Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 15:16
He would fain have filled his belly with the husks — He would fain have satisfied himself with worldly comforts. Vain, fruitless endeavour!
He would fain have filled his belly with the husks — He would fain have satisfied himself with worldly comforts. Vain, fruitless endeavour!
LUKE 15:16 cortasqh/nai evk {B} On the basis of age and diversity of text-type of witnesses, the Committee preferred the reading cortasqh/nai evk....
Verse Luke 15:16. _WITH THE HUSKS_] κερατιων. _Bochart_, I think, has proved that κερατια does not mean _husks_: to signify which the Greek botanical writers use the word λοβοι; several examples of w...
HE WOULD FAIN - He would gladly. He desired to do it. THE HUSKS - The word “husks” with us denotes the outward covering of grain. In this there is little nourishment, and it is evident that this is no...
CHAPTER 15 __ 1. The Murmuring Pharisees. (Luke 15:1) 2. The Parable of the Lost Sheep. (Luke 15:3) 3. The Parable of the Lost Coin. (Luke 15:8) 4. The Parable of the Prodigal Son and the Elder Br...
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WOULD FAIN HAVE FILLED. was longing to fill. WITH. from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. HUSKS. pods of the carob tree. Only here in N.T. DID EAT. were eating. AND. Note the emphasis of the Figure of speec...
Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance._ This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
_he would fain_ Literally, _"he was longing."_ filled his belly with The plain expression purposely adopted to add the last touch to the youth's degradation gave offence to some copyists, who substit...
CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31 This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey (probably to the Feast of the...
THE SON LOST AND FOUND...
ΓΕΜΊΣΑΙ ΤῊΝ ΚΟΙΛΊΑΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂�. אBDL, &c. Other MSS. have softened it into χορτασθῆναι ἐκ. See note. 16. ἘΠΕΘΎΜΕΙ. “_He was longing_.” ΓΕΜΊΣΑΙ ΤῊΝ ΚΟΙΛΊΑΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂� … Vulg[291] _cupiebat implere ventrem...
Ver 11. And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12. And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that fails to me. And he divided to them his living. 13. And not m...
ΈΠΕΘΎΜΕΙ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΙΘΥΜΈΩ (G1937) желать, стремиться. _Impf._ выражает нереализованное стремление, ΧΟΡΤΑΣΘΉΝΑΙ _aor. pass. inf. от_ ΧΟΡΤΆΖΩ (G5526) кормить, насыщать; _pass._ наедаться,...
HE WOULD FAIN HAVE FILLED HIS BELLY WITH THE HUSKS— The version of 1729 renders the word κερατιων, by _Carruways,_ or the fruit of the _Carub_ tree, which bore a mean, though sweetish kind of fruit, i...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Lost Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-24) 11 And he said, There was a man who had two sons; 12and the younger of them said to his father, -Father, give me the share of property t...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Parable of the Lost Son Scripture_ Luke 15:11-32 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of thy s...
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. AND HE WOULD FAIN HAVE FILLED HIS BELLY WITH THE HUSKS [ toon (G3588 ) keratioon (G2769 )] T...
13 Compare Job_21:14-15. 17 Compare Jer_31:18-20. 17 The first desire of the prodigal and of all awakened sinners is to do something themselves to ameliorate their evil condition. "What must I do to...
15:16 husks (e-10) The word translated 'husks' is a food called St. John's bread; it was eaten by animals and sometimes by destitute persons....
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HE WOULD FAIN HAVE FILLED] i.e. and did so. HUSKS] i.e. the pods of the carob-tree, eaten only by the very poorest people. AND NO MAN GAVE UNTO HIM] food of any kind....
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HE WOULD FAIN HAVE FILLED HIS BELLY. — It is singular that very many of the best MSS. give the simpler reading, “desired to be filled or satisfied.” It is open to suppose either that they shrank from...
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ἐπεθύμει, etc., he was fain to fill his belly with the horn-shaped pods of the carob-tree. The point is that he was so poorly fed by his new master (who felt the pinch of hard times, and on whom he ha...
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_Husks. This expresses the extreme misery of his condition. There is no need of seeking any other mystery in this word. Horace, by a kind of hyperbole, (B. ii, Ep. 1.) represents the miser as living u...
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AND HE WOULD FAIN HAVE FILLED HIS BELLY WITH THE HUSKS,.... חרובא, the fruit of the "Charub" tree, as the Syriac version interprets it; and which the Jews y say is מאכל בהמה, "the food of beasts": tho...
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. Ver. 16. _And he would fain have filled his belly_] The stomach of man is a monster (saith one...
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HUSKS; large pods growing on the carob-tree. They have a sweetish pulp, and small seeds like beans. Swine are fed on them, and poor people sometimes eat them....
Folly and repentance:...
AND HE WOULD FAIN HAVE FILLED HIS BELLY WITH THE HUSKS THAT THE SWINE DID EAT; AND NO MAN GAVE UNTO HIM....
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Luke 15:16 And G2532 gladly G1937 (G5707) filled G1072 (G5658) his G846 stomach G2836 with G575 pods...
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Luke 15:16. WOULD FAIN HAVE FILLED HIS BELLY. Many ancient authorities read: ‘would fain have been filled,' and this may be the correct reading, but does not alter the sense. The literal translation o...
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HE WOULD FAIN HAVE BEEN FILLED (επεθυμε χορτασθηνα). Literally, he was desiring (longing) to be filled. Imperfect indicative and first aorist passive infinitive. Χορτασθηνα is from χορταζω and that...
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Luke 15:11. _And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. And not...
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_And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat._ So those who foolishly squander their possessions on others, find none to give them even husks in their misery and want...
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He would fain [ε π ε θ υ μ ε ι]. Longing desire. Imperfect tense, he was longing, all the while he was tending the swine. Filled his belly [γ ε μ ι σ α ι τ η ν κ ο ι λ ι α ν]. The texts vary. The Rev....
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