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Luke 7:31-34

LUKE—NOTE ON Luke 7:31 This generation refers to the leaders and others dominant in the culture. They reject both Jesus and John. They are like children who do not want to play with anyone.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 31. _AND THE LORD SAID_] Almost every MS. of authority and importance, with most of the _versions_, omit these words. As the _Evangelistaria_ (the books which contained those portions of the Go...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See this passage explained in Matthew 11:2. Luke 7:29 THE PEOPLE - The common people. THAT HEARD HIM - That heard “John.” THE PUBLICANS - The tax-gatherers, the

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The Centurion's Servant Healed. (Luke 7:1 .)_ 2. The Widow's Son Raised from the Dead. (Luke 7:11) 3. John's Questions and the Answer. (Luke 7:18) 4. The Testimony Concerning John. ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOHN THE BAPTIST (Matthew 11:1 *). According to Lk., John's disciples have access to him, and Jesus is engaged in works of healing in the very hour of the embassy. Luke 7:21 looks as if Lk. were bent...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    But the Pharisees and the scribes frustrated God's purpose for themselves because they were not baptized by him. "To whom, asked Jesus, "will I compare the men of this generation? And to whom are they...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    A SOLDIER'S FAITH (Luke 7:1-10)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AND THE LORD SAID. All the texts omit these words. this generation. See note on Matthew 11:16....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And the Lord said_ These words are almost certainly spurious, being omitted by all the best uncials. _Whereunto then shall I liken_ Our Lord seems more than once to have used this formula to arrest...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    31. [ΕἾΠΕ ΔῈ Ὁ ΚΎΡΙΟΣ]. These words are almost certainly spurious, being omitted by all the best uncials. ΤΊΝΙ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ὉΜΟΙΏΣΩ …; Our Lord seems more than once to have used this formula to arrest atten...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    THE MESSAGE FROM THE BAPTIST...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

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  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΟΜΟΙΏΣΩ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΌΜΟΙΌΩ (G3666) сравнивать. Совещательный FUT. указывает на предмет совещания....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1501 THE PERVERSE CHILDREN Luke 7:31; Luke 7:35. And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? They are like unto children sitting i...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 The Superficial (Luke 7:24-35) 24 When the messengers of John had gone, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: What did you go out into the wilderness to behold...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    19 As the form of the Greek word for different or "another" is indefinite as to gender, it may be rendered "a different thing" or "another thing". That is, John may have hoped that Christ was about to...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    CHRIST'S OPINION OF JOHN. See on Matthew 11:7. 29, 30. Peculiar to Lk....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (31-35) WHEREUNTO THEN SHALL I LIKEN... — See Notes on Matthew 11:16. Some of the better MSS. omit the introductory words, “and the Lord said.”...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (24-35) AND WHEN THE MESSENGERS OF JOHN WERE DEPARTED. — See Notes on Matthew 11:7. The two narratives agree very closely. The few variations will be noticed as they occur....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The Baptist's message_ (Matthew 11:2-19)....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The children in the market place_. τοὺς ἀν. τ. γενεᾶς ταύτης. The pointed reference in the previous verse to the Pharisees and lawyers marks them out as, in the view of the evangelist, the “generatio...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A GREAT MAN AND A STILL GREATER Luke 7:24-35 The Master chose the moment of John's fainting fit to pass this high eulogium on the Baptist's stalwart character, his indifference to worldly bribes and...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here our Lord passed over the national boundary to bring blessing to the household of a Roman centurion. Of that man the elders said, "He is worthy." The man said, "I am not worthy." Jesus Said, "I ha...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (5) And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? (5) Whatever manner God uses in offering us the gospel, most men bring offences upon themsel...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    4. _The Deputation from John the Baptist: Luke 7:18-35_. This incident, related only by Matthew (chap. 11) and Luke, and by them differently placed, is in both accounted for in the same manner. The fa...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

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  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    _The Application._ “ _Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?_ 32. _They are like unto children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another, and...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (18) And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things. (19) And John calling unto him two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? (2...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    31._To what shall I compare? _He does not include all the men of his age, but speaks particularly of the scribes and their followers. He charges them with this reproach, that while the Lord endeavored...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Hence, after this, we find the Spirit acting in the heart of a Gentile (chapter 7). That heart manifested more faith than any among the children of Israel. Humble in heart, and loving the people of Go...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE LORD SAID,.... This clause is not in the Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, nor in some copies, nor in Beza's most ancient copy; and being omitted, more clearly shows, that the two...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? Ver. 31. See Matthew 11:16,17, &c....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    Disciples of John sent to Jesus-Christ's testimony of John. Matthew 11:2-19....

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    Children sitting in the market-place. Matthew 11:16-19....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Parable of the children in the marketplace:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND THE LORD SAID, WHEREUNTO, THEN, SHALL I LIKEN THE MEN OF THIS GENERATION? AND TO WHAT ARE THEY LIKE?...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Luke 7:31 And G1161 Lord G2962 said G2036 (G5627) what G5101 then G3767 liken G3666 (G5692) men...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    AND TO WHAT ARE THEY LIKE? (κα τιν εισιν ομοιοι;). This second question is not in Matthew 11:16. It sharpens the point. The case of τιν is associative instrumental after ομοιο. See discussion of de...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Luke 7:18. _And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things._ John was in prison, and, possibly, troubled in spirit. Luke 7:19. _And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Luke 7:24. _And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?_ Certainly...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Centurion's servant healed. Widow's son raised. Questions from John the Baptist in prison and Jesus' testimony. Jesus annointed in the Pharisee's house. Parable of the creditor and two debto...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Luke 7:2. _A certain centurion's servant._ As soon as this officer heard of Christ, he believed in him, having been assured of the miracles by competent witnesses. Being a gentile, he sent the rulers...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Gospels Compared

    JESUS EASES JOHN'S DOUBT MATTHEW 11:2-19; LUKE 7:19-35; MATTHEW 11:2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 7 VER.1. _Now when he had ended_ (or fulfilled) _all his sayings_....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 7:19.—The message sent by John the Baptist to Jesus has been the subject of much discussion. Though in form questions, his words are virtually an appeal to Christ to declare Hims...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION LUKE 7:1 The _servant _(_or slave_)_ of the centurion of Capernaum is healed._ LUKE 7:1 NOW WHEN HE HAD ENDED ALL HIS SAYINGS. This clearly refers to the sermon on the mount. That great...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Lamentations 2:13; Mark 4:30; Matthew 11:16...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Our blessed Saviour in these words describes the perverse humor of the Pharisees, whom nothing could allure to the embracing of the gospel, neither John's ministry nor Christ's. This our Saviour sets...

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