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Luke 7:35

Luke 7:35
But wisdom is justified of all her children.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Now when the Pharisee, which had bidden him, saw it,.... Simon, who had invited Christ to eat with him, when he saw what was done by the woman, how she stood at his feet, and washed them with her…

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,…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Wisdom is justified, etc. - Probably the children of wisdom is a mere Hebraism here for the products or fruits of wisdom; hence the Vatican MS., one other, and some versions, have εργων, works,…

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

But Literally, "And,"but the Greek kaioften has the force of -and yet."

wisdom The personification of God's wisdom was common in the later Jewish literature, as in the Book of Wisdom. It is also found…

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