Luke 7:25

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܘܶܐܠܳܐ ܡܳܢܳܐ ܢܦ݂ܰܩܬ݁ܽܘܢ ܠܡܶܚܙܳܐ ܓ݁ܰܒ݂ܪܳܐ ܕ݁ܢܰܚܬ݁ܶܐ ܪܰܟ݁ܺܝܟ݂ܶܐ ܠܒ݂ܺܝܫ ܗܳܐ ܐܰܝܠܶܝܢ ܕ݁ܒ݂ܰܠܒ݂ܽܘܫܶܐ ܡܫܰܒ݁ܚܶܐ ܘܰܒ݂ܦ݂ܽܘܢܳܩܶܐ ܐܺܝܬ݂ܰܝܗܽܘܢ ܒ݁ܶܝܬ݂ ܡܰܠܟ݁ܶܐ ܐܶܢܽܘܢ ܀

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

A man: 2 Kings 1:8, Isaiah 59:17, Matthew 3:4, 1 Peter 3:3, 1 Peter 3:4

are in: 2 Samuel 19:35, 1 Kings 10:5, Esther 1:3, Esther 1:11, Esther 4:2, Esther 5:1, Esther 8:15, Matthew 6:29

Reciprocal: Lamentations 4:5 - that did 1 Timothy 5:6 - in pleasure Revelation 18:3 - her delicacies

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But what went you out for to see?.... If not his air and action, what was it? was it his apparel and dress? was it to see

a man clothed in soft raiment? If this was the case, their labour was in vain, and they had their walk for nothing; for John was clothed with camels' hair, rough and undressed, and was girt with a leathern girdle; there was nothing in his person, mien, and garb, that was attractive:

they which are gorgeously, apparelled; or richly clothed, as John was not:

and live delicately; in the most elegant manner, and on the richest dainties, as John did not, his food being locusts and wild honey:

are in kings' courts; and not in a wilderness, where John; came preaching.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in Matthew 11:2-19.

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 they approved of the message of God by submitting to the ordinance which he commanded - the ordinance of baptism. This verse and the following are not to be considered as the words of “Luke,” but the continuation of the discourse of our Lord. He is saying what took place in regard to John. Among the common people he was approved and obeyed among the rich and learned he was despised.

Luke 7:30

But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected ... - It appears from Matthew 3:7 that some of the Pharisees came to John to be baptized; but still this is entirely consistent with the supposition that the great mass of Pharisees and lawyers rejected him.

The counsel of God - The counsel of God toward them was the solemn admonition by John to “repent” and be baptized, and be prepared to receive the Messiah. This was the command or revealed will of God in relation to them. When it is said that they “rejected” the counsel of God, it does not mean that they could frustrate his purposes, but merely that they violated his commands. Men cannot frustrate the “real” purposes of God, but they can contemn his messages, they can violate his commands, and thus they can reject the counsel which he gives them, and treat with contempt the desire which he manifests for their welfare.

Against themselves - To their own hurt or detriment. God is wise and good. He knows what is best for us. He, therefore, that rejects what God commands, rejects it to his own injury. It “cannot” be well for any mortal to despise what God commands him to do.

Luke 7:31-35

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 11:16-19. “And the Lord said.” This clause is wanting in almost all the manuscripts, and is omitted by the best critics.