neither eating bread nor drinking wine "His meat was locusts and wild honey," Matthew 3:4. Being a Nazarite he drank no wine, Luke 1:15; see Esther 9:24.
He hath a devil They sneered at him for a moody or melancholy temperament which they attributed to an evil spirit. This in fact was their coarse way of describing any peculiarity or exaltation which struck them as strange. At a later period they said the same of Christ, John 7:20; John 10:20.
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...
EATING... DRINKING. Hebrew idiom for ordinary living. Compare Luke 1:15.Matthew 3:4. BREAD... WINE. Peculiar to Luke. DEVIL. demon. Later, they said the same of the Lord. John 7:20;...
ἘΛΉΛΥΘΕΝ. ‘_Is come_,’ not “_came_” as in the A.V[161], which would require ἦλθεν. [161] A.V. Authorised Version. ΜΉΤΕ ἘΣΘΊΩΝ ἌΡΤΟΝ Κ.Τ.Λ. The subjective negative μήτε is used (not οὔτε) to indicate...
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,...
ΈΛΉΛΥΘΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) приходить, ΈΣΘΊΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΣΘΊΩ (G2068) есть. Part, образа действия, описывающее, как он пришел. Обыденный _praes._ ΠΊΝΩΝ _praes. act. pa...
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...
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...
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...
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....
CHRIST'S OPINION OF JOHN. See on Matthew 11:7. 29, 30. Peculiar to Lk....
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...
FOR JOHN THE BAPTIST CAME... — The substantives “bread” and “wine” are not found in St. Matthew’s report....
(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....
(31-35) WHEREUNTO THEN SHALL I LIKEN... — See Notes on Matthew 11:16. Some of the better MSS. omit the introductory words, “and the Lord said.”...
_The children in the market place_. τοὺς ἀν. τ. γενεᾶς ταύτης. The pointed reference in the previous verse to the Pharisees and lawyers marks them out as, in the view of the evangelist, the “generatio...
_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...
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...
_The Application._ “ _Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?_ 32. _They are like unto children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another, and...
(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...
33._For John the Baptist came. _Leading an austere life, he thundered out repentance and severe reproofs, and sung, as it were, a plaintive song; while the Lord endeavored, by a cheerful and sprightly...
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...
FOR JOHN THE BAPTIST,.... Who is designed by the children that mourned in the above simile, with whom his character and conduct agree; he preached very mournful doctrine, delivered it in a very solemn...
They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept. 33 For Jo...
_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...
Disciples of John sent to Jesus-Christ's testimony of John. Matthew 11:2-19....
Children sitting in the market-place. Matthew 11:16-19....
Parable of the children in the marketplace:...
FOR JOHN THE BAPTIST CAME, NEITHER EATING BREAD NOR DRINKING WINE; AND YE SAY, HE HATH A DEVIL....
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...
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 7:33 For G1063 John G2491 Baptist G910 came G2064 (G5754) neither G3383 eating G2068 (G5723) bread...
“For John the Baptiser is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and you say, ‘He has a demon.' ” So when John, like Elijah of old, goes into the wilderness and clothes himself in goatskin and eats w...
Luke 7:31-35. See Matthew 11:16-19. The only variation is in Luke 7:35: ALL HER CHILDREN. In Matthew: ‘by her works.' Here the persons are contrasted. The children of Wisdom are childlike, not childis...
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...
JOHN THE BAPTIST IS COME (εληλυθεν). Second perfect active indicative where Matthew 11:18 has ηλθεν second aorist active indicative. So as to verse Luke 7:34. Luke alone has "bread" and "wine." Othe...
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...
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...
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...
_Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation_ THE BAPTIST AND CHRIST In the metaphor of the reed shaking in the wind, we traced that close observation of nature which enabled Christ to i...
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 7:31 THIS GENERATION refers to the leaders and others dominant in the culture. They reject both Jesus and John. They are like CHILDREN who do not want to play with anyone....
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,...
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...
Acts 2:13; Jeremiah 16:8; John 10:20; John 8:48; John 8:52;...
Bread and wine. Peculiar to Luke....