Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:34
“The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and you say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of public servants and sinners!” And when Jesus walks among men and eats and drinks with them, they say, “See, He is a gluttonous man, He is wine-lover, He is a friend of public servants and sinners.” ‘Public servants’ were those who served the hated Herod and the government which ruled under Rome, the tax-collectors, the customs officers, the collectors of tolls. They were despised by... read more
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:33
“For John the Baptiser is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ ” So when John, like Elijah of old, goes into the wilderness and clothes himself in goatskin and eats wild honey (Mark 1:6) they cry, ‘He has a demon’. (The wilderness was seen among other things as a place of demons). ‘He is behaving like a madman’. To go alone with God like that was beyond their comprehension. They loved the tight huddle of self-congratulation. read more