Lucas 20:5

5 Ellos, pues, lo discutieron entre sí: «Si respondemos: “Del cielo”, nos dirá: “¿Por qué no le creyeron?”

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 —Yo también voy a hacerles una pregunta a ustedes —replicó él—. Díganme:

4 El bautismo de Juan, ¿procedía del cielo o de la tierra?

5 Ellos, pues, lo discutieron entre sí: «Si respondemos: “Del cielo”, nos dirá: “¿Por qué no le creyeron?”

6 Pero si decimos: “De la tierra”, todo el pueblo nos apedreará, porque están convencidos de que Juan era un profeta».Así que le respondieron:

7 —No sabemos de dónde era.