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Mar_11:27-33. See on Mat_21:23-27. Comp. Luk_20:1-8. Matthew abridges little, but yet remains not so directly vivid.
περιπατοῦντος ] According to Matthew and Luke Jesus taught, which, however, is not excluded by Mark’s statement.
Mar_11:28. ταῦτα ] the cleansing of the temple, comp. on Mat_21:23.
ἵνα ταῦτα ποιῇς ] not a paraphrase of the infinitive, but: in order that thou mayest do these things, purpose of τὴν ἐξουσίαν τ . ἔδωκεν .
Mar_11:29. ἐπερωτήσω ] not: post interrogabo (Fritzsche), but, as always in the N. T.: to inquire of, so that ἐπί expresses the direction. Comp. Plat. Soph. p. 249 E: δικαίως ἂν ἐπερωτηθεῖμεν ἅπερ αὐτοὶ τότε ἠρωτῶμεν (be inquired of, as we ourselves asked questions).
Mar_11:31. οὖν ] therefore, since it comes from heaven.
Mar_11:32. ἀλλʼ εἴπωμεν · ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ] Here is to be placed a note of interrogation (Complutensian, Lachmann, Tischendorf); but are we to say: of men? a question of doubtful reflection! Rinck, Lucubr. crit. p. 306, aptly remarks on what follows: “Respondet Marcus suo nomine, idque elegantissime fecisse videtur, quoniam haud facile quisquam sibi ipse aperte timorem adscribere consuevit.” Comp. Buttmann, neut. Gr. p. 330 [E. T. 385].
εἶχον τὸν Ἰωάννην ὄντως , ὅτι προφ . ἦν ] (see the critical remarks): they really perceived (perspectum habebant, see Ast, Lex. Plat. I. p. 873) that John (in his lifetime) was a prophet. Ἰωάννην … ὅτι is to be taken according to the well-known attraction; see Winer, p. 551 [E. T. 781]; Buttmann, p. 322 [E. T. 376].