Luke 7:22-23

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 7:22

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 7:23

And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. The Arabic version renders it, "blessed is he that doubts not of me". The Persic and Ethiopic versions both add to the text, the former rendering the words thus, "blessed is he that is not brought into offence and doubt concerning me"; and the latter thus, "blessed are they who do not deny me, and are not offended in me": particular regard is had to the disciples of John, who both doubted of Christ as the Messiah, and were offended at... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:19-22

Human goodness and the permanency of the gospel. We have here— I. A CONSTANT CHARACTERISTIC OF HUMAN GOODNESS . HOW came John to send this message? Was he really doubtful—he who had prepared the way of the Lord, who had baptized him, who had recognized in him the Lamb of God? Even so. Many ingenious theories account for it in some other way, but they do not satisfy. After all, was it surprising that John should begin to doubt? He had been lying in that lonely fortress by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:22

Tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised . These miracles which the messengers witnessed that day, striking though they were, were no novel ones in the work of our Lord. They were, too, precisely similar to those which had already been reported to him in his prison (verse 18). But Jesus, pointing to these signs, bade the friends of the Baptist return and tell their master what they had... read more

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