[3:15] 1 tn Grk “but Jesus, answering, said.” This construction with passive participle and finite verb is pleonastic (redundant) and has been simplified in the translation to “replied to him.”
[3:15] 2 tn Grk “Permit now.”
[3:15] 3 tn Grk “he”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[3:15] 4 tn Or “permitted him.”
