29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
29 (All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus' words, acknowledged that God's way was right, because they had been baptized by John.
29 ( When all the people heard this, and the tax collectors too, they declared God just,
29 The ordinary and disreputable people who heard John, by being baptized by him into the kingdom, are the clearest evidence;
29 And when all the people heard Him, even the tax collectors justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John.
29 When they heard this, all the people-even the tax collectors-agreed that God's way was right, for they had been baptized by John.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 7:29
Commentary on Luke 7:19-35
(Read Luke 7:19-35)
To his miracles in the kingdom of nature, Christ adds this in the kingdom of grace, To the poor the gospel is preached. It clearly pointed out the spiritual nature of Christ's kingdom, that the messenger he sent before him to prepare his way, did it by preaching repentance and reformation of heart and life. We have here the just blame of those who were not wrought upon by the ministry of John Baptist or of Jesus Christ himself. They made a jest of the methods God took to do them good. This is the ruin of multitudes; they are not serious in the concerns of their souls. Let us study to prove ourselves children of Wisdom, by attending the instructions of God's word, and adoring those mysteries and glad tidings which infidels and Pharisees deride and blaspheme.