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Luke 7:34 KJV
Luke · chapter 7 · verse 34
The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!Luke 7:34 · King James Version
Luke 7:34 in context
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.
36And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- gluttonousphagosa voracious man, a gluttonG5314 →
- winebibberoinopotēsa winebibber, given to wine, a winoG3630 →
- publicanstelōnēsa renter or farmer of taxes, among the Romans, usually a man of equestrian rank, a tax…G5057 →
- drinkingpinōto drink, figuratively, to receive into the soul what serves to refresh strengthen…G4095 →
- eatingesthiōto eat, to eat a thing, to take food, eat a meal, metaph. to devour, consumeG2068 →
- Beholdidoubehold, see, loG2400 →
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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