LUKE 20:6 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) But if we say ‘from people’, then all the people will kill us with rocks, because they believe that Yohan was a prophet.”

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT But if we say, ‘From men,’ the whole people will stone us, for it is persuaded that John was a prophet.”

UST But if we say, ‘It was only humans who told him to baptize,’ the people will stone us to death, because most of them believe that John was a prophet whom God sent.”

BSB But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are convinced [that] John was a prophet.”

BLB But if we should say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are having been persuaded John to be a prophet."

AICNT But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

OEB But, if we say “human,” the people will all stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.’

WEBBE But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”

WMBB But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that Yochanan was a prophet.”

NET But if we say, ‘From people,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

LSV And if we may say, From men, all the people will stone us, for they are having been persuaded John to be a prophet.”

FBV And if we say it was just human, everybody will stone us for they're sure John was a prophet.”

TCNT But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”

T4T But if we say, ‘It was from people,’ the people here will kill us by throwing stones at us, because they all believe that John was a prophet from God.”

LEB But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

BBE But if we say, Of men; we will be stoned by the people, for they are certain that John was a prophet.

Moff And if we say, "From men," the whole of the people will stone us, for they are convinced John was a prophet."

Wymth And if we say, `human,' the people will all stone us; for they are thoroughly convinced that John was a Prophet."

ASV But if we shall say, From men; all the people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

DRA But if we say, Of men, the whole people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

YLT and if we may say, From men, all the people will stone us, for they are having been persuaded John to be a prophet.'

Drby but if we should say, Of men, the whole people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

RV But if we shall say, From men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.

SLT And if we say, of men; all the people will stone us: for they are persuaded John to be a prophet.

Wbstr But if we say, From men; all the people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

KJB-1769 But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.

KJB-1611 But and if we say, Of men, all the people will stone vs: for they be perswaded that Iohn was a Prophet.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps But and yf we say of men, all the people wyll stone vs: For they be perswaded that Iohn is a prophete.
(But and if we say of men, all the people will stone us: For they be persuaded that Yohn is a prophet.)

Gnva But if we shall say, Of men, all the people will stone vs: for they be perswaded that Iohn was a Prophet.
(But if we shall say, Of men, all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that Yohn was a Prophet. )

Cvdl But yf we saye, of men, then shal all the people stone vs, for they be persuaded, that Ihon is a prophet.
(But if we say, of men, then shall all the people stone us, for they be persuaded, that Yohn is a prophet.)

TNT But and yf we shall saye of men all the people will stone vs. For they be persuaded that Ihon is a Prophet.
(But and if we shall say of men all the people will stone us. For they be persuaded that Yohn is a Prophet. )

Wycl and if we seien, Of men, al the puple schal stoone vs; for thei ben certeyn, that Joon is a prophete.
(and if we said, Of men, all the people shall stone us; for they been certain, that Yohn is a prophet.)

Luth Sagen wir aber, von Menschen, so wird uns alles Volk steinigen, denn sie stehen darauf, daß Johannes ein Prophet sei.
(Sagen we/us but, from people, so becomes us/to_us/ourselves all/everything people stony, because/than they/she/them stand on_it, that Yohannes a Prophet be.)

ClVg Si autem dixerimus: Ex hominibus, plebs universa lapidabit nos: certi sunt enim Joannem prophetam esse.
(When/But_if however we_said: From to_humans, plebs universe lapidabit us: certi are because Yoannem prophet to_be. )

UGNT ἐὰν δὲ εἴπωμεν, ἐξ ἀνθρώπων, ὁ λαὸς ἅπας καταλιθάσει ἡμᾶς; πεπεισμένος γάρ ἐστιν Ἰωάννην προφήτην εἶναι.
(ean de eipōmen, ex anthrōpōn, ho laos hapas katalithasei haʸmas; pepeismenos gar estin Yōannaʸn profaʸtaʸn einai.)

SBL-GNT ἐὰν δὲ εἴπωμεν· Ἐξ ἀνθρώπων, ⸂ὁ λαὸς ἅπας⸃ καταλιθάσει ἡμᾶς, πεπεισμένος γάρ ἐστιν Ἰωάννην προφήτην εἶναι·
(ean de eipōmen; Ex anthrōpōn, ⸂ho laos hapas⸃ katalithasei haʸmas, pepeismenos gar estin Yōannaʸn profaʸtaʸn einai;)

RP-GNT Ἐὰν δὲ εἴπωμεν, Ἐξ ἀνθρώπων, πᾶς ὁ λαὸς καταλιθάσει ἡμᾶς· πεπεισμένος γάρ ἐστιν Ἰωάννην προφήτην εἶναι.
(Ean de eipōmen, Ex anthrōpōn, pas ho laos katalithasei haʸmas; pepeismenos gar estin Yōannaʸn profaʸtaʸn einai.)

TC-GNT Ἐὰν δὲ εἴπωμεν, Ἐξ ἀνθρώπων, [fn]πᾶς ὁ λαὸς καταλιθάσει ἡμᾶς· πεπεισμένος γάρ ἐστιν [fn]Ἰωάννην προφήτην εἶναι.
(Ean de eipōmen, Ex anthrōpōn, pas ho laos katalithasei haʸmas; pepeismenos gar estin Yōannaʸn profaʸtaʸn einai. )

20:6 πας ο λαος ¦ ο λαος απας CT

20:6 ιωαννην ¦ ιωανην WH

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translation Notes:

Section 20:1–8: The Jewish leaders challenged Jesus’ authority

In this paragraph the Jewish leaders asked Jesus what authority he had to do the things that he had been doing. They implied by their question in 20:2 that God had not authorized Jesus to do and say what he did.

Jesus replied by asking the leaders who gave John the Baptizer his authority. His question implied that both he and John got their authority from God. The leaders did not want to admit that God had given John his authority, because they did not believe John’s teaching. But they did not want to say that his authority was only from human beings, because they were afraid that the people would stone them. So they said that they did not know where John’s authority came from.

Because the leaders refused to say what they believed about John, Jesus also said that he would not tell them about his own authority. He knew that they would not accept his answer, because they were questioning him with evil motives. However, in Section 20:9–19, he revealed the answer in a parable.

Examples of headings for this section are:

The Authority of Jesus Questioned (NIV)

The Jewish leaders did not believe that Jesus came with God’s authority

Jewish Leaders Question Jesus (NCV)

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 21:23–27 and Mark 11:27–33.

20:6a

But if we say, ‘From men,’

But if we^(incl) say, ‘It was merely from people,’
But suppose we^(incl) answer Jesus, ‘John got his authority from human beings.’
Another/Others said, “We^(incl) could say to Jesus that it was a human idea, God did not send him/John to baptize people,

But: The word But introduces another possible answer to Jesus’ question. This answer contrasts with the one in 20:5b. In some languages it may be more natural to use a different conjunction. For example:

And

Or

In some languages a conjunction may not be needed. Translate the connection in a natural way in your language.

if we say, ‘From men’: Here the phrase From men has the same meaning as in 20:4. See how you translated it there. In this context the Jewish leaders were considering another possible answer to Jesus’ question. This was the answer that they really thought was true.

The phrase From men is another quote within a quote. Translate it in a natural way in your language. Other ways to do this in English are:

if we say it was merely human (NLT)

Suppose we say that the baptizing that John did was merely a human idea

if we say, “Of human origin” (NRSV)

20:6b

all the people will stone us,

then everyone else will kill us^(incl) by throwing stones at us,
Then all our^(incl) fellow Jews will be so angry that they will stone us to death.
but if we^(incl) say that, the people of our nation will kill us by throwing stones at us.

all the people will stone us: The Law of Moses said that if people spoke against a prophet of God, they must be put to death. The other people must throw stones at them until they died. See also 13:34b. The Jewish leaders were afraid to say that John’s baptism was only a human ritual and not from God. They were afraid that the other Jews would stone them to death. Some other ways to translate this are:

The other people will throw stones at us until we die.

the people…will throw stones at us and kill usWestern Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation on TW.

all the people: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as the people was the way that the Jewish people referred to themselves. Here it indicates that the Jewish leaders were referring to their fellow Jewish people. In some languages it may be helpful to make this explicit. For example:

all our fellow Jews

20:6c

for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
They firmly believe that John spoke as a prophet with God’s authority.”
For they are certain/sure that John was a spokesman/message-speaker for God.”

for: The word for introduces the reason why the Jewish leaders believed that the crowd would stone them. In some languages it may be more natural to change the order of this reason and put it before the result in 20:8b. See the General Comment on 20:6a–c below for an example.

they are convinced that John was a prophet: The phrase they are convinced indicates here that the people were sure that John was a prophet. They firmly believed that he was speaking words from God. In this context the Jewish leaders implied that the people believed that John’s authority came from God. God had sent him to preach and to baptize people. Some other ways to translate this are:

they totally believe that John was a prophet

they believe that John was really a prophet from God

In some languages it may be more natural to use direct speech to express what the people believed. For example:

they all say, “John was a prophet.”

a prophet: A prophet is a man who speaks on behalf of God. He tells people what God reveals to him. Some other ways to translate prophet in this context are:

a spokesman for God

God’s message-speaker

a person who speaks with God’s authority

In 1:76 John’s father spoke about John saying that he would be a prophet of God. See how you translated prophet there. See also prophet in the Glossary.

General Comment on 20:6a–c

In some languages it may be helpful to reorder the clauses in this verse. For example:

^6cAll the people regard John as a prophet, ^6bso they will stone us ^6aif we say that John got his authority to baptize from human beings alone.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

ἐὰν δὲ εἴπωμεν, ἐξ ἀνθρώπων, ὁ λαὸς ἅπας καταλιθάσει ἡμᾶς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐάν Δέ εἴπωμεν Ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ὁ λαός ἅπας καταλιθάσει ἡμάς πεπεισμένος γάρ ἐστίν Ἰωάννην προφήτην εἶναι)

The Jewish leaders are describing another hypothetical situation. Alternate translation: [But suppose we say, ‘From men.’ Then all the people will stone us]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

ἐὰν δὲ εἴπωμεν, ἐξ ἀνθρώπων, ὁ λαὸς ἅπας καταλιθάσει ἡμᾶς

If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [But if we say that John’s authority came from people, then all the people will stone us]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ἀνθρώπων

humans

See how you translated men in [20:4](../20/04.md). Alternate translation: [people]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

ὁ λαὸς ἅπας

the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐάν Δέ εἴπωμεν Ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ὁ λαός ἅπας καταλιθάσει ἡμάς πεπεισμένος γάρ ἐστίν Ἰωάννην προφήτην εἶναι)

For emphasis, the Jewish leaders speak as if every single person in the Jewish nation believed that John was God’s prophet and would stone them if they said otherwise. Alternate translation: [many of the Jewish people]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ὁ λαὸς ἅπας

This was a customary way of speaking of the Jewish nation. Alternate translation: [all the Jewish people]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

καταλιθάσει ἡμᾶς

˓will_be˒_stoning (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐάν Δέ εἴπωμεν Ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ὁ λαός ἅπας καταλιθάσει ἡμάς πεπεισμένος γάρ ἐστίν Ἰωάννην προφήτην εἶναι)

The implication is that the people would do this as a punishment for blasphemy, for saying that one of God’s prophets had only human authority. Alternate translation: [will kill us by throwing stones at us, as punishment for blasphemy]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

πεπεισμένος & ἐστιν

˓having_been˒_persuaded & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐάν Δέ εἴπωμεν Ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ὁ λαός ἅπας καταλιθάσει ἡμάς πεπεισμένος γάρ ἐστίν Ἰωάννην προφήτην εἶναι)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form. If you translated the … people as “the Jewish people,” this would be plural. Alternate translation: [they firmly believe]

Parallel LUKE 20:6

Section 20:1–8: The Jewish leaders challenged Jesus’ authority

20:6a

20:6b

20:6c

General Comment on 20:6a–c