Luke 7:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἱ δὲ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ οἱ νομικοὶ τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἠθέτησαν εἰς ἑαυτούς, μὴ βαπτισθέντες ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

De the Pharisaioi and the nomikoi the boulēn of-the Theou ēthetēsan toward heautous, not baptisthentes by him.

Grammar Details

*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
*Pharisaioi*: nominative, masculine, plural - Pharisees
*nomikoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - lawyers/experts in law
*boulēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - counsel/purpose
*Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
*ēthetēsan*: aorist indicative, 3rd plural - rejected/nullified
*heautous*: accusative, masculine, plural, reflexive pronoun - themselves
*baptisthentes*: aorist passive participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having been baptized

Word Meanings

*nomikoi*: lawyers/experts in law/scribes
*boulēn*: counsel/purpose/plan/will
*ēthetēsan*: rejected/nullified/set aside/frustrated

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Matt 22:35 : 35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, trying him:
Luke 13:34 : 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen [gathereth] her own brood under her wings, and ye would not!
Acts 20:27 : 27 For I {G5288} shrank not from declaring unto you the whole counsel of God.
Rom 10:21 : 21 But as to Israel he saith, All the day long did I spread out my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
2 Cor 6:1 : 1 And working together [with him] we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain
Gal 2:21 : 21 I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nought.
Eph 1:11 : 11 in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;
Jer 8:8 : 8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath wrought falsely.

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