Luke 7:33

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

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.’ For John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’ 34The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a heavy drinker, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ 35And yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”

Luke 7:33 word by word

ἐλήλυθεν γὰρ Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστὴς μὴ ἐσθίων ἄρτον μήτε πίνων οἶνον, καὶ λέγετε· δαιμόνιον ἔχει.Read the interlinear

• For JohnἸωάννηςIōannēs · JohnG2491
• the BaptistΒαπτιστήςBaptistēs · one who baptizesG910
• has comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• neitherμήmē · notG3361
• eatingἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068
• breadἄρτοςartos · breadG740
• norμήτεmēte · neitherG3383
• drinkingπίνωpinō piō poō · to drinkG4095
• wineοἶνοςoinos · wineG3631
• and you sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• He hasἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• a demonδαιμόνιονdaimonion · demonG1140

Cross-references for Luke 7:33

• Luke 1:15For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while still in his mother’s womb.
• Jeremiah 16:8Moreover, you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink.”
• Matthew 3:4Now John himself had a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
• Mark 1:6John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist, and his diet was locusts and wild honey.
• Matthew 10:25It is enough for the disciple that he may become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they insult the members of his household!
• John 8:48The Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not rightly say that You are a Samaritan, and You have a demon?”
• John 10:20Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?”
• Acts 2:13But others were jeering and saying, “They are full of sweet 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

Topics related to Luke 7:33

• Abstinence, Total
• Asceticism
• Epicureans
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• John
• Nazarite
• Stoicism
• Unbelief

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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