Luke 19:7

7 All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”

Luke 19:7 in Other Translations

7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

7 And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner. ”

7 But the people were displeased. “He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner,” they grumbled.

7 Everyone who saw the incident was indignant and grumped, "What business does he have getting cozy with this crook?"

7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He is gone in to lodge with a man that is a sinner.

7 But the people who saw this began to express disapproval. They said, "He went to be the guest of a sinner."

7 All who saw it began to complain, "He's gone to lodge with a sinful man!"

7 All the people saw this. They began to whisper among themselves. They said, "Jesus has gone to be the guest of a 'sinner.' "

Luke 19:7 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 19:7

And when they saw it
The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions read, "when they all saw this"; that is, as the Persic version, rather paraphrasing than translating, says, "the men and the multitude that were with him"; the "pharisaical" sort, the priests and Levites, of which there were great numbers in Jericho; (See Gill on Luke 10:31).

They all murmured;
as the Scribes and Pharisees did, at his eating with publicans and sinners, ( Luke 15:2 ) .

Saying, that he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner;
a notorious one, an abandoned profligate creature; one of the worst of sinners, as being a publican, and the chief of them; who had amassed vast riches to himself, by extortion and oppression; and they thought it was not agreeable to the character of an holy man, and a venerable prophet, which Christ bore, to go into such a man's house, eat at his table; and have familiar conversation with him; see ( Matthew 9:10 ) .

Luke 19:7 In-Context

5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.”

6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.

7 All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”

8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”

9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.

Cross References

• 1. S Matthew 9:11