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Luke 19:7

And when the people saw it, they all complained, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bigotry;   Hospitality;   Jericho;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Publicans;   Zacchaeus (Zaccheus);   Thompson Chain Reference - Bigotry-Catholicity;   Censoriousness;   Charitableness-Uncharitableness;   Christ;   Fault-Finding;   Friend of Sinners;   Guest, Christ a;   Hospitality;   Sinners' Friend, the;   Social Life;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Murmuring;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jericho;   Zaccheus;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jericho;   Luke, gospel of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hospitality;   Wealth;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jericho;   Zacchaeus;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bethany;   Jerusalem;   Zacchaeus;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Community of Goods;   Disciples;   Guest;   Jericho;   Luke, Gospel of;   Marriage;   Restitution;   Zaccheus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Zacchaeus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Character;   Claims (of Christ);   Common Life;   Discourse;   Gentleness (2);   Guest;   Guest-Chamber;   Ideal;   Inn;   Invitation;   Man (2);   Mission;   Murmur, Murmuring ;   Nationality;   Paradox;   Perfection (of Jesus);   Presentation ;   Property (2);   Religion (2);   Sinners;   Social Life;   Sympathy;   Trade and Commerce;   Wealth (2);   Zacchaeus ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Zaccheus;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jericho;   Zacch us;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Zacchae'us;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Guest;   Inn;   Justification;   Murmur;   Sinner;   Trespass;   Wealth;   Zacchaeus;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 14;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
All who saw it began to complain, “He’s gone to stay with a sinful man.”
King James Version (1611)
And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
King James Version
And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
English Standard Version
And when they saw it, they all grumbled, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner."
New American Standard Bible
When the people saw this, they all began to complain, saying, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner!"
New Century Version
All the people saw this and began to complain, "Jesus is staying with a sinner!"
Amplified Bible
When the people saw it, they all began muttering [in discontent], "He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a [notorious] sinner."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying, "He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner."
Legacy Standard Bible
And when they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying, "He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner."
Berean Standard Bible
And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, "He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!"
Contemporary English Version
Everyone who saw this started grumbling, "This man Zacchaeus is a sinner! And Jesus is going home to eat with him."
Complete Jewish Bible
Everyone who saw it began muttering, "He has gone to be the house-guest of a sinner."
Darby Translation
And all murmured when they saw [it], saying, He has turned in to lodge with a sinful man.
Easy-to-Read Version
Everyone saw this. They began to complain, "Look at the kind of man Jesus is staying with. Zacchaeus is a sinner!"
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when all they sawe it, they murmured, saying, that hee was gone in to lodge with a sinfull man.
George Lamsa Translation
Now when they all saw it, they murmured, saying, He has entered to stay in the house of a sinner.
Good News Translation
All the people who saw it started grumbling, "This man has gone as a guest to the home of a sinner!"
Lexham English Bible
And when they saw it, they all began to complain, saying, "He has gone in to find lodging with a man who is a sinner!"
Literal Translation
And having seen, all murmured, saying, He has gone in to stay with a sinful man.
American Standard Version
And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He is gone in to lodge with a man that is a sinner.
Bible in Basic English
And when they saw it, they were all angry, saying, He has gone into the house of a sinner.
Hebrew Names Version
When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, "He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner."
International Standard Version
But all the people who saw this began to complain, saying, "He went to be the guest of a notoriousnotorious
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Etheridge Translation
But when they all saw (this), they murmured, and said that with a man a sinner he hath gone in to abide.
Murdock Translation
And when they all saw [fn] , they murmured, and said: He hath gone in to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when they al saw it, they murmured, saying that he was gone in to tary with a man that is a synner.
English Revised Version
And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He is gone in to lodge with a man that is a sinner.
World English Bible
When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, "He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And seeing it, they all murmured, saying, He is gone to be guest with a sinner.
Weymouth's New Testament
When they all saw this, they began to complain with indignation. "He has gone in to be the guest of a notorious sinner!" they said.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne alle men sayn, thei grutchiden seiynge, For he hadde turned to a synful man.
Update Bible Version
And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He has gone in to lodge with a man that is a sinner.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when they saw [it], they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
New King James Version
But when they saw it, they all complained, saying, "He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner."
New Living Translation
But the people were displeased. "He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner," they grumbled.
New Life Bible
When the people saw it, they began to complain among themselves. They said, "He is going to stay with a man who is known to be a sinner."
New Revised Standard
All who saw it began to grumble and said, "He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And all, when they beheld, began to murmur, saying - With a sinful man, hath he gone in to lodge!
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a guest with a man that was a sinner.
Revised Standard Version
And when they saw it they all murmured, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And when they sawe that they all groudged sayinge: He is gone in to tary with a man that is a synner.
Young's Literal Translation
and having seen [it], they were all murmuring, saying -- `With a sinful man he went in to lodge!'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whan they sawe that, they murmured all, and sayde, yt he was gone in, to a synner.
Mace New Testament (1729)
upon seeing this, they all murmur'd, saying, he is going to be treated by a dissolute person.
Simplified Cowboy Version
But the other folks sure didn't like it much. They said, "Of all the people he could stay with, why did he choose the sorriest one in Jericho?"

Contextual Overview

1 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through it. 2 Now a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 He was trying to get a look at Jesus, but being a short man he could not see over the crowd. 4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, because Jesus was going to pass that way. 5 And when Jesus came to that place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because I must stay at your house today." 6 So he came down quickly and welcomed Jesus joyfully. 7 And when the people saw it, they all complained, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner." 8 But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!" 9 Then Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this household, because he too is a son of Abraham! 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they all: Luke 5:30, Luke 7:34, Luke 7:39, Luke 15:2, Luke 18:9-14, Matthew 9:11, Matthew 21:28-31

Reciprocal: Matthew 5:46 - publicans Matthew 10:11 - inquire Matthew 11:19 - a friend Matthew 20:4 - Go Matthew 20:11 - they murmured Mark 2:16 - How Luke 7:37 - which John 6:41 - murmured John 9:24 - a sinner 1 Corinthians 10:27 - bid 1 Timothy 1:16 - for a

Cross-References

Genesis 19:4
Before they could lie down to sleep, all the men—both young and old, from every part of the city of Sodom—surrounded the house.
Genesis 19:9
"Out of our way!" they cried, and "This man came to live here as a foreigner, and now he dares to judge us! We'll do more harm to you than to them!" They kept pressing in on Lot until they were close enough to break down the door.
Genesis 19:11
Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, from the youngest to the oldest, with blindness. The men outside wore themselves out trying to find the door.
Genesis 19:23
The sun had just risen over the land as Lot reached Zoar.
Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the Lord .
Leviticus 18:22
You must not have sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman; it is a detestable act.
Leviticus 20:13
If a man has sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman, the two of them have committed an abomination. They must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.
Deuteronomy 23:17
There must never be a sacred prostitute among the young women of Israel nor a sacred male prostitute among the young men of Israel.
Judges 19:23
The man who owned the house went outside and said to them, "No, my brothers! Don't do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Don't do such a disgraceful thing!
Acts 17:26
From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when they saw it,.... The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions read, "when they all saw this"; that is, as the Persic version, rather paraphrasing than translating, says, "the men and the multitude that were with him"; the "pharisaical" sort, the priests and Levites, of which there were great numbers in Jericho;

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They all murmured; as the Scribes and Pharisees did, at his eating with publicans and sinners, Luke 15:2.

Saying, that he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner; a notorious one, an abandoned profligate creature; one of the worst of sinners, as being a publican, and the chief of them; who had amassed vast riches to himself, by extortion and oppression; and they thought it was not agreeable to the character of an holy man, and a venerable prophet, which Christ bore, to go into such a man's house, eat at his table; and have familiar conversation with him; see Matthew 9:10.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Murmured - Found fault, complained.

To be a guest - To remain with, or to be entertained by.

A man that is a sinner - All publicans they regarded as great sinners, and the “chief” of the publicans, therefore, they regarded as especially wicked. It would appear also from Zacchaeus’ confession that his character “had been” that of an oppressive man. But the people seemed to forget that he might be a penitent, and that the Messiah came to save that which was lost.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 19:7. To be guest with a man that is a sinner. — Meaning either that he was a heathen, or, though by birth a Jew, yet as bad as a heathen, because of his unholy and oppressive office. Luke 7:37; Luke 7:37.


 
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