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15 lines
559 B
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## And they answered ##
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"The chief priests, scribes and elders answered"
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## they answered that they did not know ##
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Some languages may prefer a direct quote. "They said, 'We do not know'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
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## where it came from ##
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"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."
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## Neither will I tell you ##
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This could be translated as "And I will not tell you" or "Just as you will not tell me, I will not tell you." |