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See this passage explained in Matthew 11:2-19 . Luke 7:29 The people - The common people. That heard him - That heard “John.” The p...
John the Baptist ( Matthew 11:1-19 *). According to Lk., John's disciples have access to him, and Jesus is engaged in works of healing in the very...
But . And yet. wisdom . See note on Matthew 11:19 . children: i.e. those produced by her. See App-108.
35. And Wisdom is justified This passage is variously explained by commentators. Some maintain that Wisdom was acquitted by the Jews,...
DISCOURSE: 1501 THE PERVERSE CHILDREN Luke 7:31-32 ; Luke 7:35 . And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? an...
But wisdom is justified of all her children. Wisdom is justified, etc. - Probably the children of wisdom is a mere Hebraism here for the products or...
But wisdom, &c.— See the note on Matthew 11:19 .
And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things. For the circumstances of the Baptist's imprisonment, see the notes at Mark 6:17-20...
Raising of the Widow's Son. The Woman who was a Sinner 1-10. Healing of the centurion's servant. See on Matthew 8:5 .
Christ's opinion of John. See on Matthew 11:7 . 29, 30. Peculiar to Lk.
(24-35) And when the messengers of John were departed. — See Notes on Matthew 11:7-19 . The two narratives agree very closely. The few variations...
(31-35) Whereunto then shall I liken... — See Notes on Matthew 11:16-19 . Some of the better MSS. omit the introductory words, “and the Lord said....
a Great Man and a Still Greater Luke 7:24-35 The Master chose the moment of John's fainting fit to pass this high eulogium on the Baptist's sta...
Here our Lord passed over the national boundary to bring blessing to the household of a Roman centurion. Of that man the elders said, "He is worthy."...
(18) And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things. (19) And John calling unto him two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, Art t...
CHILDREN OF WISDOM ‘But wisdom is justified of all her children.’ Luke 7:35 Our Lord is discussing the criticisms which the Jews of His day...
But wisdom is justified of all her children. That is, Christ, who is the wisdom of God, and who acted the wise part, in behaving in such a free man...
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! 35 But wisdom...
And all the people That were present, and the publicans in particular, when they heard this discourse, having been formerly baptized with the...
A CENTURION'S SERVANT HEALED (vs.1-10) The Lord then came to Capernaum and there was appealed to by a Gentile, a Roman centurion, by means of the...
John's Message to Jesus; The Ministry of John and of Christ. 19 And John calling...
“And wisdom is justified of all her children.” Thus the proverb was clearly true. The wisdom of the Scribes had produced children suited to it, who...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 7:19 .—The message sent by John the Baptist to Jesus has been the subject of much discussion. Though in form questions, his w...
Luke 7:35 Wisdom is justified, i.e. approved, of all her children. I. None but the children of Wisdom can justify her. What a really unread page...
Luke 7:18 . And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things. John was in prison, and, possibly, troubled in spirit. Luke 7:19 . And J...
Luke 7:24 . And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness...
Luke 7:2 . A certain centurion's servant. As soon as this officer heard of Christ, he believed in him, having been assured of the miracles by comp...
But wisdom is Justified of all her children Wisdom’s justification We trace the truth and the applicability of this saying-- I. IN THE DIFFE...
EXPOSITION Luke 7:1-42 The servant ( or slave ) of the centurion of Capernaum is healed. Luke 7:1 Now when he had ended all his...
Parable of the children in the marketplace:
But wisdom is justified of all her children. The Lord here scores the inconsistency of the Jewish people as a whole, and especially of their leade...
1 Corinthians 2:14 ; 1 Corinthians 2:15 ; Hosea 14:9 ; Luke 7:29 ; Matthew 11:19 ; Proverbs 17:16 ; Proverbs 8:32-36
35 But wisdom is justified of all her children.