Luke 20:6
But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
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Gill's Exposition
Whether from heaven, or of men; in this, no doubt, they told an untruth: but they chose rather to sacrifice their consciences than their interest, and pretend ignorance rather than profess the truth,…
In this passage of story nothing is added here to what we had in the other evangelists; but only in the first verse, where we are told,
I. That he was now teaching the people in the temple, and…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
all the people will stone us The word is a strong compound katalithaseiused here only -will stone us to death. Herod had been daunted by the same dread, Mat 14:5; Jos. Antt.xviii. 5, § 2. It…
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