Luke 7:34

Luke 7:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
• New Living Translation (NLT)The Son of Man, on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say, ‘He’s a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners!’

Context of Luke 7:34

32They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other: “ ‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry.’ 33For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ 35But wisdom is proved right by all her children.” 36When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.

Luke 7:34 word by word

ἐλήλυθεν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐσθίων καὶ πίνων, καὶ λέγετε· ἰδοὺ ἄνθρωπος φάγος καὶ οἰνοπότης, φίλος τελωνῶν καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Sonὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• The Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• of manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• is comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• eatingἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• drinkingπίνωpinō piō poō · to drinkG4095
• ye sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Beholdὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• a gluttonousφάγοςphagos · gluttonG5314
• a winebibberοἰνοπότηςoinopotēs · drunkardG3630
• a friendφίλοςphilos · friendly/friendG5384
• of publicansτελώνηςtelōnēs · tax collectorG5057
• sinnersἁμαρτωλόςhamartōlos · sinfulG268

Cross-references for Luke 7:34

• Luke 7:36When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.
• Luke 5:29Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.
• Luke 11:37When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table.
• Luke 14:1One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched.
• John 2:2and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
• John 12:2Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him.
• Luke 15:2But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
• Luke 19:7All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”
• Matthew 9:11When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Commentaries on Luke 7:34

• 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. 31-35To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation?: Jesus compares Israel to fickle children in the marketplace who play games of make-believe. They called John the Baptist to dance (a wedding game), but the serious prophet refused. Instead, he called them to mourn and repent of their sins. Then they called on Jesus to mourn (a funeral game), but he was the bridegroom who announced the joyful celebration banquet of the kingdom of God. It would not…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 7:34

• Asceticism
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Persecution
• Unbelief
• Winebibber (a Wino)

In the dictionaries

• Son of man
• Apparel
• Delicately
• Frankly
• Glutton
• Instantly
• Publican
• Sit
• Wipe
• Abstinence

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