Lucas 20:5

5 Ellos discutieron el asunto unos con otros: «Si decimos que provenía del cielo, preguntará por qué nosotros no le creímos a Juan,

Lucas 20:5 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 20:5

And they reasoned with themselves
Or "they thought with themselves", as the Syriac version; or "within themselves", as the Vulgate Latin, though they did not express it; or "one with another", as the Arabic version; they took counsel together, and debated the matter among themselves, and reasoned after this manner:

saying, if we shall say from heaven;
which was what, in their own consciences, they believed to be true,

he will say, why then believed ye him not?
in what he said concerning the Messiah; which if they had, as they should, there would have been no reason for such a question they had put; (See Gill on Matthew 21:25).

Lucas 20:5 In-Context

3 —les respondió él—.

4 La autoridad de Juan para bautizar, ¿provenía del cielo o era meramente humana?

5 Ellos discutieron el asunto unos con otros: «Si decimos que provenía del cielo, preguntará por qué nosotros no le creímos a Juan,

6 pero si decimos que era meramente humana, la gente nos apedreará, porque están convencidos de que Juan era un profeta».

7 Entonces finalmente contestaron que no sabían.