Luke 20:4

4 baptismum Iohannis de caelo erat an ex hominibus

Luke 20:4 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 20:4

The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
] This was a new ordinance, and John must have his authority for administering it either from God, or from men; and Christ is desirous to know from which he derived it in their opinion; suggesting, that by the same authority John, his forerunner, came baptizing, he himself came preaching and working miracles; (See Gill on Matthew 21:25).

Luke 20:4 In-Context

2 et aiunt dicentes ad illum dic nobis in qua potestate haec facis aut quis est qui dedit tibi hanc potestatem

3 respondens autem dixit ad illos interrogabo vos et ego verbum respondete mihi

4 baptismum Iohannis de caelo erat an ex hominibus

5 at illi cogitabant inter se dicentes quia si dixerimus de caelo dicet quare ergo non credidistis illi

6 si autem dixerimus ex hominibus plebs universa lapidabit nos certi sunt enim Iohannem prophetam esse