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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

兩人來到耶穌跟前，說：“施洗的約翰差我們來問你：‘你就是那位要來的，還是我們要等別人呢？’”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
那 两 个 人 来 到 耶 稣 那 里 ， 说 ： 施 洗 的 约 翰 打 发 我 们 来 问 你 ： 那 将 要 来 的 是 你 麽 ？ 还 是 我 们 等 候 别 人 呢 ？

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ and sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the One who is to come, or should we wait for someone else?" ²⁰ When the men came to Jesus, they said, "John the Baptist sent us to you with this question: ‘Are you the One who is to come, or should we wait for someone else?'" ²¹ At that time, Jesus healed many people of their sicknesses, diseases, and evil spirits, and he gave sight to many blind people. ²² Then Jesus answered John's followers, "Go tell John what you saw and heard here. The blind can see, the crippled can walk, and people with skin diseases are healed. The deaf can hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is preached to the poor. ²³ Those who do not stumble in their faith because of me are blessed!" ²⁴ When John's followers left, Jesus began talking to the people about John: "What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed blown by the wind? ²⁵ What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, people who have fine clothes and much wealth live in kings' palaces. ²⁶ But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, and I tell you, John is more than a prophet. ²⁷ This was written about him: ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare the way for you.' Malachi 3:1 ²⁸ I tell you, John is greater than any other person ever born, but even the least important person in the kingdom of God is greater than John."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Isaiah 35:5 - the ears Malachi 3:1 - and John 11:27 - which Acts 2:22 - a man Acts 26:7 - hope

Cross-References

Psalms 104:6
You covered the earth with oceans; the water was above the mountains.

Jeremiah 3:23
It was foolish to worship idols on the hills and on the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel comes from the Lord our God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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? :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in Matthew 11:2-19.

Luke 7:29

The people - The common people.

That heard him - That heard “John.”

The publicans - The tax-gatherers, the worst kind of people, who had, however, been converted.

Justified God - Considered God as “just” or “right” in the counsel which he gave by John - to wit, in calling people to repentance, and in denouncing future wrath on the impenitent. Compare Matthew 11:19.

Being baptized ... - They “showed” that they approved of the message of God by submitting to the ordinance which he commanded - the ordinance of baptism. This verse and the following are not to be considered as the words of “Luke,” but the continuation of the discourse of our Lord. He is saying what took place in regard to John. Among the common people he was approved and obeyed among the rich and learned he was despised.

Luke 7:30

But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected ... - It appears from Matthew 3:7 that some of the Pharisees came to John to be baptized; but still this is entirely consistent with the supposition that the great mass of Pharisees and lawyers rejected him.

The counsel of God - The counsel of God toward them was the solemn admonition by John to “repent” and be baptized, and be prepared to receive the Messiah. This was the command or revealed will of God in relation to them. When it is said that they “rejected” the counsel of God, it does not mean that they could frustrate his purposes, but merely that they violated his commands. Men cannot frustrate the “real” purposes of God, but they can contemn his messages, they can violate his commands, and thus they can reject the counsel which he gives them, and treat with contempt the desire which he manifests for their welfare.

Against themselves - To their own hurt or detriment. God is wise and good. He knows what is best for us. He, therefore, that rejects what God commands, rejects it to his own injury. It “cannot” be well for any mortal to despise what God commands him to do.

Luke 7:31-35

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 11:16-19. “And the Lord said.” This clause is wanting in almost all the manuscripts, and is omitted by the best critics.