Luk 7:30 | NET2full | STEP | However , the Pharisees and the experts in religious law rejected God’s purpose for themselves because they had not been baptized by John . )

Luke 7:30

30 However, the Pharisees ^{▼▼sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.} and the experts in religious law ^{▼▼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).} rejected God’s purpose ^{▼▼tn Or “plan.”} for themselves because they had not been baptized ^{▼▼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.} by John. ^{▼▼tn Grk “by him”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.}) ^{▼▼sn Luke 7:29-30 forms something of an aside by the author. To indicate this, they have been placed in parentheses.}