New Living Translation
Luke 7:27
27John is the man to whom the Scriptures refer when they say, ‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your way before you.’
Luke 7:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
- New International Version (NIV)This is the one about whom it is written: “ ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)This is he of whom it is written, "'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)This is he of whom it is written: ‘Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You.’
Context of Luke 7:27
25Or were you expecting to see a man dressed in expensive clothes? No, people who wear beautiful clothes and live in luxury are found in palaces. 26Were you looking for a prophet? Yes, and he is more than a prophet. John is the man to whom the Scriptures refer when they say, ‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your way before you.’ 28I tell you, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John. Yet even the least person in the Kingdom of God is greater than he is!” 29When they heard this, all the people—even the tax collectors—agreed that God’s way was right, for they had been baptized by John.
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οὗτός ἐστιν περὶ οὗ γέγραπται· ἰδοὺ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου ὃς κατασκευάσει τὴν ὁδόν σου ἔμπροσθέν σου.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
- whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- it is writtenγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
- Beholdὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
- Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- sendἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649
- messengerὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- messengerἄγγελοςaggelos · angel: messengerG32
- beforeπρόpro · beforeG4253
- thyσύsu · youG4771
- faceπρόσωπονprosōpon · faceG4383
- shall prepareκατασκευάζωkataskeuazō · to prepareG2680
- wayὁδόςhodos · roadG3598
- beforeἔμπροσθενemprosthen · beforeG1715
Cross-references for Luke 7:27
- Luke 1:15for he will be great in the eyes of the Lord. He must never touch wine or other alcoholic drinks. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.
- Isaiah 40:3Listen! It’s the voice of someone shouting, “Clear the way through the wilderness for the Lord! Make a straight highway through the wasteland for our God!
- Malachi 3:1“Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
- Malachi 4:5“Look, I am sending you the prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful day of the Lord arrives.
- John 1:23John replied in the words of the prophet Isaiah: “I am a voice shouting in the wilderness, ‘Clear the way for the Lord’s coming!’”
Commentaries on Luke 7:27
- 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. 27The quotation is from Malachi 3:1. In Malachi 4:5–6, this messenger is identified as the prophet Elijah. Though John denied that he was Elijah (John 1:21–23), he came in the spirit and power of Elijah to prepare the way for God's chosen king (Luke 1:17; see 3:4–6).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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