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25 lines
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Luke, the author of this book, comments on how people responded to John and Jesus.
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## they declared that God is righteous ##
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"they said that God had shown himself to be righteous" or "they declared that God had acted righteously"
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## who had been baptized with the baptism of John ##
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"who had been baptized by John" or "whom John had baptized"
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## who were not baptized by him ##
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"whom John had not baptized" or "who had refused to be baptized by John" or "who had rejected John's baptism"
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## Who were not baptized by him, rejected God's wisdom for themselves ##
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This seems to imply that because they had rejected John's baptism, were not spiritually prepared to accept God's will for them.
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## rejected God's wisdom for themselves ##
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"chose to disobey what God told them" or "chose not to believe God's will"
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## God's wisdom for them ##
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"God's purpose for them" or "God's plan for them" or "what God wanted them to do" |