Luke 20:6 Meaning and Explanation
“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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Read Full Chapter →But if they call John's baptism merely human, they fear the people will stone them, for the people are convinced John was a prophet.
What Does Luke 20:6 Mean?
The second scenario completes the dilemma — a trap of their own making, which they now occupy. The common people had flocked to John's baptism and held his memory sacred; to call him self-appointed would outrage the whole nation.
The leaders fear the crowd more than they fear God — the precise inversion of wisdom, which begins with the fear of the Lord (Proverbs 9:10). Men who will not bow to heaven end up ruled by opinion. It is a warning for every age: when our convictions are set by what is safe to say, we have already traded away the only approval that finally matters.
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What does Luke 20:6 mean?
But if they call John's baptism merely human, they fear the people will stone them, for the people are convinced John was a prophet.