Luke 20:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The baptisme of Iohn, was it from heauen, or of men?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τὸ βάπτισμα Ἰωάννου, ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ἦν, ἢ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων;

Transliteration

The baptisma of Iōannou, from ouranou was ēn, or from anthrōpōn?

Grammar Details

• *baptisma*: nominative, neuter, singular - baptism
• *Iōannou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of John
• *ouranou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of heaven
• *ēn*: imperfect active, 3rd singular - was
• *anthrōpōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of men/people

Word Meanings

• *baptisma*: baptism/immersion/washing ritual
• *ouranou*: heaven/sky
• *anthrōpōn*: men/people/human beings

Referenced Verses

• Luke 15:18 : 18 I wyll aryse, and go to my father, and wyll say vnto hym: Father, I haue sinned agaynst heauen, and before thee,
• John 1:6 : 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was Iohn:
• John 1:19-28 : 19 And this is the recorde of Iohn: When the Iewes sent priestes and leuites from Hierusalem, to aske hym: What art thou? 20 And he confessed and denyed not, and sayde playnely, I am not that Christe. 21 And they asked hym: What then? art thou Elias? And he sayth, I am not. Art thou that prophete? And he aunswered, no. 22 Then sayde they vnto hym: What art thou? that we may geue an aunswere to them that sent vs: What sayest thou of thy selfe? 23 He sayde: I am the voyce of a cryer in the wildernesse, make strayght the way of the Lorde, as sayde the prophete Esaias. 24 And they which were sent, were of the pharisees. 25 And they asked hym, and sayde vnto hym: Why baptizest thou then, yf thou be not Christe, nor Elias, neither that prophete? 26 Iohn aunswered them, saying: I baptize with water, but there standeth one among you, whom ye knowe not, 27 He it is, which though he came after me, was before me, whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to vnloose. 28 These thynges were done in Bethabara beyonde Iordane, where Iohn dyd baptize.
• Dan 4:25-26 : 25 Thou shalt be cast out from men, and thy dwelling shalbe with the beastes of the fielde: with grasse shalt thou be fed like oxen, thou must be wet with the deawe of the heauen, yea seue times shall passe ouer thee, till thou knowe that the hyghest hath power ouer the kingdome of men, & geueth it to whom he list. 26 Moreouer, where as it was sayd, that the stumpe of the roote of the tree should be left still: it betokeneth, that thy kingdome shall remayne whole vnto thee, after thou hast learned to knowe that the power commeth from heauen.
• Matt 11:7-9 : 7 And as they departed, Iesus began to say vnto the multitude cocerning Iohn: What went ye out into the wildernesse to see? A reede shaken with the winde? 8 Or what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft rayment? Beholde, they that weare soft clothyng are in kinges houses. 9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophete? yea I say vnto you, and more then a prophete. 10 For this is he of whom it is written: Beholde I sende my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 11 Ueryly I say vnto you, among them that are borne of women, arose not a greater then Iohn the Baptist: Notwithstandyng, he that is lesse in the kingdome of heauen, is greater then he. 12 From the dayes of Iohn the Baptist vntyll nowe, the kingdome of heauen suffereth violence, & the violent plucke it vnto them. 13 For all the prophetes and the lawe it selfe prophecied vnto Iohn. 14 And if ye wyll receaue it, this is Elias which was for to come. 15 He that hath eares to heare, let him heare. 16 But whervnto shall I liken this generation? It is like vnto litle children, which sit in the markettes, and call vnto their felowes, 17 And say: We haue pyped vnto you, and ye haue not daunsed: we haue mourned vnto you, and ye haue not sorowed. 18 For Iohn came neither eatyng nor drinking, and they say, he hath the deuil. 19 The sonne of man came eatyng and drinking, and they say, behold a glutton and an vnmeasurable drinker of wine, and a friende vnto publicans & sinners: And wisdome is iustified of her children.
• Matt 17:11-12 : 11 Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto them: Elias truely shall first come, and restore all thynges: 12 But I say vnto you, that Elias is come alredy, and they knewe hym not, but haue done vnto hym, whatsoeuer they lusted.
• Matt 21:25-32 : 25 The baptisme of Iohn, whence was it, from heauen, or of men? And they reasoned with them selues saying: if we shall say from heauen, he wyll say vnto vs, why dyd ye not then beleue hym? 26 But yf we shall say of men, then feare we the people: for all men holde Iohn as a prophete. 27 And they aunswered vnto Iesus, and sayde: we can not tell. And he saide vnto them: neither tell I you, by what aucthoritie I do these thynges. 28 But what thynke you? A man had two sonnes, and came to the firste, and saide: sonne, go and worke to day in my vineyarde. 29 He aunswered and saide, I wyll not: but afterwarde he repented, and went. 30 Then came he to the seconde, & sayde lykewyse. And he aunswered & saide, I wyll sir, and went not. 31 Whether of them twayne did the wyl of the father? And they saide vnto him, the first. Iesus sayth vnto them: Ueryly I saye vnto you, that publicanes & harlottes go into the kingdome of God, before you. 32 For Iohn came vnto you by the way of righteousnes, & ye beleued hym not: but publicanes & harlottes beleued him. And ye, when ye had sene it were not moued afterwarde with repentaunce, that ye myght haue beleued hym.
• Luke 7:28-35 : 28 For I say vnto you, among womens chyldren, is there not a greater prophete then Iohn Baptist. Neuerthesse, he that is lesse in the kyngdome of God, is greater then he. 29 And all the people, and the publicanes that hearde hym, iustified God, and were baptized with the baptisme of Iohn. 30 But the pharisees and lawyers despised the councel of God, agaynst them selues, and were not baptized of hym. 31 And the Lorde sayde: Whervnto shall I lyken the men of this generation? and what thyng are they lyke? 32 They are lyke vnto chyldren, sittyng in the market place, and crying one to another, and saying: We haue pyped vnto you, and ye haue not daunsed: We haue mourned to you, and ye haue not wept. 33 For Iohn Baptist came, neither eatyng bread nor drynkyng wyne, and ye say he hath the deuyll. 34 The sonne of man is come, and eateth and drynketh, and ye saye, beholde a gluttonous man, and an vnmeasurable drynker of wyne, a frende of publicanes and sinners. 35 And wisdome is iustified of all her chyldren.