Luke 7:34 Meaning and Explanation
“The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!”
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What Does Luke 7:34 Mean?
The opposite messenger met the same refusal. The Son of man came "eating and drinking" — joining tables, accepting invitations, the glad flute of the kingdom — and the critics called Him a glutton and a drunkard, "a friend of publicans and sinners."
The insult has become one of His most beloved titles. What was sneered at as scandal — that He befriends sinners — is precisely the good news: this very chapter ends with Him defending a weeping sinner at a Pharisee's table. The slander told the truth upside down. Every hearer must decide whether the Lord's mercy to the unworthy offends them or saves them; the same fact will be one or the other.
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What does Luke 7:34 mean?
Jesus came sharing meals, and was slandered as a glutton, a drunkard, and a friend of sinners.