Passage Research
Luke 7 — Sermon Preparation
A centurion's faith, the raising of a widow's son at Nain, John the Baptist's question, and a sinful woman anointing Jesus at a Pharisee's table. Below is a research summary for Luke 7, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 50
- verses
- 889 / 275
- Greek words / lemmas
- 36
- classic sermon excerpts
- 6
- preachers & commentators
Luke 7 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| πούς | poús | G4228 | 7 | foot |
| πορεύομαι | poreúomai | G4198 | 6 | depart, go, journey, walk |
| πολύς | pleíōn | G4119 | 7 | above, exceed, more excellent, further |
| γυνή | gynḗ | G1135 | 6 | wife, woman |
| Φαρισαῖος | Pharisaîos | G5330 | 5 | Pharisee |
| εἰσέρχομαι | eisérchomai | G1525 | 5 | arise, come, enter in, go in |
| ἀλείφω | aleíphō | G218 | 3 | anoint |
How preachers through history handled this text
36 public-domain excerpts on Luke 7, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“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; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Luke 7:19–35 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Capernaum— Luke 7:1
- Nain— Luke 7:11
- Judea 1— Luke 7:17
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