Luke 20:4

Coverdale Bible (1535)

The baptyme of Iho 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 wil get vp, and go to my father, and saye vnto him: Father, I haue synned agaynst heauen and before the,
• John 1:6 : 6 There was sent from God a man, whose name was Ihon.
• John 1:19-28 : 19 And this is the recorde of Ihon, whan the Iewes sent prestes and Leuites fro Ierusalem, to axe him: Who art thou? 20 And he confessed and denyed not. And he confessed, and sayde: I am not Christ. 21 And they axed him: What the? Art thou Elias? He sayde: I am not. Art thou the Prophet? And he answered: No. 22 Then sayde they vnto him: What art thou the, yt we maye geue answere vnto the that sent vs? What sayest thou of yi self? 23 He sayde: I am ye voyce of a cryer in the wyldernesse. Make straight ye waye of the LORDE. As ye prophet Esay sayde: 24 And they that were sent, were of ye Pharises. 25 And they axed him, & sayde vnto him: Why baptysest thou then, yf thou be not Christ, ner Elias, ner a prophet? 26 Ihon answered them, and sayde: I baptyse with water, but there is one come in amonge you, whom ye knowe not. 27 It is he that cometh after me, which was before me: whose shue lachet I am not worthy to vnlowse. 28 This was done at Bethabara beyonde Iordane, where Ihon dyd baptyse.
• Dan 4:25-26 : 25 Thou shalt be cast out fro men, and thy dwellinge shalbe with the beestes of the felde: with grasse shalt thou be fed like an oxe. Thou must be wet with the dew of the heauen: yee seuen yeares shall come and go vpon the, till thou knowe, that the hyest hath power vpon the kyngdomes of men, & geueth them, to whom he lyst. 26 Morouer, where as it was sayde, that the rote of the tre shulde be be left still in the grounde: it betokeneth, yt thy kyngdome shall remayne whole vnto ye, after thou hast lerned to knowe, that the power commeth from heauen.
• Matt 11:7-9 : 7 Whan they wente their waye, Iesus beganne to speake vnto the people, concernynge Ihon: What are ye gone out for to se in the wyldernes? Wolde ye se a rede shaken with the wynde? 8 Or what are ye gone out for to se? Wolde ye se a man clothed in soft rayment? Beholde, they that weare soft clothinge, are in kinges houses, 9 But what are ye gone out for to se? A prophet? Yee I saye vnto you, and more the a prophet. 10 For this is he, of who it is written: Beholde, I sende my messauger before thy face, which shal prepare thy waye before the. 11 Verely I saye vnto you: Amonge ye children of wemen arose there not a greater then Ihon the baptist. Not withstondinge he that is lesse in the kyngdome of Heauen, is greater then he. 12 From the tyme of Ihon baptist hither to, ye kyngdome of heauen suffreth violence, and the violent plucke it vnto them. 13 For all the prophetes and the lawe prophecied vnto Ihon. 14 Also yf ye wil receaue it, this is Helias, which shulde come. 15 Who so hath eares to heare, let hi heare. 16 But where vnto shal I licke this generacion? It is like vnto childre which syt in the market, and call vnto their felowes, 17 & saye: we haue pyped vnto you, and ye wolde not daunse: We haue morned vnto you, & ye wolde not wepe. 18 For Ihon came nether eatinge nor drynkinge, & they saye: he hath the deuyll. 19 The sonne of man came eatinge and drynkinge, & they saye: lo what a glutton and wyne bebber this ma is, and a companyon of publicans & synners? And wissdome is iustified of hir children.
• Matt 17:11-12 : 11 Iesus answered and sayde vnto them: Elias shall come first in dede, and bringe all thinges to right agayne. 12 But I saye vnto you: Elias is come all ready, & they knewe him not, but haue done vnto him what they wolde. Eue so shal also the sonne of man suffre of them.
• Matt 21:25-32 : 25 The baptime of Iho, whece was it? from heaue, or of men? Then thought they amoge them selues, and saide: Yf we saye it was from heaue, then shal he saye vnto us: Why dyd ye not then beleue him? 26 But yf we saye it was of men, the feare we the people: For euery ma helde Ihon for a prophet. 27 And they answered Iesus, & sayde: We can not tell. Then sayde he vnto them: Nether tell I you, by what auctorite I do these thinges. 28 But what thinke ye? A certayne man had two sonnes, and came to the first, and sayde: Go thy waye my sonne, & worke to daye in my vynyarde. 29 He answered and sayde: I wil not, but afterwarde he repented, and wente. 30 He came also vnto the secode, and sayde likewyse. And he answered and saide: I wil syr. And wete not. 31 Whether of them twayne dyd the wil of the father? They sayde vnto him: the first. Iesus sayde vnto the: Verely I saye vnto you: The publicans and harlottes shal come in to the kyngdome of God before you. 32 For Ihon came vnto you, and taught you ye right waye and ye beleued him not: but the publicans & harlottes beleued hi. As for you, though ye sawe it, yet were ye not moued with repetaunce, that ye might afterwarde haue beleued him.
• Luke 7:28-35 : 28 For I saye vnto you: Amonge the yt are borne of weme, there is no greater prophet the Ihon the baptist. Notwith stondynge he that is lesse in the kyngdome of God, is greater then he. 29 And all the people that herde him, and ye publicans, iustified God, and were baptysed with the baptyme of Ihon. 30 But the Pharises and scrybes despysed ye councell of God against theselues, & were not baptised of hi. 31 But the LORDE saide: Where vnto shal I licken the men of this generacion? And whom are they like? 32 They are like vnto childre which syt in the market, and crye one to another, and saye: We haue pyped vnto you, and ye haue not daunsed: we haue mourned vnto you, & ye haue not wepte. 33 For Ihon ye baptist came, and ate no bred, and drake no wyne, and ye saye: he hath ye deuell. 34 The sonne of man is come, eateth and drynketh, & ye saye: This man is a glutton and a wyne bebber, a frende of publicans and synners. 35 And wyssdome is iustified of all hir children.