Luke 7:24-35

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 forerunner. He would not allow this opportunity to pass without doing it, because there was a strict solidarity between John's mission and His own. This discourse of Jesus concerning John is, as it were, the funeral oration of the latter; for he was put to death soon after. Jesus begins by declaring the importance of John's appearing (Luke 7:24-28); he next speaks of the influence exerted by his ministry (Luke 7:29-30); lastly, He describes the conduct of the people under these two great divine calls

John's ministry and His own (Luke 7:31-35). The same general order is found in Matthew 11:1; Luke 7:7-11; Luke 2 d, Luke 7:12-15; Luke 3 d, Luke 7:16-20.