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Luke 7:30
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Luke 7:30
New English Translation
30 However, the Pharisees[a] and the experts in religious law[b] rejected God’s purpose[c] for themselves, because they had not been baptized[d] by John.[e])[f]
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- Luke 7:30 sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.
- Luke 7:30 tn That is, the experts in the interpretation of the Mosaic law (see also Luke 5:17, although the Greek term is not identical there, and Luke 10:25, where it is the same).
- Luke 7:30 tn Or “plan.”
- Luke 7:30 tn The participle βαπτισθέντες (baptisthentes) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle; it could also be translated as means (“for themselves, by not having been baptized”). This is similar to the translation found in the NRSV.
- Luke 7:30 tn Grk “by him”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Luke 7:30 sn Luke 7:29-30 forms something of an aside by the author. To indicate this, they have been placed in parentheses.
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