Luke 7:19

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and sent them to the Lord, asking, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”

King James Version (1611)
And Iohn calling vnto him two of his disciples, sent them to Iesus, saying, Art thou hee that should come, or looke we for another?

King James Version
And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?

English Standard Version
calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to the Lord, saying, "Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?"

New American Standard Bible
And after summoning two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, "Are You the Coming One, or are we to look for another?"

New Century Version
and sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the One who is to come, or should we wait for someone else?"

Amplified Bible
John called two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord, saying, "Are You the Expected One (the Messiah), or should we look for someone else?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Summoning two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, "Are You the Expected One, or do we look for someone else?"

Legacy Standard Bible
Summoning two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, "Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?"

Berean Standard Bible
So John called two of his disciples and sent them to ask the Lord, "Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?"

Complete Jewish Bible
and sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the one who is to come? Or should we look for someone else?"

Darby Translation
and John, having called two of his disciples, sent to Jesus, saying, Art *thou* he that is coming, or are we to wait for another?

Easy-to-Read Version
He sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the one we heard was coming, or should we wait for someone else?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
So Iohn called vnto him two certaine men of his disciples, and sent them to Iesus, saying, Art thou hee that should come, or shall we waite for another?

George Lamsa Translation
So John called two of his disciples, and sent them to Jesus, and said, Are you the one who is to come? or are we to expect another one?

Good News Translation
and sent them to the Lord to ask him, "Are you the one John said was going to come, or should we expect someone else?"

Lexham English Bible
sent them to the Lord, saying, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?"

Literal Translation
And having called near a certain two of his disciples, John sent to Jesus, saying, Are You the One coming? Or should we expect another?

American Standard Version
And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to the Lord, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?

Bible in Basic English
Then John sent two of his disciples to the Lord, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

Hebrew Names Version
Yochanan, calling to himself two of his talmidim, sent them to Yeshua, saying, "Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?"

International Standard Version
and sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?"

Etheridge Translation
AND Juchanon called two from his disciples,

Murdock Translation
And John called two of his disciples, and sent them to Jesus, and said: Art thou he that cometh, or shall we look for another?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iohn called vnto hym two of his disciples, and sent them to Iesus, saying: Art thou he that shoulde come, or shall we loke for another?

English Revised Version
And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to the Lord, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?

World English Bible
John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, "Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
calling to him two of his disciples, sent to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come, or look we for another?

Weymouth's New Testament
so John called two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord. "Are you the Coming One?" he asked, "or is there another that we are to expect?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Joon clepide tweyn of hise disciplis, and sente hem to Jhesu, and seide, Art thou he that is to come, or abiden we anothir?

Update Bible Version
sent them to the Lord, saying, Are you he that comes, or do we look for another?

Webster's Bible Translation
And John calling two of his disciples sent [them] to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?

New English Translation
and sent them to Jesus to ask, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?"

New King James Version
And John, calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to Jesus, [fn] saying, "Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?"

New Living Translation
and he sent them to the Lord to ask him, "Are you the Messiah we've been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else?"

New Life Bible
John called two of his followers and sent them to Jesus to ask, "Are You the One Who is to come? Or are we to look for another?"

New Revised Standard
and sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, calling unto him certain two of his disciples, John sent unto the Lord, saying - Art, thou, the Coming One, or, a different one, are we to expect?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And John called to him two of his disciples and sent them to Jesus, saying: Art thou he that art to come? Or look we for another?

Revised Standard Version
And John, calling to him two of his disciples, sent them to the Lord, saying, "Are you he who is to come, or shall we look for another?"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And Iohn called vnto him .ii. of his disciples and sent the to Iesus sayinge: Arte thou he that shall come: or shall we loke for another?

Young's Literal Translation
and John having called near a certain two of his disciples, sent unto Jesus, saying, `Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Ihon called vnto him two of his disciples, and sent the vnto Iesus sayenge: Art thou he that shal come, or shal we loke for another?

Mace New Testament (1729)
and sent two of them to Jesus, with this question, are you the Messiah, or must we yet wait for some other?

Simplified Cowboy Version
John sent a couple of them to ask Jesus if he was the Top Hand or should they be expecting another cowboy.

Contextual Overview

²⁰ The men showed up before Jesus and said, "John the Baptizer sent us to ask you, ‘Are you the One we've been expecting, or are we still waiting?'" ²¹In the next two or three hours Jesus healed many from diseases, distress, and evil spirits. To many of the blind he gave the gift of sight. Then he gave his answer: "Go back and tell John what you have just seen and heard: The blind see, The lame walk, Lepers are cleansed, The deaf hear, The dead are raised, The wretched of the earth have God's salvation hospitality extended to them. "Is this what you were expecting? Then count yourselves fortunate!" ²⁴After John's messengers left to make their report, Jesus said more about John to the crowd of people. "What did you expect when you went out to see him in the wild? A weekend camper? Hardly. What then? A sheik in silk pajamas? Not in the wilderness, not by a long shot. What then? A messenger from God? That's right, a messenger! Probably the greatest messenger you'll ever hear. He is the messenger Malachi announced when he wrote, I'm sending my messenger on ahead To make the road smooth for you. ²⁸"Let me lay it out for you as plainly as I can: No one in history surpasses John the Baptizer, but in the kingdom he prepared you for, the lowliest person is ahead of him. The ordinary and disreputable people who heard John, by being baptized by him into the kingdom, are the clearest evidence; the Pharisees and religious officials would have nothing to do with such a baptism, wouldn't think of giving up their place in line to their inferiors. ³¹"How can I account for the people of this generation? They're like spoiled children complaining to their parents, ‘We wanted to skip rope and you were always too tired; we wanted to talk but you were always too busy.' John the Baptizer came fasting and you called him crazy. The Son of Man came feasting and you called him a lush. Opinion polls don't count for much, do they? The proof of the pudding is in the eating."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

John: When we remember the Baptist's solemn testimony to Christ, the sign from heaven, and the miraculous impulse which made him acknowledge Jesus the Messiah, we shall be constrained to think that he sent to Christ, not for his own satisfaction, but for that of his disciples.

two: Luke 10:1, Joshua 2:1, Mark 6:7, Acts 10:7, Acts 10:8, Revelation 11:3

Art: Genesis 3:15, Genesis 22:18, Genesis 49:10, Deuteronomy 18:15-18, Psalms 110:1-4, Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 11:1, Isaiah 40:10, Isaiah 40:11, Isaiah 59:20, Isaiah 59:21, Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 23:6, Daniel 9:24-26, Micah 5:2, Haggai 2:7, Zechariah 9:9, Malachi 3:1-3, Malachi 4:2, John 4:25

Reciprocal: John 11:27 - which Acts 26:7 - hope Hebrews 10:5 - when

Cross-References

Genesis 7:2
"Take on board with you seven pairs of every clean animal, a male and a female; one pair of every unclean animal, a male and a female; and seven pairs of every kind of bird, a male and a female, to insure their survival on Earth. In just seven days I will dump rain on Earth for forty days and forty nights. I'll make a clean sweep of everything that I've made."

Genesis 7:6
Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters covered the Earth. Noah and his wife and sons and their wives boarded the ship to escape the flood. Clean and unclean animals, birds, and all the crawling creatures came in pairs to Noah and to the ship, male and female, just as God had commanded Noah. In seven days the floodwaters came.

Jeremiah 3:22
"We're here! We've come back to you. You're our own true God ! All that popular religion was a cheap lie, duped crowds buying up the latest in gods. We're back! Back to our true God , the salvation of Israel. The Fraud picked us clean, swindled us of what our ancestors bequeathed us, Gypped us out of our inheritance— God-blessed flocks and God-given children. We made our bed and now lie in it, all tangled up in the dirty sheets of dishonor. All because we sinned against our God , we and our fathers and mothers. From the time we took our first steps, said our first words, we've been rebels, disobeying the voice of our God ."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And John calling unto him two of his disciples,.... Which were a sufficient number to be sent on an errand, to ask a question, and report the answer, or bear witness to any fact they should see, or hear done.

Sent them unto Jesus, saying, art thou he that should come, or look we for another? not that he doubted that Jesus was the Messiah; nor was it for his own satisfaction so much that he sent these disciples of his with this question, but for theirs; and to remove all doubt and hesitation from them about Christ.

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 7:19. Art thou he that should come? — That is, to save. Art thou the promised Messiah? Matthew 11:3.

Some have thought that this character of our Lord, ο ερχομενος, he who cometh, refers to the prophecy of Jacob, Genesis 49:10, where he is called שילה Shiloh, which Grotius and others derive from שלה shalach, he sent: hence, as the time of the fulfilment of the prophecy drew nigh, he was termed, He who cometh, i.e. he who is just now ready to make his appearance in Judea. In Zechariah 9:9, a similar phrase is used, Behold, thy king COMETH unto thee-having SALVATION. This is meant of the Messiah only; therefore I think the words to save, are necessarily implied.