Luke 7:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And all the people when they heard, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἀκούσας, καὶ οἱ τελῶναι, ἐδικαίωσαν τὸν Θεόν, βαπτισθέντες τὸ βάπτισμα Ἰωάννου.

Transliteration

And all the laos akousas, and the telōnai, edikaiōsan the Theon, baptisthentes the baptisma of-Iōannou.

Grammar Details

*laos*: nominative, masculine, singular - people
*akousas*: aorist participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having heard
*telōnai*: nominative, masculine, plural - tax collectors
*edikaiōsan*: aorist indicative, 3rd plural - declared righteous/justified
*Theon*: accusative, masculine, singular - God
*baptisthentes*: aorist passive participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having been baptized
*baptisma*: accusative, neuter, singular - baptism
*Iōannou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of John

Word Meanings

*laos*: people/crowd/nation
*telōnai*: tax collectors/publicans
*edikaiōsan*: justified/acknowledged as right/vindicated
*baptisthentes*: having been baptized/immersed

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Referenced Verses

Luke 3:12 : 12 And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what must we do?
Luke 7:35 : 35 And wisdom is justified of all her children.
Acts 18:25 : 25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spake and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John:
Acts 19:3 : 3 And he said, {G4314} {G846} Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.
Rom 3:4-6 : 4 God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment. 5 But if our righteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who visiteth with wrath? (I speak after the manner of men.) 6 God forbid: {G1096} for then how shall God judge the world?
Rom 10:3 : 3 For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, {G1343} they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
Rev 15:3 : 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages.
Rev 16:5 : 5 And I heard the angel of the waters saying, Righteous art thou, who art and who wast, {G2532} {G3741} thou Holy One, because thou didst thus judge:
Judg 1:7 : 7 And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [their food] under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
Ps 51:4 : 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in thy sight; That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest.
Matt 3:5-6 : 5 Then went out unto him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about the Jordan; 6 and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
Matt 21:31-32 : 31 Which of the two did the will of his father? They say, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye saw it, did not even repent yourselves afterward, that ye might believe him.

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Mark 1:4-5
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4John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins.
5And there went out unto him all the country of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem; And they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
John 3:25-26
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25There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purifying.
26And they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
Matt 3:5-7
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5Then went out unto him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about the Jordan;
6and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
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Luke 7:30
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30But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.
Matt 21:32
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32For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye saw it, did not even repent yourselves afterward, that ye might believe him.
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3And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins;
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15And as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether haply he were the Christ;
16John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:
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12And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what must we do?
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30The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? answer me.
Acts 13:24
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24when John had first preached before {G4383} his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
Mark 1:7-10
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7And he preached, saying, There cometh after me he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
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Matt 3:13-15
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13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
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Luke 3:21
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Acts 19:3-4
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Acts 10:37
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Luke 7:24
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Matt 3:11
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