But the Pharisees and scribes — The good, learned, honourable men: made void the counsel, the gracious design, of God toward them — They disappointed all these methods of his love, and would receive no benefit from them.
Verse 30. _REJECTED THE COUNSEL OF GOD_] Or, _frustrated the will _ _of God _- την βουλην του Θεου ηθετησαν. _Kypke_ says the verb αθετειν has two meanings: - 1, to _disbelieve_; 2, _despise_, or _di...
See this passage explained in Matthew 11:2. Luke 7:29 THE PEOPLE - The common people. THAT HEARD HIM - That heard “John.” THE PUBLICANS - The tax-gatherers, the
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The Centurion's Servant Healed. (Luke 7:1 .)_ 2. The Widow's Son Raised from the Dead. (Luke 7:11) 3. John's Questions and the Answer. (Luke 7:18) 4. The Testimony Concerning John. ...
JOHN THE BAPTIST (Matthew 11:1 *). According to Lk., John's disciples have access to him, and Jesus is engaged in works of healing in the very hour of the embassy. Luke 7:21 looks as if Lk. were bent...
A SOLDIER'S FAITH (Luke 7:1-10)...
But the Pharisees and the scribes frustrated God's purpose for themselves because they were not baptized by him. "To whom, asked Jesus, "will I compare the men of this generation? And to whom are they...
REJECTED. set aside, or annulled, by the interpretation they put upon it. Compare Galatians 1:2; Galatians 1:21.Proverbs 1:24. COUNSEL. Greek. _boule._ See App-102., and p....
_rejected the counsel of God against themselves_ i.e. nullified (Galatians 2:21 _;_Proverbs 1:24 _)_the purpose of God, to their own ruin, or better, -with reference to themselves." The "purpose of Go...
ἨΘΈΤΗΣΑΝ ΕἸΣ ἙΑΥΤΟΎΣ. ‘Nullified (Galatians 2:21; Proverbs 1:24) the purpose of God, to their own ruin,’ or better, ‘with reference to themselves.’ The “purpose of God” (Acts 20:27) had been their sal...
THE MESSAGE FROM THE BAPTIST...
Ver 29. And all the people that heard him, and the Publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. 30. But the Pharisees and Lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves,...
ΉΘΈΤΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΘΕΤΈΩ (G114) отвергать, аннулировать. Используется при забраковке зерна как непригодного для пищи (ММ), ΒΑΠΤΙΣΘΈΝΤΕΣ _aor. pass. part._ (причины), _см._ Luke 7:29....
REJECTED THE COUNSEL OF GOD AGAINST THEMSELVES,— _Rejected the divine offers made to them,_—or, _despised within themselves the purpose of God._...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _About John the Baptist Scripture_ Luke 7:18-35 And the disciples of John told him of all these things. 19 And John called unto him two of his disciples sent them to the Lord, sa...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 The Superficial (Luke 7:24-35) 24 When the messengers of John had gone, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: What did you go out into the wilderness to behold...
And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things. For the circumstances of the Baptist's imprisonment, see the notes at Mark 6:17. He had now lain in prison probably a full year, far away...
19 As the form of the Greek word for different or "another" is indefinite as to gender, it may be rendered "a different thing" or "another thing". That is, John may have hoped that Christ was about to...
CHRIST'S OPINION OF JOHN. See on Matthew 11:7. 29, 30. Peculiar to Lk....
REJECTED] RV 'rejected for themselves the counsel of God.' God's 'counsel,' or design, was that they should be prepared for the coming of Christ by receiving John's baptism....
RAISING OF THE WIDOW'S SON. THE WOMAN WHO WAS A SINNER 1-10. Healing of the centurion's servant. See on Matthew 8:5....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 7 THE *FAITH OF AN ARMY OFFICER 7:1-10 V1 When Jesus had finished saying all these things to the people, he went to Capernaum. V2 In that town, an of...
(24-35) AND WHEN THE MESSENGERS OF JOHN WERE DEPARTED. — See Notes on Matthew 11:7. The two narratives agree very closely. The few variations will be noticed as they occur....
REJECTED THE COUNSEL OF GOD AGAINST THEMSELVES. — The English is unhappily ambiguous, admitting the construction that the counsel which the Pharisees rejected had been “against” them. Better, as in Ga...
Luke 7:29-30 are best taken as a historical reflection by the evangelist. Its prosaic character, as compared with what goes before and comes after, compels this conclusion, as even Hahn admits. Then i...
_Encomium on the Baptist_....
_The Baptist's message_ (Matthew 11:2-19)....
A GREAT MAN AND A STILL GREATER Luke 7:24-35 The Master chose the moment of John's fainting fit to pass this high eulogium on the Baptist's stalwart character, his indifference to worldly bribes and...
Here our Lord passed over the national boundary to bring blessing to the household of a Roman centurion. Of that man the elders said, "He is worthy." The man said, "I am not worthy." Jesus Said, "I ha...
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God (d) against themselves, being not baptized of him. (d) To their own hurt....
CHAPTER 22. JOHN THE BAPTIST THE GREATEST PROPHET Matthew 11:7-15, & Luke 7:24-30. _“And the messengers of John having gone away, He began to speak to the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out...
VERS. 29 AND 30. _Retrospective Survey of the Ministry of John._ “ _And all the people that heard Him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John._ 30. _But the Pharisee...
4. _The Deputation from John the Baptist: Luke 7:18-35_. This incident, related only by Matthew (chap. 11) and Luke, and by them differently placed, is in both accounted for in the same manner. The fa...
2 _d. Luke 7:24-35_. _The Discourse of Jesus._ Jesus had a debt to discharge. John had borne striking testimony to Him; He avails Himself of this occasion to pay public homage in His turn to His forer...
(18) And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things. (19) And John calling unto him two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? (2...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
30._Despised the counsel of God within themselves. The counsel of God _is mentioned by way of respect, as contrasted with the wicked pride of the scribes; for the term _counsel _carries along with it...
Hence, after this, we find the Spirit acting in the heart of a Gentile (chapter 7). That heart manifested more faith than any among the children of Israel. Humble in heart, and loving the people of Go...
BUT THE PHARISEES AND LAWYERS,.... Or Scribes, as the Syriac and Persic versions read; for the Scribes and lawyers were the same sort of persons. The Ethiopic version calls them, "the Scribes of the c...
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. Ver. 30. _Rejected the counsel of God_] Being _ingrati gratiae Dei, _ as Ambrose speaketh, and...
_And all the people_ That were present, and _the publicans_ in particular, _when they heard_ this discourse, having been formerly _baptized with the baptism of John, justified God_ Owned his wisdom an...
LAWYERS; these were the interpreters of the Jewish law, especially their traditionary law. They belonged to the sect of the Pharisees, and were one with them in spirit. REJECTED THE COUNSEL OF GOD; h...
Disciples of John sent to Jesus-Christ's testimony of John. Matthew 11:2-19....
Further praise of John:...
BUT THE PHARISEES AND LAWYERS REJECTED THE COUNSEL OF GOD AGAINST THEMSELVES, BEING NOT BAPTIZED OF HIM. High praise indeed: All the prophets of old merely prophesied of the Messiah as one coming in t...
A CENTURION'S SERVANT HEALED (vs.1-10) The Lord then came to Capernaum and there was appealed to by a Gentile, a Roman centurion, by means of the mediatorship of Jewish elders. In contrast to this a...
REJECTED: Or, frustrated AGAINST THEMSELVES: Or, within themselves...
19-35 To his miracles in the kingdom of nature, Christ adds this in the kingdom of grace, To the poor the gospel is preached. It clearly pointed out the spiritual nature of Christ's kingdom, that the...
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Luke 7:30 But G1161 Pharisees G5330 and G2532 lawyers G3544 rejected G114 (G5656) will G1012 God G2316 for...
“And all the people when they heard, and the public servants, justified God, being baptised with the baptism of John, but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, bein...
Luke 7:29-30. These verses have been regarded as, either a part of our Lord's discourse, or a comment of the Evangelist. Each view has able supporters. The latter seems more natural. But the words: ‘A...
CHRONOLOGY. The order is correct. There is no record of anything which occurred during the interval between the raising of the young man at Nain and the message from John. See on Matthew 8:18; Matthew...
REJECTED FOR THEMSELVES (ηθετησαν εις εαυτους). The first aorist active of αθετεω first seen in LXX and Polybius. Occurs in the papyri. These legalistic interpreters of the law refused to admit the...
Luke 7:18. _And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things._ John was in prison, and, possibly, troubled in spirit. Luke 7:19. _And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to...
Luke 7:24. _And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?_ Certainly...
CONTENTS: Centurion's servant healed. Widow's son raised. Questions from John the Baptist in prison and Jesus' testimony. Jesus annointed in the Pharisee's house. Parable of the creditor and two debto...
Luke 7:2. _A certain centurion's servant._ As soon as this officer heard of Christ, he believed in him, having been assured of the miracles by competent witnesses. Being a gentile, he sent the rulers...
AND SENT THEM TO THE LORD TO ASK HIM. John the Baptist had already identified Jesus as the Messiah (John 1:31-34). But the Jews expected a political Messiah, and John wonders why Jesus does not overth...
_Rejected the counsel of God against themselves_ THE REJECTION OF THE COUNSEL OF GOD BY THE PHARISEES There they stood on the banks of Jordan, self-complacency written on their countenances, the calm...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:1 Luke helps his readers answer the question “Who is this...?” (v. Luke 7:49) by recounting two healing miracles (vv. Luke
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:29 Those among Jesus’ hearers who had been BAPTIZED by John rightly took Jesus’ words in vv. Luke 7:24 as praising John, and therefore they...
JESUS EASES JOHN'S DOUBT MATTHEW 11:2-19; LUKE 7:19-35; MATTHEW 11:2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,...
_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 t...
CHAPTER 7 VER.1. _Now when he had ended_ (or fulfilled) _all his sayings_....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 7:19.—The message sent by John the Baptist to Jesus has been the subject of much discussion. Though in form questions, his words are virtually an appeal to Christ to declare Hims...
EXPOSITION LUKE 7:1 The _servant _(_or slave_)_ of the centurion of Capernaum is healed._ LUKE 7:1 NOW WHEN HE HAD ENDED ALL HIS SAYINGS. This clearly refers to the sermon on the mount. That great...
Let's turn now in our Bibles to Luke's gospel, chapter 7. At this point in Luke's gospel he is going to give us series of events, miracles that transpired in the life of Jesus. When he ended these say...
2 Corinthians 6:1; Acts 20:27; Ephesians 1:11; Galatians 2:21;...
Lawyers [ν ο μ ι κ ο ι]. Not legal practitioners, but interpreters and doctors of the Mosaic law. Rejected [η θ ε τ η σ α ν]. Set aside, or annulled; made it vain through their disobedience. Against...