American Standard Version
Luke 7:33
33For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.
Luke 7:33 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
- New International Version (NIV)For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’
Context of Luke 7:33
31Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like? 32They are like unto children that sit in the marketplace, and call one to another; who say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not weep. For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon. 34The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! 35And wisdom is justified of all her children.
Read all of Luke 7Luke 7:33 word by word
ἐλήλυθεν γὰρ Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστὴς μὴ ἐσθίων ἄρτον μήτε πίνων οἶνον, καὶ λέγετε· δαιμόνιον ἔχει.Read the interlinear
- JohnἸωάννηςIōannēs · JohnG2491
- BaptistΒαπτιστήςBaptistēs · one who baptizesG910
- comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- eatingἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068
- breadἄρτοςartos · breadG740
- drinkingπίνωpinō piō poō · to drinkG4095
- wineοἶνοςoinos · wineG3631
- sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- demonδαιμόνιονdaimonion · demonG1140
Cross-references for Luke 7:33
- Luke 1:15For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.
- Jeremiah 16:8And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
- Matthew 3:4Now John himself had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
- Mark 1:6And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and had a leathern girdle about his loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey.
- Matthew 10:25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household!
- John 8:48The Jews answered and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?
- John 10:20And many of them said, He hath a demon, and is mad; why hear ye him?
- Acts 2:13But others mocking said, They are filled with new wine.
Commentaries on Luke 7:33
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19-35Verses 19-35 See this passage explained in Luke 7:29 The people - The common people. That heard him - That heard “John.” The publicans - The tax-gatherers, the worst kind of people, who had, however, been converted. Justified God - Considered God as “just” or “right” in the counsel which he gave by John - to wit, in calling people to repentance, and in denouncing future wrath on the impenitent. Compare Matthew 11:19. Being baptized - They “showed” that…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-35Verses 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 messenger he sent before him to prepare his way, did it by preaching repentance and reformation of heart and life. We have here the just blame of those who were not wrought upon by the ministry of John Baptist or of Jesus Christ himself. They made a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 33John the Baptist did not spend his time eating bread or drinking wine. He lived a simple life of self-denial that fit his role as a prophet. He announced God’s kingdom, the coming judgment of God, and the need for repentance and cleansing from sin.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 31-3531-35. the Lord said, &c.--As cross, capricious children, invited by their playmates to join them in their amusements, will play with them neither at weddings nor funerals (juvenile imitations of the joyous and mournful scenes of life), so that generation rejected both John and his Master: the one because he was too unsocial--more like a demoniac than a rational man; the other, because He was too much the reverse, given to animal indulgences, and…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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