Luke 7:31
What meaning of the luke 7:31 in the Bible?
What does Luke 7:31 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And the Lord said,Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?"
What does Luke 7:31 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And the Lord said,Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?"
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 Gos...
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 worst kind of people, who had, howe...
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....
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...
A SOLDIER'S FAITH (Luke 7:1-10)...
AND THE LORD SAID. All the texts omit these words. this generation. See note on Matthew 11:16....
_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...
THE MESSAGE FROM THE BAPTIST...
VER 29. AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HEARD HIM, AND THE PUBLICANS, JUSTIFIED GOD, BEING BAPTIZED WITH THE BAPTISM OF JOHN. 30. BUT THE PHARISEES AND LAWYERS REJECTED THE COUNSEL OF GOD AGAINST THEMSELVES,...
ΟΜΟΙΏΣΩ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΌΜΟΙΌΩ (G3666) сравнивать. Совещательный FUT. указывает на предмет совещания....
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...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _About John the Baptist Scripture_ Luke 7:18-35 And the disciples of John told him of all these things. 19 And John called unto him two of his disciples sent them to the Lord, s...
And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things. For the circumstances of the Baptist's imprisonment, see the notes at Mark 6:17. He had now lain in prison probably a full year, far away...
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...
RAISING OF THE WIDOW'S SON. THE WOMAN WHO WAS A SINNER 1-10. Healing of the centurion's servant. See on Matthew 8:5....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 7 THE *FAITH OF AN ARMY OFFICER 7:1-10 V1 When Jesus had finished saying all these things to the people, he went to Capernaum. V2 In that town, an of...
(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....
_The Baptist's message_ (Matthew 11:2-19)....
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...
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...
(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...
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 f...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
_And all the people_ That were present, and _the publicans_ in particular, _when they heard_ this discourse, having been formerly _baptized with the baptism of John, justified God_ Owned his wisdom an...
Disciples of John sent to Jesus-Christ's testimony of John. Matthew 11:2-19....
AND THE LORD SAID, WHEREUNTO, THEN, SHALL I LIKEN THE MEN OF THIS GENERATION? AND TO WHAT ARE THEY LIKE?...
A CENTURION'S SERVANT HEALED (vs.1-10) The Lord then came to Capernaum and there was appealed to by a Gentile, a Roman centurion, by means of the mediatorship of Jewish elders. In contrast to this a...
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...
Ver. 31-35. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 11:16" and following verses to MATTHEW 11:19, where we have this smart reflection upon the scribes and Pharisees, and the generality of the Jews. They were neither pl...
Luke 7:31 And G1161 Lord G2962 said G2036 (G5627) what G5101 then G3767 liken G3666 (G5692) men G444 this G5026 generation G1074 and G2532 what G5101 they G1526 (G5748) like G3664 Whereunto - Lamenta...
“To what then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like? They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, who say, ‘We piped to you, and you did n...
CHRONOLOGY. The order is correct. There is no record of anything which occurred during the interval between the raising of the young man at Nain and the message from John. See on Matthew 8:18; Matthew...
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...
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...
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...
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...
AND SENT THEM TO THE LORD TO ASK HIM. John the Baptist had already identified Jesus as the Messiah (John 1:31-34). But the Jews expected a political Messiah, and John wonders why Jesus does not overth...
_Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation_ THE BAPTIST AND CHRIST In the metaphor of the reed shaking in the wind, we traced that close observation of nature which enabled Christ to i...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:1 Luke helps his readers answer the question “Who is this...?” (v. Luke 7:49) by recounting two healing miracles (vv. Luke 7:1, Luke 7:11), John’s testimony about Jesus (vv. Luke 7...
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, Luke 7:19 And John calling [_unto him_] tw...
CHAPTER 7 VER.1. _Now when he had ended_ (or fulfilled) _all his sayings_....
_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...
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...
Let's turn now in our Bibles to Luke's gospel, chapter 7. At this point in Luke's gospel he is going to give us series of events, miracles that transpired in the life of Jesus. When he ended these sa...
Lamentations 2:13; Mark 4:30; Matthew 11:16...
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...