Luke 7:33 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) For when John the Immerser came, he did not eat bread or drink wine [on festive occasions] and you said, ‘He is dominated by an evil spirit.’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, He has a demon. American Standard Version (1901) For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon. Common English Bible John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ Catholic Public Domain Version For John the Baptist came, neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and you say: He hath a devil. |
A disciple is doing well if he can be [as good] as his teacher, and the slave [as good] as his master. If they have called the master of the house [i.e., Jesus] Beelzebub [i.e., the chief of evil spirits. See Mark 3:22], how much more [likely] will they call members of his household [i.e., the disciples] the same thing!
(Thirty years later) In those days, John the Immerser went into the desert of Judea preaching [to Jews], saying,
Now John dressed in clothing made of camel’s hair and he wore a leather belt around his waist; he ate grasshoppers and wild honey [i.e., for his regular diet].
John wore clothing made of camel’s hair and he had a leather belt around his waist. He ate grasshoppers and wild honey.
For he will be great in the sight of the Lord and he will not drink any wine or intoxicating drinks [Note: This restriction suggests that John may have taken the special vow of consecration making him a “Nazarite”]. And he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from the time he is born.
They are like children sitting in the open shopping market, calling to one another, saying, ‘We [pretended we] were making music [at a wedding] but you did not dance; we [pretended we] were wailing [at a funeral] but you did not cry [along with us].’
[Then] the Son of man came eating and drinking [at festive occasions] and you said, ‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and worldly people.’
Many of them said, “This man is dominated by an evil spirit; he is crazy, why listen to him?”
The Jews answered and said to Jesus, “Were we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan [See note on 4:9], and are dominated by an evil spirit?”
The Jews [i.e., the authorities] replied, “Now we know that you are dominated by an evil spirit. Abraham and the prophets [all] died and [yet] you are saying, ‘If a person obeys my message, he will never experience death.’
But others made fun of them, saying, “Oh, they are just drunk [i.e., full of new wine].”