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New Century Version

Luke 7:33

John the Baptist came and did not eat bread or drink wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon in him.'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abstinence, Total;   Asceticism;   Epicureans;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   John;   Nazarite;   Stoicism;   Unbelief;   Thompson Chain Reference - Evil;   Silence-Speech;   Slander;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Nazarite;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Demon;   John the Baptist;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Wine;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Luke, Gospel of;   Parables;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - John, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Asceticism (2);   Baptism;   Common Life;   Curse;   Discourse;   Food;   Joy (2);   Logia;   Manuscripts;   Names and Titles of Christ;   Unpardonable Sin;   Wine ;   Winter ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Eating;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
John the Baptizer came and did not eat the usual food or drink wine. And you say, ‘He has a demon inside him.'
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For Iohn baptist cam nether eatynge breed ner drinkynge wyne and ye saye: he hath the devyll.
Hebrew Names Version
For Yochanan the immerser came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.'
International Standard Version
For John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, yet you say, 'He has a demon!'Matthew 3:4; Mark 1:6; Luke 1:15;">[xr]
New American Standard Bible
"For John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon!'
Update Bible Version
For John the Baptist has come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and you say, He has a demon.
Webster's Bible Translation
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread, nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.
Amplified Bible
"For John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon!'
English Standard Version
For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.'
World English Bible
For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.'
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread, nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
Weymouth's New Testament
For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, `He has a demon!'
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For Joon Baptist cam, nethir etynge breed, ne drynkynge wyne, and ye seyen, He hath a feend.
English Revised Version
For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
Berean Standard Bible
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon!'
Contemporary English Version
John the Baptist did not go around eating and drinking, and you said, "John has a demon in him!"
American Standard Version
For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.
Bible in Basic English
For John the Baptist came, taking no food or drink, and you say, He has an evil spirit.
Complete Jewish Bible
For Yochanan has come not eating bread and not drinking wine; and you say, ‘He has a demon!'
Darby Translation
For John the baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He has a demon.
Etheridge Translation
For Juchanon the Baptizer came, neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, A devil is in him.
Murdock Translation
For John the Baptizer came, not eating bread, and not drinking wine; and ye say: He hath a demon.
King James Version (1611)
For Iohn the Baptist came, neither eating bread, nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a deuill.
New Living Translation
For John the Baptist didn't spend his time eating bread or drinking wine, and you say, ‘He's possessed by a demon.'
New Life Bible
John the Baptist did not come eating bread or drinking wine and you say, ‘He has a demon.'
New Revised Standard
For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon';
Geneva Bible (1587)
For Iohn Baptist came, neither eating bread, nor drinking wine: and ye say, He hath the deuil.
George Lamsa Translation
For John the Baptist came, neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and you say, He is insane.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For John the Immerser hath come, neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say - A demon, he hath:
Douay-Rheims Bible
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine. And you say: He hath a devil.
Revised Standard Version
For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine; and you say, 'He has a demon.'
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For Iohn Baptist came, neither eatyng bread nor drynkyng wyne, and ye say he hath the deuyll.
Good News Translation
John the Baptist came, and he fasted and drank no wine, and you said, ‘He has a demon in him!'
Christian Standard Bible®
For John the Baptist did not come eating bread or drinking wine,
King James Version
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
Lexham English Bible
For John the Baptist has come not eating bread or drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!'
Literal Translation
For John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, He has a demon.
Young's Literal Translation
`For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a demon;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For Ihon ye baptist came, and ate no bred, and drake no wyne, and ye saye: he hath ye deuell.
Mace New Testament (1729)
for John the Baptist, when he came, abstain'd from bread and wine; yet you say, he is possess'd with a demon.
New English Translation
For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!'
New King James Version
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, "He has a demon.'
Simplified Cowboy Version
"John didn't drink alcohol and often went without food so he could pray, but y'all said he was evil.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a demon!'
Legacy Standard Bible
For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!'

Contextual Overview

19 and sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the One who is to come, or should we wait for someone else?" 20 When the men came to Jesus, they said, "John the Baptist sent us to you with this question: ‘Are you the One who is to come, or should we wait for someone else?'" 21 At that time, Jesus healed many people of their sicknesses, diseases, and evil spirits, and he gave sight to many blind people. 22 Then Jesus answered John's followers, "Go tell John what you saw and heard here. The blind can see, the crippled can walk, and people with skin diseases are healed. The deaf can hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is preached to the poor. 23 Those who do not stumble in their faith because of me are blessed!" 24 When John's followers left, Jesus began talking to the people about John: "What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed blown by the wind? 25 What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, people who have fine clothes and much wealth live in kings' palaces. 26 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, and I tell you, John is more than a prophet. 27 This was written about him: ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare the way for you.' Malachi 3:1 28 I tell you, John is greater than any other person ever born, but even the least important person in the kingdom of God is greater than John."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

came: Luke 1:15, Jeremiah 16:8-10, Matthew 3:4, Mark 1:6

He: Matthew 10:25, John 8:48, John 8:52, John 10:20, Acts 2:13

Reciprocal: Numbers 6:3 - General Psalms 69:10 - General Matthew 5:11 - when Matthew 17:12 - and they

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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. The Persic version only reads, "the Baptist"; of him our Lord says, that he

came neither eating bread, nor drinking wine; which were the common food and drink of men, but his diet were locusts and wild honey, and from this he often abstained; nor would he attend festivals and entertainments, or be free and sociable with men: "bread" and "wine" are here mentioned, which are not in Matthew:

and ye say, he hath a devil; is mad, or melancholy; for madness and melancholy, or the hypochondriac disorder, was by them sometimes imputed to a diabolical possession, and influence, as the cause of it; and though these men pretended to great austerity of life, and frequent fastings, yet John was too abstemious for them, and they could not agree with his doctrine nor method of living;

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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.


 
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