Luke 7:33 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 7:33

For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

BSB

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ASV

For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.

KJV

For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

For John the Baptist,.... Who is designed by the children that mourned in the above simile, with whom his character and conduct agree; he preached very mournful doctrine, delivered it in a very solemn and awful manner, and lived a very austere life, and fasted much, as did also his disciples. The word "Baptist" is here added by Luke, which Matthew has not, to distinguish him from others; and it may be, because he had just spoke of his baptism.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

We learn, in the first place, from these verses — that the hearts of unconverted men are often desperately perverse as well as wicked. Our Lord brings out this lesson in a remarkable comparison — describing the generation of men among whom He lived while He was on earth. He compares them to children . He says, that children at play were not more wayward, perverse, and hard to please — than the Jews of His day. Nothing would satisfy them. They were always finding fault. Whatever ministry God employed among them — they took exception to it.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐλήλυθεν	elēluthen	Has come	G2064 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
Ἰωάννης	Iōannēs	John	G2491 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
βαπτιστὴς	baptistēs	Baptist	G910 →
μὴ	mē	neither	G3361 →
ἐσθίων	esthiōn	eating	G2068 →
ἄρτον	arton	bread	G740 →
μήτε	mēte	nor	G3383 →
πίνων	pinōn	drinking	G4095 →
οἶνον,	oinon	wine	G3631 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
λέγετε·	legete	you say;	G3004 →
δαιμόνιον	daimonion	A demon	G1140 →
ἔχει.	echei	He has.	G2192 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Mark 1:6
John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
leads to
- 2 Kings 1:8
  “He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.
- Leviticus 11:22
  Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.
Through
Luke 1:15
for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
leads to
- Jeremiah 1:5
  “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
- Ephesians 5:18
  Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
- Numbers 6:2–4
  “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,
- Galatians 1:15
  But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
- Judges 13:4–6
  Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
Through
John 10:20
Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”
leads to
- John 7:20
  “You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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About Luke