BUTLER'S COMMENTS Chapter Seven (Luke 7:1-50) THE SON OF MAN VISITING MEN IDEAS TO INVESTIGATE: 1. Why would a centurion care so much about a slave (Luke 7:1-2)? 2. What was behind the unusual conduct of the centurion toward Jesus (Luke 7:3-10)? 3. Why were the people seized with fear when... [ Continue Reading ]
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 The Sick (Luke 7:1-10) 7 After he had ended all his sayings in the hearing of the people he entered Capernaum. 2Now a centurion had a slave who was dear to him, who was sick and at the point of death. 3 When he heard of Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking h... [ Continue Reading ]
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 The Sorrowing (Luke 7:11-17) 11 Soon afterward he went to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. 12As he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow... [ Continue Reading ]
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 The Suffering (Luke 7:18-23) 18 The disciples of John told him of all these things. 19And John, calling to him two of his disciples, sent them to the Lord, saying, Are you he who is to come, or shall we look for another? 20And when the men had come to him, they said, J... [ Continue Reading ]
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, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another? 20 And when the men were come unto him, they... [ Continue Reading ]
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? A reed shaken by the wind? 25What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Beh... [ Continue Reading ]
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 5 The Self-Satisfied (Luke 7:36-50) 36 One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house, and took his place at table. 37And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was at table in the Pharisee's house,.... [ Continue Reading ]