Lucas 20:5

5 Y ellos discurrían entre sí, diciendo: Si decimos: "Del cielo", El dirá: "¿Por qué no le creísteis?"

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 Respondiendo El, les dijo: Yo también os haré una pregunta; decidme:

4 El bautismo de Juan, ¿era del cielo o de los hombres?

5 Y ellos discurrían entre sí, diciendo: Si decimos: "Del cielo", El dirá: "¿Por qué no le creísteis?"

6 Pero si decimos: "De los hombres", todo el pueblo nos matará a pedradas, pues están convencidos de que Juan era un profeta.

7 Y respondieron que no sabían de dónde era.