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๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐; ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ.
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Religious leaders have shown themselves to be hypocritical by hating all who speak the truth. They accused John the Baptist of fasting and drinking no wine. John the Baptist was a quiet and solemn man, and he was often solitary. He was humble, steady, and self-denying, and as
such he deserved to be admired and listened to as a thinker and meditator. But this, which should have been his praise, turned into his condemnation. โFor John, the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil,โ says Jesus (verse 33). They
said that John the Baptist was as gloomy and demon-possessed as he was, though not as ferocious as the demon-possessed who dwelt among the tombs.
โneither eating bread nor drinking wineโ; He did not eat bread or drink wine, and he did not satisfy the Jews. John was an ascetic.
โneither eating bread nor drinking wineโ; He did not eat bread or drink wine, and he did not satisfy the Jews. John was an ascetic.
Matthew does not speak of bread and wine (Matthew 11:18), and as John lived in the wilderness, he ate neither bread nor wine, but only locusts and wild honey (Luke 1:15; Mark 1:6). Also, he was set apart before God from birth and did not drink wine or strong drink like the
Nazirites (Numbers 6:2-4), and led a godly and holy life in the wilderness.
โAnd ye say, He hath a devil.โ ; The Jews criticized John for his ascetic life. Because John did not share in their wicked banquets and extravagant lives, but rather rebuked them. He did not seek
โAnd ye say, He hath a devil.โ ; The Jews criticized John for his ascetic life. Because John did not share in their wicked banquets and extravagant lives, but rather rebuked them. He did not seek
fellowship with people. He was so foreign that the religious leaders thought he was possessed by a demon (Matthew 11:18). Therefore, the Jews accused John of being possessed by a demon, pointing out that he was leading an unusual life in the wilderness. This shows that just as
the children in the marketplace complained and even got into fights because they did not follow their conduct, as was said in the parable of the previous verse, so it is with the people of this generation.
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