...prove his divine approbation ? "Answer: His enemies adopted the same mode of reasoning to prove him a ' gluttonous man and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners;' and doubtless they felt as much confidence in the strength of their argument as our objectors do in theirs....

...Lord's own example of Christian perfection in its contrast with the example of John the Baptist. " John came neither eating nor " drinking, and they...came eating and drinking, and they say, "Behold a man gluttonous, and a wine-bibber, a " friend of publicans and sinners J." The world regarded John...

...Sec. then will I profess unto them, I never fcnew you.—Matt. vii. 3—5. 21—23; Luke xiii. 26, 27. John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say,...man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.— Matt. xi. 18,19. When the...

...have piped unto you, and ye have not danced ; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber,...

...from that of others, and so contrary to their wishes. Matt. xi. 18, says concerning John Baptist " for John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say he hath a demon." It is repeate'd, Luke vii. 33, and need not be quoted. Dr. Lightfoot observes—" that it was...

...from that of others, and so contrary to their wishes. Matt. xi. 18, says concerning John Baptist " for John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say he hath a demon." It is repeated, Luke vii. 33, and need not be quoted. Dr. Lightfoot observes—" that it was...

...were pleased with neither. " John came neither eating nor drinking," says the Saviour to the Jews, " and they say, He hath a devil. The Son of Man came eating nor drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners."...

...nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye 34 say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! But Wisdom is justified of all her 35 children. And one of the Pharisees desired him that...

...We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced. We have mourned unto you, and ye have not sorrowed. For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, he hath the devil. The son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, behold a glutton and drinker of wine,...

...describes both John the Baptist and himself as the witnesses to Israel of the Messiah, and states, “John came neither eating nor drinking, and they...man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber.” (Matthew 11:18—19; see also Luke 7:33—34.)John the Baptist...