Luke 7:29 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁹And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

Luke 7:29 —

Old words in this verse

publican: — tax collector.

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 3:12
Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
Luke 7:35
But wisdom is justified of all her children.
Revelation 16:5
And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
Acts 18:25
This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
Romans 10:3
For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

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Baptism John

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 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 l…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 29)

29-30. And all the people that heard--“on hearing (this).” These are the observations of the Evangelist, not of our Lord. and the publicans--a striking clause. justified God, being baptized, &c.--rather, “having been baptized.” The meaning is, They acknowledged the divine wisdom of such a preparatory ministry as John’s, in leading them to Him who now spake to them (see Lu 1:16, 17); whereas the Ph…