ἐξ�. Not “of men” as in A. V[348] but ‘from men.’ This was equivalent to the question—with which surely the teachers of Israel should at once have been provided with an answer—was the Baptist a prophet or a seducer? If they could not answer this question they were obviously incompetent to decide as to the authority by which He worked.

[348] A. V. Authorised Version.

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