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Luke 20:6

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But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
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  1. Matthew 21:26Rank 1 from verse 6
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    26But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

  2. Matthew 11:9Rank 2 from verse 6
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    9But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.

  3. Acts 5:26Rank 3 from verse 6
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    26Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

  4. John 10:41Rank 4 from verse 6
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    41And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.

  5. Luke 1:76Rank 5 from verse 6
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    76And 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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Luke 20:6

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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stone

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Sense 1: A piece or mass of rock. Sense 2: To strike or kill with stones.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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persuaded

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Influenced or drawn to an opinion or determination by argument, advice or reasons suggested; convinced; induced.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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prophet

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A person who declares or bears a message as divinely inspired, including one who foretells, whether truly or falsely.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893

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5And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?

6But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.

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7And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.

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