3. He replied, "I have a question for you. Tell me:
4. Was John’s baptism of heavenly or of human origin?"
5. They discussed among themselves, "If we say, ‘It’s of heavenly origin,’ he’ll say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’
6. But if we say, ‘It’s of human origin,’ all the people will stone us to death because they are convinced that John was a prophet."
7. They answered that they didn’t know where it came from.