Lukas 20:5

5 And they reasoned to themselves saying, If we say, from Shomayim, he will say, why did you not believe him?

Lukas 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).

Lukas 20:5 In-Context

3 In reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, I will also confront you will a she’elah, and you tell me:

4 The tevilah of teshuva of Yochanan—was it from Shomayim or from Bnei Adam?

5 And they reasoned to themselves saying, If we say, from Shomayim, he will say, why did you not believe him?

6 But if we say, from Bnei Adam, HaAm (the People) all will subject us to sequilah (stoning), for HaAm Yisroel are all convinced that Yochanan is a navi.

7 And they answered that they did not have daas of the origin of the tevilah of teshuva of Yochanan.