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Luke 7:23 KJV
Luke · chapter 7 · verse 23
And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.Luke 7:23 · King James Version
Luke 7:23 in context
21And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.
22Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
23And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
24And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
25But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- whosoeverhoswho, which, what, thatG3739 →
- offendedskandalizōto put a stumbling block or impediment in the way, upon which another may trip and fall…G4624 →
- blessedmakariosblessed, happyG3107 →
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All this discourse concerning John Baptist, occasioned by his sending to ask whether he was the Messiah or no, we had, much as it is here related, Mt. 11:2-19. I. We have here the message John Baptist sent to Christ, and the return he made to it. Observe, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-35