The person who does not find an occasion for having doubts about my identity is fortunate indeed.”
Luke 7:23 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) The person who does not find an occasion for having doubts about my identity is fortunate indeed.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And blessed (happy–with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, apart from outward conditions–and to be envied) is he who takes no offense in Me and who is not hurt or resentful or annoyed or repelled or made to stumble [whatever may occur]. American Standard Version (1901) And blessed is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me. Common English Bible Happy is anyone who doesn’t stumble along the way because of me.” Catholic Public Domain Version And blessed is anyone who has not taken offense at me." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And blessed is he whosoever shall not be scandalized in me. |
The person who does not find an occasion for having doubts about my identity is fortunate indeed.”
Then Simeon [asked God to] bless them and said to Jesus’ mother Mary, “Look, many Israelites will be caused to fall [i.e., into spiritual ruin] or rise [i.e., to spiritual renewal] because of Him. And [He will be] a ‘sign’ [for people] to speak against,
So, Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard; [how] blind people are receiving back their sight, and crippled people are walking [again], and people with infectious skin diseases are being healed, and deaf-mutes are hearing [and speaking (?) again], and people are being raised [from the dead], and poor people are having the good news preached to them.
And when the messengers sent by John left, Jesus began saying to the crowds about John, “What did you expect to see when you went out into the desert? A tall stem swaying in the wind?
Now the natural person [Note: Since this person is contrasted with the spiritual person of verse 15, it is taken here to mean the person without the Holy Spirit] does not receive the things [i.e., truths] revealed by the Holy Spirit of God, because they are [considered] foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them because they must be discerned by using spiritual judgment [i.e., judgment aided by the Holy Spirit].