KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Luke 20:5–6
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Luke 20:5
5And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
5And they reasoned with themselues, saying, If wee shall say, From heauen, he will say, Why then beleeued yee him not?
Luke 20:6
6But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
6But and if we say, Of men, all the people will stone vs: for they be perswaded that Iohn was a Prophet.
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DEFINED WORDS
Luke 20:5
To reason: to think, discuss, argue, or draw conclusions from grounds or evidence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
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The expanse above the earth, including the sky or firmament; also the dwelling or throne of God, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Credited; assented to, as true.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Luke 20:6
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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A piece or mass of rock; also to strike or kill with stones, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Influenced or drawn to an opinion or determination by argument, advice or reasons suggested; convinced; induced.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Especially, an inspired teacher; He that prophesies.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893
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From verse 5
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Open the full verse study25And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
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Open the full verse study15¶ John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
16And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
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Open the full verse study30This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
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Open the full verse study34And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
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Open the full verse study26And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
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Open the full verse study36He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
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Open the full verse study33Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
34But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
35He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
From verse 6
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Open the full verse study26But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
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Open the full verse study9But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
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Open the full verse study26Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
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Open the full verse study41And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
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Open the full verse study76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
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Open the full verse study26But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
27This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
28For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
29And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
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Open the full verse study12And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
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Open the full verse study5And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
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Open the full verse study46But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
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Open the full verse study5But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
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