John."
# From heaven
Here "heaven" refers to God. Alternate translation: "from God in heaven" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
"from God in heaven"
# 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/jit/figs-rquestion]])
"Then you should have believed John the Baptist"