Luke 7:34 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 7:34

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

BSB

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ASV

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!

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!

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Commentary

1 voice

Cyril of Alexandria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (444)

But where could they point out the Lord as gluttonous? For Christ is found every where repressing excess, and leading men to temperance. But He associated with publicans and sinners. Hence they said against Him, He is a friend of Publicans and sinners, though He could in no wise fall into sin, but on the contrary was to them the cause of salvation. For the sun is not polluted though sending its rays over all the earth, and frequently falling upon unclean bodies. Neither will the Sun of righteousness be hurt by associating with the bad.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Therefore none must make themselves a standard to all others, nor judge hardly of those that do not do just as they do. John Baptist bore witness to Christ, and Christ applauded John Baptist, though they were the reverse of each other in their way of living.

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

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐλήλυθεν	elēluthen	Has come	G2064 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
υἱὸς	huios	Son	G5207 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
ἀνθρώπου	anthrōpou	of Man	G444 →
ἐσθίων	esthiōn	eating	G2068 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πίνων,	pinōn	drinking,	G4095 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
λέγετε·	legete	you say;	G3004 →
ἰδοὺ	idou	Behold	G2400 →
ἄνθρωπος	anthrōpos	a man	G444 →
φάγος	phagos	a glutton	G5314 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἰνοπότης,	oinopotēs	a drunkard,	G3630 →
φίλος	philos	a friend	G5384 →
τελωνῶν	telōnōn	of tax collectors	G5057 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἁμαρτωλῶν.	hamartōlōn	of sinners.	G268 →

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

The walk

The walk8

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
Luke 15:2
So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
leads to
- Matthew 9:11
  When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 19:7
  And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”
Through
Luke 19:7
And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”
leads to
- Luke 7:39
  When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who this is and what kind of woman is touching Him—for she…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 5:30
  But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 15:2
  So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
Through
Luke 7:36
Then one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.
leads to
- Mark 14:3–9
  While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the…
- Matthew 26:5–6
  “But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
- Luke 14:1
  One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

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

Related verses

About Luke