Luke 7:31

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• ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ 7:31 Εἶπε δὲ ὁ Κύριος, Τίνι οὖν ὁμοιώσω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης; καὶ τίνι εἰσὶν ὅμοιοι; (Checked)

(Textus Receptus, Novum Testamentum, Theodore Beza, 5th major edition. Geneva. 1598)

• Luke 7:31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

(King James Version, Pure Cambridge Edition 1900)

• Luke 7:31 And the Lord said, “To what then will I compare the men of this generation, and to what are they like?

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Commentary

The introductory phrase εἶπε δὲ ὁ Κύριος - “And the Lord said” is a very common phrase in the New Testament. While most reformation era bibles include it, it is lacking in most modern versions. The phrase was most probably dropped out of circulation due to Homoioteleuton, as the word τίνι appears twice in the verse. Although the omission of this phrase does not have a significant impact upon doctrine, in the context of Luke 7, when the words “And the Lord said” are missing, it brings confusion about who said verse 29 and 30 and the words of Jesus seem abrupt and sudden, if the bold and underlined words below are missing:

27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. 29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. 30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. 31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

In Matthew 11, there is no interlude between Christ speaking about John or the children in the marketplace. But clearly in Luke, the interjection warrants the words “And the Lord said” or else there is a general inconsistency. Compare Matthew 11:7-19.

Pre Erasmus

Codex Perusinus The phrase “Tunc Iesus dixit” (Then Jesus said) appears here in Codex Perusinus, a fragmentary Vulgate manuscript made in the 500’s or 600’s. “Tunc Iesus dixit” is in (vgms, 6th CE) noted in the Stuttgart vg ed.

Another example of a printed pre Erasmus edition with <ait autem dominus> is Sacon's of 1506. The Greek text <eipe de o kurios> can be indicated as a glos and can not be the incipit of a lectionary pericope. There the standard phraze is: <eipen o kurios>. It is printed as "Ait at dns." (with overscoring) in line 15 of the left column of digital page 652.

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Have in mind: the Greek text <eipe de o kurios> can be indicated as a glos and can not be the incipit of a lectionary pericope. There the standard phraze is: <eipen o kurios>.

Brixianus

Also the Old Latin f (Brixianus, 6th CE) reads something similar:

"Tunc ergo Iesus dixit".

Codex Campianus

Codex Campianus designated by M or 021 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 72 (von Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 9th century. It contains the phrase in a marginal note.

Other Latin

Ait autem Dominus: Cui ergo similes dicam homines generationis hujus? et cui similes sunt? (Clementine Vulgate)

...........................cui ergo similes dicam homines generationis huius et cui similes sunt

According to the critical text of the Vulgate, AIT AUTEM DOMINUS was the reading of the Vulgate as printed in every 15th and 16th-century edition.

In Luke 22:31 the exact words "εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Κς" appear.

Theodore Beza

Beza said in his 1556 edition:

"Haec verba deerant in omnibus vetustis codicibus, quae tamen prorsus videntur requiri, …" ("These words are wanting in the copies of all the ancient, which, however, seem to be required altogether, ...")

In the 1588 edition he has dixit praeterea Dominus which is used in Exodus 20:22.

Scrivener

Introductory clauses or Proper Names are frequently interpolated at the commencement of Church-lessons (περικοπαί), whether from the margin of ordinary manuscripts of the Greek Testament (where they are usually placed for the convenience of the reader), or from the Lectionaries or proper Service Books, especially those of the Gospels (Evangelistaria). Thus in our English Book of Common Prayer the name of Jesus is introduced into the Gospels for the 14th, 16th, 17th, and 18th Sundays after Trinity; and whole clauses into those for the 3rd and 4th Sundays after Easter, and the 6th and 24th after Trinity8. To this cause may be due the prefix εἶπε δὲ ὁ Κύριος Luke [pg 012] vii. 31; καὶ στραφεὶς πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς εἶπε Luke x. 22; and such appellations as ἀδελφοί or τέκνον Τιμόθεε (after σὺ δέ in 2 Tim. iv. 5) in some copies of the Epistles. The inserted prefix in Greek Lectionaries is sometimes rather long, as in the lesson for the Liturgy on Sept. 14 (John xix. 6-35). Hence the frequent interpolation (e.g. Matt. iv. 18; viii. 5; xiv. 22) or changed position (John i. 44) of Ἰησοῦς. A peculiarity of style in 1, 2 Thess. is kept out of sight by the addition of Χριστός in the common text of 1 Thess. ii. 19; iii. 13: 2 Thess. i. 8, 12. (A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener)

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary says:

And the Lord said - Almost every MS. of authority and importance, with most of the versions, omit these words. As the Evangelistaria (the books which contained those portions of the Gospels which were read in the Churches) began at this verse, the words were probably at first used by them, to introduce the following parable. There is the fullest proof that they never made a part of Luke's text. Every critic rejects them. Bengel and Griesbach leave them out of the text. (The Adam Clarke Commentary)

John Gill

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

And the Lord said,.... This clause is not in the Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, nor in some copies, nor in Beza's most ancient copy; and being omitted, more clearly shows, that the two former verses are the words of Christ, and not an observation the evangelist makes, on the different behaviour of Christ's hearers, upon the commendation he had given of John:

whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation; or "to what men shall I liken them", as the Persic version: the phrase "men of this generation", is Rabbinical; so דרא ההוא אושי, the men of that "generation", are more beautiful in work than these, says the Targumist on Ecclesiastes 7:11. "And to what are they like?" To that which follows.

Tischendorf

Tischendorf adds g1, but this has been seen as an error. Hugh Houghton checked the film and it has no addition. Codex B has no umlaut.

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes says:

And the Lord said. All the texts omit these words. this generation. See note on Matthew 11:16.

John William Burgon

On Luke 7:31, John William Burgon says that 1 out of 40 have the words (Causes of the Corruption p. 72, also, earlier, verse referenced Last 12 verses, p. 216) and his position is that the phrase came in from the lectionary introduction, a position also taken by Scrivener.

Barnes' Notes

Barnes' Notes on the Bible has:

"And the Lord said." This clause is wanting in almost all the manuscripts, and is omitted by the best critics.

Scholz

Scholz informs us that they are also found in some manuscripts (Principles of textual criticism: p. 48, 1848)

Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers has

(31-35) Whereunto then shall I liken . . .—See Notes on Matthew 11:16-19. Some of the better MSS. omit the introductory words, “and the Lord said.”

New International Version

The 2011 NIV follows the Textus Receptus here in the 2011 NIV. Luke 7:31 has, “Jesus went on to say.”

Greek

Textus Receptus

Complutensian Polyglot

Luke 7:31 in Greek in the 1514 Complutensian Polyglot

• 1514 Τίνι οὖν ὁμοιώσω/Τοὺς ἀνθρώπους/Τῆς γενεᾶς Ταύτης; καὶ Τίνι εἰσὶν ὅμοιοι, (Complutensian Polyglot)

See Also Luke 7:31 Complutensian Polyglot 1514

Desiderius Erasmus

• 1516 (Erasmus 1st Novum Instrumentum omne)
• 1519 (Erasmus 2nd)
• 1522 (Erasmus 3rd Novum Testamentum omne)
• 1527 (Erasmus 4th)
• 1535 (Erasmus 5th)

Colinæus

• 1534 (Colinæus)

Stephanus (Robert Estienne)

• 1546 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 1st)
• 1549 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 2nd)
• 1550 εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Κύριος, Τίνι οὖν ὁμοιώσω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης καὶ τίνι εἰσὶν ὅμοιοι (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 3rd - Editio Regia)
• 1551 εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Κύριος, Τίνι οὖν ὁμοιώσω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης καὶ τίνι εἰσὶν ὅμοιοι (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 4th)

Theodore Beza

• 1565 (Beza 1st)
• 1565 (Beza Octavo 1st)
• 1567 (Beza Octavo 2nd)
• 1580 (Beza Octavo 3rd)
• 1582 (Beza 2nd)
• 1589 (Beza 3rd)
• 1590 (Beza Octavo 4th)

Luke 7:31 in Beza's 1598 Greek New Testament

• 1598 Εἶπε δὲ ὁ Κύριος, Τίνι οὖν ὁμοιώσω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης; καὶ τίνι εἰσὶν ὅμοιοι; (Beza 4th)

See Also Luke 7:31 Beza 1598 (Beza)

• 1604 (Beza Octavo 5th)

Elzevir

• 1624 (Elzevir)
• 1633 (Elzevir)
• 1641 (Elzevir)

Scholz

• 1841 (Scholz)

Scrivener

• 1894 εἶπε δὲ ὁ Κύριος, Τίνι οὖν ὁμοιώσω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης, καὶ τίνι εἰσὶν ὅμοιοι;

Other Greek

• 400 Τινι ουν ομοιωσω τους ανθρωπους της γενεας ταυτης και τινι εισιν ομοιοι(Codex Vaticanus) 1209 (B or 03) (von Soden δ1) - Vatican Library (See Also Nomina sacra)
• 1857 (Tregelles' Greek New Testament)
• Τίνι οὖν ὁμοιώσω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης, καὶ τίνι εἰσὶν ὅμοιοι; (Tischendorf 8th Ed.)
• 1881 Τίνι οὖν ὁμοιώσω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης, καὶ τίνι εἰσὶν ὅμοιοι; (Westcott & Hort)
• 1904 Τίνι οὖν ὁμοιώσω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης, καὶ τίνι εἰσὶν ὅμοιοι; (Greek orthodox Church)
• 1904 Τίνι οὖν ὁμοιώσω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης, καὶ τίνι εἰσὶν ὅμοιοι; (Nestle)

Anglo Saxon Translations

• 1000 Hwam telle ic gelíce þisse cneorisse men. & h[w]am synt hi gelice; (Anglo-Saxon Gospels Manuscript 140, Corpus Christi College by Aelfric)

• 1200 Hwan telle ic ge-lic þeosse cneorisse men. & hwam synde hi ge-lice. (Anglo-Saxon Gospels Hatton Manuscript 38, Bodleian Library by unknown author)

English Translations

• 1380 (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)

• 1395 And the Lord seide, Therfor to whom schal Y seie `men of this generacioun lijk, and to whom ben thei lijk? (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)

• 1534 And ye lorde sayd: Wher vnto shall I lyke the men of this generacion and what thinge are they lyke? (Tyndale Bible by William Tyndale)

• 1535 But the LORDE saide: Where vnto shal I licken the men of this generacion? And whom are they like? (Coverdale Bible)

• 1539 (Great Bible First Edition - Miles Coverdale)

• 1540 And the Lorde sayd: wherunto shall I lyken the men of this generacion: and what thing are they like? (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)

• 1549 And the Lorde sayed: Wherunto shall I lyken the men of this generacion, and what thinge are they? (Matthew's Bible - John Rogers)

• 1557 (Geneva 1557)

• 1560 (Geneva Bible) First Edition

• 1568 And the Lorde sayde: Whervnto shall I lyken the men of this generation? and what [thyng] are they lyke? (Bishop's Bible First Edition

• 1582 (Rheims 1582)

• 1587 And the Lord saide, Whereunto shall I liken the men of this generation? And what thing are they like vnto? (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

• 1599 (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

• 1611 And the Lord said, whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? (King James Version)

• 1729 To what therefore shall I compare the men of this generation? who are they like? (Mace New Testament)

• 1745 Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)

• 1762 (King James Version)

• 1769 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? (King James Version - Benjamin Blayney)

• 1770 Whereunto therefore shall I compare the men of this generation? (Worsley Version by John Worsley)

• 1790 To whom then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like? (Wesley Version by John Wesley)

• 1795 And the Lord said, To what then shall I compare the men of this generation? and to what are they like? (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)

• 1833 And the Lord said, To what then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)

• 1835 To what shall I compare the men of this generation? Whom are they like? (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)

• 1849 With what therefore shall I compare the men of this generation, and to what are they like? (Etheridge Translation by John Etheridge)

• 1850 (King James Version by Committee)

• 1851 (Murdock Translation)

• 1855 Calvin Bible by the Calvin Translation Society

• 1858 [And he said], To what then shall I compare the men of this generation? and what are they like? (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)

• 1865 To what then shall I compare the men of the generation this? and to what are they like? (The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson)

• 1865 To what then shall I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like? (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)

• 1869 To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like? (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)

• 1873 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? (King James Version) by Frederick Scrivener)

• 1885 Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like? (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)

• 1890 To whom therefore shall I liken the men of this generation, and to whom are they like? (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)

• 1898 And the Lord said, `To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? (Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young)

• 1901 Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like? (American Standard Version - Philip Schaff)

• 1902 Unto what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? And unto what are they like? (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)

• 1902 Then to whom shall I liken the men of this generation, and to whom are they like? (Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)

• 1904 "To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like? (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)

• 1904 "To what then," Jesus continued, "shall I compare the people of the present generation? What are they like? (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)

• 1911 (Syrus Scofield)

• 1912 "To what then shall I compare the men of the present generation, and what do they resemble? (Weymouth New Testament)

• 1918 To what then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like? (The New Testament Translated from the Sinaitic Manuscript by Henry Anderson)

• 1923 (Edgar Goodspeed)

• 1982 (New King James Version)

• 1984 (New International Version)

• 1995 (New American Standard Bible) (©1995)

• 1999 (American King James Version)AKJV

• 2005 (Today’s New International Version)

• (BBE)
• (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
• (21st Century King James Version)
• (Common English Bible)
• (GOD’S WORD Translation)
• (Contemporary English Version)
• (New Living Translation)
• (Amplified Bible)
• (The Message)
• (New International Reader's Version)
• (Wycliffe New Testament)

Foreign Language Versions

Arabic

• ثم قال الرب فبمن اشبه اناس هذا الجيل وماذا يشبهون. (Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)

Aramaic

• (Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

• Orduan erran ceçan Iaunac, Norequin bada comparaturen ditut generatione hunetaco guiçonac? eta cer irudi dute?

Bulgarian

• 1940 (Bulgarian Bible)

Chinese

• 1 主 又 说 ： 这 样 ， 我 可 用 甚 麽 比 这 世 代 的 人 呢 ？ 他 们 好 像 甚 麽 呢 ？ (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))

• 1 主 又 說 ： 這 樣 ， 我 可 用 甚 麼 比 這 世 代 的 人 呢 ？ 他 們 好 像 甚 麼 呢 ？ (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))

French

• 1669 Alors le Seigneur dit, A qui donc accomparerai-je les hommes de cette génération? Et à quoi ressemblent-ils? (Bible de Genève)

• A qui donc comparerai-je les hommes de cette generation, et à qui ressemblent-ils? (French Darby)

• 1744 Alors le Seigneur dit : à qui donc comparerai-je les hommes de cette génération; et à quoi ressemblent-ils? (Martin 1744)

• 1744 (Ostervald 1744)

German

• 1545 (Luther 1545)

• 1871 (Elberfelder 1871)

• 1912 Aber der HERR sprach: Wem soll ich die Menschen dieses Geschlechts vergleichen, und wem sind sie gleich? (Luther 1912)

Italian

• 1649 E il Signore disse: A chi dunque assomiglierò gli uomini di questa generazione? ed a chi sono essi simili? (Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)

• 1927 A chi dunque assomiglierò gli uomini di questa generazione? E a chi sono simili? (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

• 1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Latin

• cui ergo similes dicam homines generationis huius et cui similes sunt Latin Vulgate

• 1527 (Erasmus 1527)

• 1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)

Pidgin

• 1996 (Pidgin King Jems)

Romainian

• 2010 (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna)

Russian

• 1876 Тогда Господь сказал: с кем сравню людей рода сего? и кому они подобны? Russian Synodal Version

Phonetically:

Spanish

• (RVG Spanish)

Swedish

• 1917 Vad skall jag då likna detta släktes människor vid? Ja, vad äro de lika? (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

• 1905 Sa ano ko itutulad ang mga tao ng lahing ito, at ano ang kanilang katulad? (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)

Tok Pisin

• 1996 (Tok Pisin King Jems)

Vietnamese

• 1934 Vậy, ta sẽ sánh người đời nầy với gì, họ giống như ai? (VIET)

See Also

• Luke 7:31 Timeline

External Links

• Luke 7:31 by Scion of Zion