New American Standard Bible 2020
Luke 7:30
30But the Pharisees and the 12lawyers rejected God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by 3John.
Luke 7:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
- New International Version (NIV)But the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)
- English Standard Version (ESV)but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)
- New King James Version (NKJV)But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the will of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.
Context of Luke 7:30
28I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” 29When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they acknowledged God’s justice, having been baptized with the baptism of John. But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John. 31“To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? 32They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another, and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a song of mourning, and you did not weep.’
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οἱ δὲ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ οἱ νομικοὶ τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ἠθέτησαν εἰς ἑαυτοὺς μὴ βαπτισθέντες ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Luke 7:30
- Luke 13:34Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her young under her wings, and you were unwilling!
- Jeremiah 8:8“How can you say, ‘We are wise, And the Law of the Lord is with us’? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes Has made it into a lie.
- Romans 10:21But as for Israel, He says, “I have spread out My hands all day long to a disobedient and obstinate people.”
- 2 Corinthians 6:1And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain--
- Galatians 2:21I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly.”
- Acts 20:27For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God.
- Ephesians 1:11In Him we also have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things in accordance with the plan of His will,
Commentaries on Luke 7:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30Rejected the counsel of God - Or, frustrated the will of God - . Kypke says the verb has two meanings: - 1, to disbelieve; 2, despise, or disobey: and that both senses may be properly conjoined here. The will of God was that all the inhabitants of Judea should repent at the preaching of John, be baptized, and believe in Christ Jesus. Now as they did not repent, etc., at John's preaching, so they did not believe his testimony concerning Christ: thus 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
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Notes
- 1. Luke 7:30 I.e., experts in the Mosaic Law ↩
- 2. Luke 7:30 Matt 22:35 ↩
- 3. Luke 7:30 Lit him ↩
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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