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Luke 7 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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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.

Spurgeon 14 Alexander MacLaren 9 Calvin 6 Matthew Henry 5 Thomas Watson 1 John Wesley 1

“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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