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Luke 7:33 KJV
Luke · chapter 7 · verse 33
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.Luke 7:33 · King James Version
Luke 7:33 in context
31And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
32They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
33For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
34The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
35But wisdom is justified of all her children.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- drinkingpinōto drink, figuratively, to receive into the soul what serves to refresh strengthen…G4095 →
- Baptistbaptistēsa baptiser, one who administers the rite of baptism, the surname of John, the forerunner…G910 →
- eatingesthiōto eat, to eat a thing, to take food, eat a meal, metaph. to devour, consumeG2068 →
- breadartosfood composed of flour mixed with water and baked, the Israelites made it in the form of…G740 →
- JohniōannēsJohn = " Jehovah is a gracious giver" , John the Baptist was the son of Zacharias…G2491 →
- cameerchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
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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