Matthew 21:25

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τὸ βάπτισμα Ἰωάννου, πόθεν ἦν; ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, ἢ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων; Οἱ δὲ διελογίζοντο παρʼ ἑαυτοῖς, λέγοντες, Ἐὰν Εἴπωμεν, ἐξ οὐρανοῦ· ἐρεῖ ἡμῖν, Διὰ τί οὖν οὐκ ἐπιστεύσατε αὐτῷ;

Transliteration

The baptisma of Iōannou, from where was it? from ouranou, or from anthrōpōn? They de dielogizonto among themselves, legontes, If we eipōmen, from ouranou; he will erei to us, Dia why then not you episteusate him?

Grammar Details

• *baptisma*: nominative neuter singular - baptism
• *Iōannou*: genitive masculine singular - of John
• *ouranou*: genitive masculine singular - heaven
• *anthrōpōn*: genitive masculine plural - men/people
• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and
• *dielogizonto*: imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person plural - they reasoned/discussed
• *legontes*: present active participle, nominative masculine plural - saying
• *eipōmen*: aorist active subjunctive, 1st person plural - we may say
• *erei*: future active indicative, 3rd person singular - he will say
• *Dia*: preposition with accusative - because of/for
• *episteusate*: aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural - you believed

Word Meanings

• *baptisma*: baptism/immersion/washing
• *ouranou*: heaven/sky
• *anthrōpōn*: men/people/mankind
• *dielogizonto*: reasoned/discussed/deliberated
• *eipōmen*: say/tell/speak
• *erei*: will say/tell/speak
• *episteusate*: believed/trusted/had faith in

Referenced Verses

• 1 John 3:20 : 20 For yf our heart condempne vs, God is greater then our heart, and knoweth all thynges.
• Matt 3:1-9 : 1 In those dayes, came Iohn the Baptist, preachyng in the wyldernesse of Iurie, and saying. 2 Repent, for the kingdome of heauen is at hande. 3 For this is he, of whom it is spoken by the prophete Esayas, saying. The voyce of one crying in the wyldernesse: prepare ye the way of the Lorde, make his pathes strayght. 4 This Iohn had his rayment of Camels heere, and a girdle of a skynne about his loynes, his meate was locustes, and wylde hony. 5 Then went out to hym Hierusalem, and all Iurie, and all the region rounde about Iordane, 6 And were baptized of hym in Iordane, confessyng their sinnes. 7 But when he sawe many of the Pharisees, and Saducees come to his baptisme, he sayde vnto them. O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the anger to come? 8 Bryng foorth therefore fruites meete for repentaunce. 9 And be not of suche mynde, that ye woulde say within your selues, we haue Abraham to our father. For I say vnto you, that God is able, of these stones to rayse vp chyldren vnto Abraham. 10 Euen now is the axe also put vnto the roote of the trees: therefore, euery tree which bryngeth not foorth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fire. 11 I baptize you in water vnto repentaunce: But he that shall come after me, is mightier then I, whose shoes I am not worthy to beare, he shall baptize you with the holy ghost, and with fire. 12 Whose fanne is in his hande, and he wyll purge his floore, and gather his wheate into his garner: but wyl burne vp the chaffe with vnquencheable fire.
• 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.
• Matt 17:12-13 : 12 But I say vnto you, that Elias is come alredy, and they knewe hym not, but haue done vnto hym, whatsoeuer they lusted. 13 Lykewyse, shall also the sonne of man suffer of them. Then the disciples vnderstode, that he spake vnto them of Iohn Baptist.
• Mark 1:1-9 : 1 The begynnyng of the Gospel of Iesu Christ, the sonne of God. 2 As it hath ben written in the prophetes: Beholde, I sende my messenger before thy face, whiche shall prepare thy waye before thee. 3 A voyce of hym that crieth in the wyldernesse: Prepare ye the waye of the Lorde, and make his pathes strayght. 4 Iohn did baptize in the wyldernesse, and preached the baptisme of repentaunce, for the remission of sinnes. 5 And all the land of Iurie, and they of Hierusalem, went out vnto hym, and were all baptized of hym in the ryuer of Iordane, confessyng their synnes. 6 Iohn was clothed with Camelles heere, and with a girdle of a skynne about his loynes: and he did eate locustes and wylde hony. 7 And preached, saying: He that is stronger then I, commeth after me, whose shoe latchet I am not worthy to stowpe downe, and vnloose. 8 I haue baptized you with water: but he shal baptize you with the holy ghost. 9 And it came to passe in those dayes, that Iesus came fro Nazareth, of Galilee, & was baptized of Iohn in Iordane. 10 And assone as he was come vp out of the water, he sawe heauen open, & the spirite descending vpon him like a doue. 11 And there came a voyce from heauen: Thou art my deare sonne, in whom I am well pleased.
• Mark 11:27-33 : 27 And they came agayne to Hierusalem: And as he walked in the temple, there came to hym the hye priestes, and the scribes, and the elders. 28 And say vnto him: By what auctoritie doest thou these thynges? & who gaue thee this auctoritie, to do these thynges? 29 Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto them: I wyll also aske of you one question: and aunswere me, and I wyll tell you by what auctoritie I do these thynges. 30 The baptisme of Iohn, whether was it from heauen, or of men? Aunswere me. 31 And they reasoned with them selues, saying, yf we shall say from heauen: he wyll say, why then dyd ye not beleue hym? 32 But yf we shal say, of men, we feare the people. For all men counted Iohn, that he was a very prophete. 33 And they aunswered, and sayde vnto Iesus: we can not tell. And Iesus aunswered and sayde vnto them: neither wyll I tell you by what auctoritie I do these thynges.
• Luke 1:11-17 : 11 And there appeared vnto hym an Angel of the Lorde, standyng on the ryght syde of the aulter of incence. 12 And when Zacharias sawe him, he was troubled, and feare came vpo him. 13 But the Angel sayde vnto him: Feare not Zacharie, for thy prayer is hearde: and thy wyfe Elizabeth shall beare thee a sonne, & thou shalt cal his name Iohn. 14 And thou shalt haue ioy and gladnesse, and many shall reioyce at his birth. 15 For he shalbe great in the syght of the Lorde, and shall neither drynke wine nor strong drynke: and he shalbe fylled with the holy ghost, euen from his mothers wombe. 16 And many of the chyldren of Israel, shall he turne to their Lorde God. 17 And he shall go before hym, with the spirite and power of Elias, to turne the heartes of the fathers to the chyldren, and the disobedient to the wisedome of the iust men, to make redy a perfect people for the Lorde.
• Luke 1:67-80 : 67 And his father Zacharias was filled with ye holy ghost, & prophesied, saying. 68 Praysed be ye Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited & redeemed his people. 69 And hath raysed vp an horne of saluation vnto vs, in the house of his seruaunt Dauid. 70 Euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy prophetes, whiche were sence the worlde began. 71 That he would saue vs from our enemies, and from the hande of all that hate vs. 72 That he would deale mercyfully with our fathers, and remember his holy couenaunt. 73 And that he woulde perfourme the oth, which he sware to our father Abraham, for to geue vs. 74 That we, beyng deliuered out of the handes of our enemies, might serue him without feare, 75 All the dayes of our life, in such holynesse and righteousnes as are accepted before hym. 76 And thou childe shalt be called the prophete of the hyghest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lorde, to prepare his wayes. 77 To geue knowledge of saluation vnto his people, by the remission of their sinnes. 78 Through ye tender mercy of our God, wherby the day spryng from an hygh hath visited vs. 79 To geue lyght to them that sitte in darknesse, and in the shadowe of death, to guide our feete into the way of peace. 80 And the chylde grewe, and waxed strong in spirite, and was in wildernesse till the day came when he should shewe hym selfe vnto the Israelites.
• Luke 3:2-9 : 2 When Annas and Caiaphas were the hye priestes, the worde of the Lorde came vnto Iohn, the sonne of Zacharias, in the wyldernesse. 3 And he came into all the coastes about Iordane, preachyng the baptisme of repentaunce, for the remission of sinnes: 4 As it is writte in ye booke of the wordes of Esaias the prophete, saying: The voyce of a cryer in wyldernesse, prepare ye the way of ye Lorde, make his pathes strayght. 5 Euery valley shalbe fylled, and euery mountayne & hyll shalbe brought lowe: And thynges that be croked, shalbe made strayght, and the rough wayes shalbe made playne. 6 And all flesshe, shall see the saluation of God. 7 Then saide he to the people that were come foorth to be baptized of hym: O generations of vipers, who hath forewarned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bryng foorth therefore due fruites of repentaunce, and begyn not to say within your selues, we haue Abraham to our father: For I saye vnto you, that God is able of these stones, to rayse vp childre vnto Abraham. 9 Nowe also is the axe layed vnto the roote of the trees: Euery tree therfore which bryngeth not foorth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fire. 10 And the people asked hym, saying: What shall we do then? 11 He aunswereth, and sayth vnto them: He that hath two coates, let him part with hym that hath none: and he that hath meate, let hym do lykewyse. 12 Then came publicanes also to be baptized, and saide vnto him: Maister, what shall we do? 13 And he sayde vnto them: Require no more then that which is appoynted vnto you. 14 The souldiours lykewyse demaunded of hym, saying: And what shall we do? And he saide vnto them: Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages. 15 As the people wayted, & all men mused in their heartes of Iohn, whether he were very Christe: 16 Iohn aunswered, and said vnto them all, In deede I baptize you with water: but one stronger then I commeth, whose shoes latched I am not worthy to vnlose, he shall baptize you with the holy ghost, and with fire. 17 Which hath his fanne in his hande, & wyll purge his floore, & wyll gather the wheate into his barne: but ye chaffe wyl burne vp, with fire that neuer shalbe quenched. 18 And many other thinges, in his exhortation, preached he vnto the people. 19 Then Herode the tetrarch, when he was rebuked of hym for Herodias, his brother Philippes wyfe, and for all the euyls which Herode dyd, 20 Added this aboue all, & shut vp Iohn in pryson.
• 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.
• Luke 20:5 : 5 And they reasoned within the selues, saying, Yf we say from heauen, he wyll say, why then beleued ye hym not?
• John 1:6 : 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was Iohn:
• John 1:15 : 15 Iohn beareth witnesse of hym, and cryeth, saying: This was he of whom I spake, he that commeth after me, is preferred before me, for he was before me.
• John 1:25-34 : 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. 29 The next day, Iohn seeth Iesus comming vnto hym, and saith, beholde the lambe of God, which taketh away the sinne of the worlde. 30 This is he of whom I sayde, After me commeth a man, which is preferred before me, for he was before me. 31 And I knewe hym not: but that he shoulde be declared to Israel, therfore am I come, baptizing with water. 32 And Iohn bare recorde, saying: I sawe the spirite descende from heauen, lyke vnto a doue, and abode vpon hym, 33 And knewe hym not. But he that sent me to baptize with water, the same saide vnto me: vpon whom thou shalt see the spirite descende, and tary styll on hym, the same is he which baptizeth with the holy ghost. 34 And I sawe, and bare recorde, that he is the sonne of God.
• John 3:18 : 18 But he that beleueth not, is condempned alredy, because he hath not beleued in the name of the only begotte sonne of God.
• John 3:26-36 : 26 And they came vnto Iohn, and sayde vnto hym: Rabbi, he that was with thee beyonde Iordane, to whom thou barest witnesse, beholde the same baptizeth, and all men come to hym. 27 Iohn aunswered, and sayde: A man can receaue nothyng, except it be geuen hym from heauen. 28 Ye your selues are witnesses, howe that I sayde I am not Christe, but am sent before hym. 29 He that hath ye bride, is the bridegrome. But the friende of the brydegrome, which standeth & heareth him, reioyceth greatly because of ye brydegromes voyce. This my ioy therfore is fulfylled. 30 He must increace, but I must decreace. 31 He that commeth from an hye, is aboue all: He that is of the earth, is earthlye, and speaketh of the earth. He that commeth from heauen, is aboue all: 32 And what he hath seene and hearde, that he testifieth: and no man receaueth his testimonie. 33 He that hath receaued his testimonie, hath set to his seale, that God is true. 34 For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the wordes of God: For God geueth not the spirite by measure vnto hym. 35 The father loueth the sonne, and hath geuen all thynges into his hande. 36 He that beleueth on the sonne, hath euerlastyng lyfe: He that beleueth not the sonne, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abydeth on hym.
• John 5:33-36 : 33 Ye sent vnto Iohn, and he bare witnesse vnto the trueth. 34 But I receaue not the recorde of man: Neuerthelesse, these thinges I say, that ye myght be safe. 35 He was a burnyng & a shynyng lyght, and ye would for a season haue reioyced in his lyght. 36 But I haue greater witnesse, then the witnesse of Iohn: For the workes whiche the father hath geuen me to finishe, the same workes that I do, beare witnesse of me, that the father hath sent me.
• John 5:44-47 : 44 Howe can ye beleue, whiche receaue honour one of another, and seke not the honour that commeth of God only? 45 Do not thinke that I wyll accuse you to my father: There is one that accuseth you, euen Moyses, in who ye trust. 46 For had ye beleued Moyses, ye would haue beleued me: for he wrote of me. 47 But yf ye beleue not his wrytynges, howe shall ye beleue my wordes?
• John 10:25-26 : 25 Iesus aunswered them: I tolde you, and ye beleue not. The workes that I do in my fathers name, they beare witnesse of me. 26 But ye beleue not, because ye are not of my sheepe, as I sayde vnto you.
• John 12:37-43 : 37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet beleued not they on hym, 38 That the saying of Esaias the prophete myght be fulfylled, which he spake: Lorde, who shall beleue our saying? And to whom is the arme of the Lorde declared? 39 Therfore coulde they not beleue, because that Esaias sayth agayne: 40 He hath blynded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they shoulde not see with their eyes, & lest they should vnderstande with their hearte, & should be conuerted, and I should heale them. 41 Such thynges sayde Esaias, when he sawe his glory, and spake of hym. 42 Neuerthelesse, among ye chiefe rulers also, many beleued on hym: But because of the pharisees, they dyd not confesse hym, lest they should be excomunicate. 43 For they loued the prayse of men, more then the prayse of God.