Lucas 20:5

5 Ao que eles arrazoavam entre si: Se dissermos: do céu, ele dirá: Por que não crestes?

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 Respondeu-lhes ele: Eu também vos farei uma pergunta; dizei-me, pois:

4 O batismo de João era do céu ou dos homens?

5 Ao que eles arrazoavam entre si: Se dissermos: do céu, ele dirá: Por que não crestes?

6 Mas, se dissermos: Dos homens, todo o povo nos apedrejará; pois está convencido de que João era profeta.

7 Responderam, pois, que não sabiam donde era.