Then Elijah, drawing near to all the people, said: "How long will you waver between two sides? If the Lord is God, follow him. But if Baal is, then follow him." And the people did not respond a word to him.
John 10:24 - Catholic Public Domain Version And so the Jews surrounded him and said to him: "How long will you hold our souls in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly." 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So the Jews surrounded Him and began asking Him, How long are You going to keep us in doubt and suspense? If You are really the Christ (the Messiah), tell us so plainly and openly. American Standard Version (1901) The Jews therefore came round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou hold us in suspense? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly. Common English Bible The Jewish opposition circled around him and asked, “How long will you test our patience? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Jews therefore came round about him, and said to him: How long dost thou hold our souls in suspense? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. English Standard Version 2016 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” |
Then Elijah, drawing near to all the people, said: "How long will you waver between two sides? If the Lord is God, follow him. But if Baal is, then follow him." And the people did not respond a word to him.
Now all were thinking about John in their hearts, and the people were supposing that perhaps he might be the Christ.
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him, so that they might ask him, "Who are you?"
The Jews answered him: "We do not stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy and because, though you are a man, you make yourself God."
I have spoken these things to you in proverbs. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in proverbs; instead, I will announce to you plainly from the Father.
And so they said to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them: "The Beginning, who is also speaking to you.
Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. So who do you make yourself to be?"
His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already conspired, so that if anyone were to confess him to be the Christ, he would be expelled from the synagogue.