^7:29(Now¹⁰² all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors,¹⁰³ acknowledged¹⁰⁴ God’s justice, because they had been baptized¹⁰⁵ with John’s baptism.

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Footnotes

102 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the parenthetical nature of the comment by the author.
103 See the note on tax collectors in .
104 Or “vindicated God”; Grk “justified God.” This could be expanded to “vindicated and responded to God.” The point is that God’s goodness and grace as evidenced in the invitation to John was justified and responded to by the group one might least expect, tax collector and sinners. They had more spiritual sensitivity than others. The contrastive response is clear from v. 30.
105 The participle βαπτισθέντες (baptisthentes) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

(When all the people heard this, and the tax collectors too, they declared God just, having been baptized with the baptism of John,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

(All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus’ words, acknowledged that God’s way was right, because they had been baptized by John.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

(And when all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged God’s way of righteousness, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.

NLTNew Living Translation

When they heard this, all the people—even the tax collectors—agreed that God’s way was right, for they had been baptized by John.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

(And all the people, when they heard this—even the tax collectors—affirmed the righteousness of God, because they had been baptized with the baptism of John,

KJV 1900King James Version

And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

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