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.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ὁ λαὸς ἅπας — SBLGNT
- ὁ λαὸς ἅπας — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- πᾶς ὁ λαὸς — Robinson-Pierpont
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.