Luke 7:29

Luke 7:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
• New International Version (NIV)(All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus’ words, acknowledged that God’s way was right, because they had been baptized by John.
• English Standard Version (ESV)(When all the people heard this, and the tax collectors too, they declared God just, having been baptized with the baptism of John,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And when all the people heard Him, even the tax collectors justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John.

Context of Luke 7:29

27This is he concerning whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee; 28for I say unto you, Among them that are born of women a greater [prophet] is no one than John [the baptist]; but he who is a little one in the kingdom of God is greater than he. (And all the people who heard [it], and the tax-gatherers, justified God, having been baptised with the baptism of John; 30but the Pharisees and the lawyers rendered null as to themselves the counsel of God, not having been baptised by him.) 31To whom therefore shall I liken the men of this generation, and to whom are they like?

Luke 7:29 word by word

καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἀκούσας καὶ οἱ τελῶναι ἐδικαίωσαν τὸν θεὸν βαπτισθέντες τὸ βάπτισμα Ἰωάννου.Read the interlinear

• peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
• heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• justifiedδικαιόωdikaioō · to justifyG1344
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• baptismβάπτισμαbaptisma · baptismG908
• JohnἸωάννηςIōannēs · JohnG2491

Cross-references for Luke 7:29

• Luke 7:35and wisdom has been justified of all her children.
• Judges 1:7And Adoni-Bezek said, Seventy kings, with their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gleaned under my table: as I have done, so God has requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
• Psalms 51:4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in thy sight; that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, be clear when thou judgest.
• Romans 3:4Far be the thought: but let God be true, and every man false; according as it is written, So that thou shouldest be justified in thy words, and shouldest overcome when thou art in judgment.
• Romans 10:3For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own [righteousness], have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
• Revelation 15:3And they sing the song of Moses bondman of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and wonderful [are] thy works, Lord God Almighty; righteous and true [are] thy ways, O King of nations.
• Revelation 16:5And I heard the angel of the waters saying, Thou art righteous, who art and wast, the holy one, that thou hast judged so;
• Luke 3:12And tax-gatherers came also to be baptised, and they said to him, Teacher, what should we do?
• Matthew 3:5Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the country round the Jordan,
• Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the will of the father? They say [to him], The first. Jesus says to them, Verily I say unto you that the tax-gatherers and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

Commentaries on Luke 7:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Justified God - Or, declared God to be just - . The sense is this: John preached that the Divine wrath was coming upon the Jews, from which they might flee by repentance, Luke 3:7. The Jews, therefore, who were baptized by him, with the baptism of repentance, did thereby acknowledge that it is but justice in God to punish them for their wickedness unless they repented, and were baptized in token of it. Bp. Pearce proves that this is the sense in which the…Read the comment
• 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
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 29-3029-30. And all the people that heard--"on hearing (this)." These are the observations of the Evangelist, not of our Lord. and the publicans--a striking clause. justified God, being baptized, &c.--rather, "having been baptized." The meaning is, They acknowledged the divine wisdom of such a preparatory ministry as John's, in leading them to Him who now spake to them (see Lu 1:16, 17); whereas the Pharisees and lawyers, true to themselves in refusing the…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 7:29

• Baptism
• Jesus, the Christ
• John
• Publicans

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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