But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
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Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, either within themselves, i.e. in their hearts, because they did not dare openly contravene His words, or as against themselves, i.e. for their own condemnation. Bede.
