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Luke 20:6

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

KJV

ἐὰν δὲ εἴπωμεν· ἐξ ἀνθρώπων, ὁ λαὸς ἅπας καταλιθάσει ἡμᾶς· πεπεισμένος γάρ ἐστιν Ἰωάννην προφήτην εἶναι.

Greek NT

Si autem dixerimus : Ex hominibus, plebs universa lapidabit nos : certi sunt enim Joannem prophetam esse.

Vulgate

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

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καταλιθάζω
katalithazo
verb · 1×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαός
laos
noun · 144×
πείθω
peitho
verb · 52×
προφήτης
prophetes
noun · 145×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἅπας
apas
adjective · 42×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
Ἰωάννης
ioannes
noun · 134×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ὁ λαὸς ἅπας | WH/Treg/NIV: ὁ λαὸς ἅπας | RP: πᾶς ὁ λαὸς
  • ὁ λαὸς ἅπαςSBLGNT
  • ὁ λαὸς ἅπαςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • πᾶς ὁ λαὸςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 4:21 — So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
  • Luke 7:26 — But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
  • Mark 14:2 — But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
  • Matt 11:9 — But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
  • Matt 21:26 — But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
  • Num 12:6 — And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.