Luke 7:20-22 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 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, Matt. 11:2-19. I. We have here the message John Baptist sent to Christ, and the return he made to it. Observe, 1. The great thing we are to enquire concerning Christ is whether he be he that should come to redeem and save sinners, or whether we are to look for another, Luke 7:19, 20. We are sure that God has promised that a Saviour shall come, an... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 7:18-29

7:18-29 John's disciples told him about all these things; so John called two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord saying, "Are you he who is to come, or, are we to look for another?" When they arrived, the men said to him, "John, the Baptizer, has sent us to you. Are you the One who is to come," he asks, "or are we to look for another?" At that time he cured many of their diseases and afflictions and of evil spirits, and to many blind people he gave the gift of sight. "Go," he answered... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 7:20

When the men were come to him ,.... To Jesus; "those two men", as the Arabic version reads; "the disciples", as the Persic version; the same that John sent from the castle of Machaerus, where he was now a prisoner, to Christ, who was teaching in some city or town of Galilee: they said, John the Baptist ; so well known by his being the administrator of the ordinance of baptism: hath sent us unto thee, saying, art thou he that should come, or look we for another? See Gill on Matthew... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 7:21

And in that same hour ,.... Or at that same time, for a precise hour is not intended: one exemplar reads, "in that day", in which these men came to Christ, he , Jesus, as the Persic version expresses it, cured many of their infirmities ; bodily weaknesses and disorders: and plagues; which were inflicted on them as scourges and corrections for sin, very severe diseases, as epilepsies, leprosies, palsies, &c.; and of evil spirits; or devils, which he dispossessed and commanded out... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 7:22

Then Jesus answering said unto them ,.... "To the disciples", as the Persic; to both, as the Arabic: when he had wrought these cures, he turned himself to the disciples of John, and made answer to their question. The Vulgate Latin leaves out the word "Jesus", rendering it, "and he answering"; in the following words: go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard . They had just seen many cured of infirmities, plagues, and evil spirits, and they had heard the doctrines of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:21

Infirmities and plagues - The following judicious note from Bp. Pearce is worthy of deep attention: "Luke mentions here νοσοι, μαϚιγες , leprosias , and πνευματα πονηρα , i.e. diseases or ill habits of body, sores or lamenesses, and evil spirits: from whence we may conclude that evil spirits are reckoned by him (who speaks of distempers with more accuracy than the other evangelists) as things different from any disorders of the body, included in the two former words." Unto many that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:22-28

See these verses explained at large on Matthew 11:4-15 ; (note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:18-35

John the Baptist sends messengers to ask a question of Jesus. The reply of the Master. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:18-35

The message of John Baptist, and the discourse occasioned by it. Various answers, not now to be discussed, have been given to the question—Why did John send the two followers with the message recorded? The message does seem to imply that the confidence of the Baptist had become overcast by the sorrow of the passing hour. Would it have been strange if, hearing of Jesus in the flood-tide of popular enthusiasm, working and speaking in the power of the Lord, a moment's feeling of weariness... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:18-35

The deputation from John. Jesus pursued a policy of mercy and of salvation. He healed all who asked for healing or were brought to him; he raised the dead; he was a Philanthropist rather than a Judge. The fame of his miracles was spread abroad, and made its way to the castle and its keep, where John the Baptist was now Herod's prisoner. The result is a deputation of two disciples sent by the illustrious prisoner to Jesus. We are to study the interview and the subsequent panegyric on John. ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 7:19-35

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 7:18-29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 7:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 7:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 7:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:22-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:18-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:18-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:18-35

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