Luke 7:33
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
Luke 7:33 in other translations
| BSB | For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’ |
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| WEB | For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ |
| ASV | For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon. |
| YLT | ‘For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a demon; |
| DARBY | For John the baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He has a demon. |
| BBE | For John the Baptist came, taking no food or drink, and you say, He has an evil spirit. |
| Webster | For John the Baptist came neither eating bread, nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon. |
What does Luke 7:33 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 7:31-35
31-35. the Lord said, &c.--As cross, capricious children, invited by their playmates to join them in their amusements, will play with them neither at weddings nor funerals (juvenile imitations of the joyous and mournful scenes of life), so that generation rejected both John and his Master: the one because he was too unsocial--more like a demoniac than a rational man; the other, because He was too much the reverse…
Barnes' Notes
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 7:19-35
To his miracles in the kingdom of nature, Christ adds this in the kingdom of grace, To the poor the gospel is preached. It clearly pointed out the spiritual nature of Christ's kingdom, that the messenger he sent before him to prepare his way, did it by preaching repentance and reformation of heart and life. We have here the just blame of those who were not wrought upon by the ministry of John Baptist or of Jesus…
Luke 7:33 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 7:33
- Luke 1:15
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.
- Mark 1:6
And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
- Matthew 3:4
And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
- John 8:52
Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
- Acts 2:13
Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
- Jeremiah 16:8-10
Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink. For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?
- John 10:20
And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
- John 8:48
Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
- Matthew 10:25
It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
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- Luke 7:32
They 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.
- Luke 7:33
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
- Luke 7:34
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 7:33 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque vino Juan el Bautista, que ni comía pan, ni bebía vino, y decís: Demonio tiene. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car Jean le baptiseur est venu, ne mangeant pas de pain et ne buvant pas de vin, et vous dites: Il a un démon. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn Johannes der Täufer ist gekommen, der weder Brot aß, noch Wein trank, und ihr saget: Er hat einen Dämon. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Venit enim Joannes Baptista, neque manducans panem, neque bibens vinum, et dicitis: Dæmonium habet. |