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Luke 20:4

John's baptism—was it from heaven or from people?"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Baptism;   Instruction;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Heal, Health;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Capital Punishment;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Consciousness;   Liberty (2);   Organization (2);   Questions and Answers;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
was the baptism of John from heaven or of human origin?”
King James Version (1611)
The Baptisme of Iohn, was it from heauen, or of men?
King James Version
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
English Standard Version
was the baptism of John from heaven or from man?"
New American Standard Bible
"Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?"
New Century Version
When John baptized people, was that authority from God or just from other people?"
Amplified Bible
"The baptism of John [the Baptist]—was it from heaven [that is, ordained by God] or from men?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?"
Legacy Standard Bible
Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?"
Berean Standard Bible
John's baptism-was it from heaven, or from men?"
Contemporary English Version
Who gave John the right to baptize? Was it God in heaven or merely some human being?"
Complete Jewish Bible
the immersion of Yochanan — was it from Heaven or from a human source?"
Darby Translation
The baptism of John, was it of heaven or of men?
Easy-to-Read Version
When John baptized people, did his authority come from God or was it only from other people?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
The baptisme of Iohn, was it from heauen, or of men?
George Lamsa Translation
The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from men?
Good News Translation
did John's right to baptize come from God or from human beings?"
Lexham English Bible
The baptism of John—was it from heaven or from men?
Literal Translation
The baptism of John, was it from Heaven, or from men?
American Standard Version
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?
Bible in Basic English
The baptism of John, was it from heaven or of men?
Hebrew Names Version
the immersion of Yochanan, was it from heaven, or from men?"
International Standard Version
Was John's authority to baptizeJohn's baptism
">[fn] from heaven or from humans?"
Etheridge Translation
the baptism of Juchanon, from heaven was it, or from the sons of men ?
Murdock Translation
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The baptisme of Iohn, was it from heauen, or of men?
English Revised Version
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?
World English Bible
the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And they reasoned among themselves,
Weymouth's New Testament
"was John's baptism of Heavenly or of human origin?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Was the baptym of Joon of heuene, or of men?
Update Bible Version
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?
Webster's Bible Translation
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?
New King James Version
The baptism of John--was it from heaven or from men?"
New Living Translation
"Did John's authority to baptize come from heaven, or was it merely human?"
New Life Bible
Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?"
New Revised Standard
Did the baptism of John come from heaven, or was it of human origin?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The immersion of John, Of heaven, was it, or of men?
Douay-Rheims Bible
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
Revised Standard Version
Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The baptyme of Iohn: was it from heaven or of men?
Young's Literal Translation
the baptism of John, from heaven was it, or from men?'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The baptyme of Iho was it from heauen, or of men?
Mace New Testament (1729)
tell me, the baptism of John, was it a divine or a human institution?
Simplified Cowboy Version
did John baptize because the Boss told him to or was it just something he came up with on his own?"

Contextual Overview

1 Now one day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and the experts in the law with the elders came up 2 and said to him, "Tell us: By what authority are you doing these things? Or who is it who gave you this authority?" 3 He answered them, "I will also ask you a question, and you tell me: 4 John's baptism—was it from heaven or from people?" 5 So they discussed it with one another, saying, "If we say, ‘From heaven,' he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?' 6 But if we say, ‘From people,' all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet." 7 So they replied that they did not know where it came from. 8 Then Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by whose authority I do these things."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

baptism: Luke 7:28-35, Matthew 11:7-19, Matthew 17:11, Matthew 17:12, Matthew 21:25-32, John 1:6, John 1:19-28

from: Luke 15:18, Daniel 4:25, Daniel 4:26

Reciprocal: Luke 14:18 - all

Cross-References

Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the Lord .
Genesis 20:6
Then in the dream God replied to him, "Yes, I know that you have done this with a clear conscience. That is why I have kept you from sinning against me and why I did not allow you to touch her.
Genesis 20:17
Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.
Genesis 20:18
For the Lord had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham's wife.
2 Samuel 4:11
Surely when wicked men have killed an innocent man as he slept in his own house, should I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth?"
1 Chronicles 21:17
David said to God, "Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed! As for these sheep—what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family, but remove the plague from your people!"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?] This was a new ordinance, and John must have his authority for administering it either from God, or from men; and Christ is desirous to know from which he derived it in their opinion; suggesting, that by the same authority John, his forerunner, came baptizing, he himself came preaching and working miracles;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 21:23-27.


 
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