Luke 7:25

“But what went you out for to see? etc.] If not his air and action, what was it? was it his apparel and dress? was it to see a man clothed in soft raiment? If this was the case, their labour was in vain, and they had their walk for nothing; for John was clothed with camels' hair, rough and undressed, and was girt with a leathern girdle; there was nothing in his person, mien, and garb, that was attractive: they which are gorgeously, apparelled; or richly clothed, as John was not: and live delicately; in the most elegant manner, and on the richest dainties, as John did not, his food being locusts and wild honey: are in kings' courts; and not in a wilderness, where John; came preaching.”

“See this passage explained in Matthew 11:2-19. Luke 7:29 The people - The common people. That heard him - That heard “John.” The publicans - The tax-gatherers, the worst kind of people, who had, however, been converted. Justified God - Considered God as “just” or “right” in the counsel which he gave by John - to wit, in calling people to repentance, and in denouncing future wrath on the impenitent. Compare Matthew 11:19. Being baptized ... - They “showed” that they approved of the message of God by submitting to the ordinance which he commanded - the ordinance of baptism. This verse and the following are not to be considered as the words of “Luke,” but the continuation of the discourse of…”

“A man: Kg2 1:8; Isa 59:17; Mat 3:4; Pe1 3:3, Pe1 3:4 are in: Sa2 19:35; Kg1 10:5; Est 1:3, Est 1:11, Est 4:2, Est 5:1, Est 8:15; Mat 6:29 Luke 7:26”