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Luke 7:23

LUKE—NOTE ON Luke 7:23 Jesus’ word of encouragement is surely directed to John and his disciples.

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See also Luke 7:23 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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. ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    A SOLDIER'S FAITH (Luke 7:1-10)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    John's disciples told him about all these things; so John called two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord saying, "Are you he who is to come, or, are we to look for another?" When they arrived,...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BLESSED. happy. NOT BE OFFENDED. find not (Greek. _me._ App-105.) anything to stumble at....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _shall not be offended_ i.e. caused to stumble. For instances of the stumbling-block which some made for themselves of incidents in our Lord's career, see Matthew 13:55-57; Matthew 22:42; John 6:60;...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΙΣΘΗ͂Ι. ‘_Caused to stumble_.’ For instances of the stumbling-block which some made for themselves of incidents in our Lord’s career, see Matthew 13:55-57; Matthew 22:42; John 6:60;...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    THE MESSAGE FROM THE BAPTIST...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 18. And the disciples of John showed him of all these things. 19. And John calling to him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Are you he that should come? or look we for another? 20....

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΙΣΘΉ _aor. conj. pass. от_ ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΊΖΩ (G4624) заставлять оступиться, оскорбиться (TDNT). _Conj._ в indef. rel. _прид._...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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 yo...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    A DEPUTATION FROM JOHN THE BAPTIST. See on Matthew 11:2....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (18-23) AND THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN SHEWED HIM. — See Notes on Matthew 11:2. The fact, mentioned by St. Luke only, that the “disciples of John” reported these things, suggests some interesting coinciden...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 16 THE MIRACLES OF HEALING. IT is only natural that our Evangelist should linger with a professional as well as a personal interest over Christ's connection with human suffering and disease,...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The Baptist's message_ (Matthew 11:2-19)....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “GOD HATH VISITED HIS PEOPLE” Luke 7:11-23 Nain lay near the plain of Esdraelon, on the slopes of Little Hermon. Two confluent streams met there-those with Christ and those with death, Luke 7:11-12....

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    DID JOHN THE BAPTIST OR HIS DISCIPLES DOUBT THE CHRISTHOOD OF JESUS? Matthew 11:2-6; Luke 7:18-23. We answer the above question unhesitatingly in the negative. Neither John nor his disciples had any d...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    _The Reply._ As Matthew does not mention the miracles which were wrought, according to Luke, in the presence of John's messengers, criticism has suspected the latter of having invented this scene hims...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    1 _st. Luke 7:18-23_: _The Question and the Reply. _ VERS. 18 AND 19. _The Question._ Thus far, according to Holtzmann (pp. 135, 143), Luke had followed the first of his sources, the proto-Mark (_A....

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND BLESSED IS HE, WHOSOEVER SHALL NOT BE OFFENDED IN ME. The Arabic version renders it, "blessed is he that doubts not of me". The Persic and Ethiopic versions both add to the text, the former render...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And blessed is _he_, whosoever shall not be offended in me. Ver. 23. _And blessed is he_] This is check to them for their preposterous zeal for John, their master. Therefore, also, our Saviour commen...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And John, calling unto him two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus_, &c. See this whole paragraph explained in the notes on Matthew 11:2. _To the poor the gospel is preached_ Which is the greatest m...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    Disciples of John sent to Jesus-Christ's testimony of John. Matthew 11:2-19....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Christ's reference to the prophecy:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND BLESSED IS HE WHOSOEVER SHALL NOT BE OFFENDED IN ME. The time of their coming to Jesus could not have been arranged more auspiciously. For just then Jesus was busily engaged with performing miracl...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 7:18...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Luke 7:23 And G2532 blessed G3107 is G2076 (G5748) who G3739 is G4624 not G3362 offended G4624 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “And blessed is he, whoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.” And then He adds that John must believe and trust Him. He will be blessed if he does not find what Jesus is doing as a stumblin...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JOHN THE BAPTISER SENDS AN APPEAL TO JESUS (7:17-23). Meanwhile, while all this was going on, John the Baptiser was languishing in prison. But he was regularly being visited by some of his brave disc...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in Me_ TAKING OFFENCE AT CHRIST 1. Some are offended and stumble at Christ, on the pretence that there is not sufficient evidence of His Divine m...

  • The Gospels Compared

    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,...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 7 VER.1. _Now when he had ended_ (or fulfilled) _all his sayings_....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 1:21; 1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Peter 2:7; 1 Peter 2:8;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Shall not be offended [μ η σ κ α ν δ α λ ι σ θ η]. Rev., shall find none occasion of stumbling. See on Matthew 5:29. Note also the conditional not [μ η] : "shall not find, whatever may occur....

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    No doubt our Saviour uttered these words with particular respect and reference to John's disciples, who, out of an extraordinary zeal for the honor of their master, were prejudiced against our Saviour...

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