Luke 7:30

sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

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).

tn Or “plan.”

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.

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.