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Luke 7:33

Luke 7:33
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And behold, a woman in the city,.... Not Mary Magdalene, spoken of in Luk 8:2 under another character; and is a different person, who had not been taken notice of by the evangelist before; nor Mary…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Luke 7:19-35

See this passage explained in Mat. 11:2-19. Luk 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,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Luke 7:19-35

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

neither eating bread nor drinking wine "His meat was locusts and wild honey," Mat 3:4. Being a Nazarite he drank no wine, Luk 1:15; see 2Es 9:24.

He hath a devil They sneered at him for a moody or…