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See the notes at Matthew 18:12....
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CHAPTER 15
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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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LUKE 25. THREE PARABLES SHOWING GOD'S LOVE FOR THE LOST, AND HIS JOY
AT THEIR RESTORATION. The three parables in this chapter have no
definite note of time or place. An introduction is supplied from L...
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THE SHEPHERD'S JOY (Luke 15:1-7)...
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The tax-collectors and sinners were all coming near to Jesus to hear
him, and the Pharisees and scribes were murmuring, saying, "This man
welcomes sinners and eats with them."
He spoke this parable to...
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WHEN HE COMETH. having come.
HOME. into (Greek. _eis._ App-104.) the house.
WITH ME. not with the sheep (because of the scope of the parable). See
note on Luke 15:3. The joy is in heaven (Luke 15:7)...
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_calleth together his friends and neighbours_ See on Luke 14:12.
_Rejoice with me_ "For the _joy_set before Him, He endured the cross,"
Hebrews 12:2; comp. Isaiah 53:11....
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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...
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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...
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THE LOST SHEEP...
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ΣΥΝΚΑΛΕΙ͂ ΤΟῪΣ ΦΊΛΟΥΣ ΚΑῚ ΤΟῪΣ
ΓΕΊΤΟΝΑΣ. See on Luke 14:12.
ΣΥΝΧΆΡΗΤΈ ΜΟΙ. “For the _joy_ set before Him, He endured
the cross,” Hebrews 12:2; comp. Isaiah 53:11....
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Ver 1. Then drew near to him all the Publicans and sinners for to hear
him. 2. And the Pharisees and Scribes murmured, saying, This man
receives sinners, and eats with them. 3. And he spoke this parab...
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ΈΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064)
приходить,
ΣΥΓΚΑΛΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΓΚΑΛΈΩ (G4779)
созывать вместе. _Praes._ является hist,
_praes._, придающим живость и яркость
повествова...
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DISCOURSE: 1542
THE LOST SHEEP
Luke 15:3. And he spake this parable unto them, saying, What man of
you having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave
the ninety and nine in the wilder...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 1
Lost Sheep (Luke 15:1-7)
15 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear
him. 2And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man
receives...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Parable of the Lost Sheep
Scripture_
Luke 15:3-7 And he spake unto them this parable, saying, 4 What man of
you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not
le...
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And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and
neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my
sheep which was lost.
AND WHEN HE COMETH HOME, HE CALLETH TOGETHER HI...
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34-35 Compare Mat_5:13; Mar_9:50.
1 Compare Luk_7:34-35; Mat_9:10-13.
2 Our Lord's liking for sinners led the proud, self-righteous
Pharisees and scribes to utter a most precious truth, though they,...
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PARABLES OF THE LOST SHEEP, OF THEM LOST COIN, OF THE PRODIGAL SON
1-7. Parable of the Lost Sheep. See on Matthew 18:12. The first of a
series of three parables for the encouragement of penitents. It...
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LUKE’S GOOD NEWS
LUKE
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 15
*PARABLES OF GOD’S LOVE 15:1-32
1 INTRODUCTION 15:1-2
Jesus told three *parables as an answer to the *Pharisees. They did
not approve of him beca...
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HE CALLETH TOGETHER HIS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS. — The recurrence of
the two words so soon after Luke 14:12 is suggestive. There are times
when we do well to recognise the natural and social ties that...
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CHAPTER 21
LOST AND FOUND.
IN this chapter we see how the waves of influence, moving outward from
their Divine center, touch the outermost fringe of humanity, sending
the pulsations of new excitemen...
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συγκαλεῖ : the point here is not the formal invitation of
neighbours to sympathise, but the confident expectation that they
will. That they do is taken for granted. Sympathy from neighbours and
friend...
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_The first parable_ (_cf._ Matthew 18:12-14)....
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SEEKING AND FINDING THE LOST
Luke 15:1-10
They that have left the fold in which they were nurtured in early
life, and have gone over bleak mountains and through tangled brakes,
find themselves in thi...
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Our Lord's attitude toward the sinning multitudes aroused the
hostility of the Pharisees, and to them principally He uttered the
great discourse of this chapter, consisting of a threefold parable. In...
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CHAPTER 12
THE HUNDRED SHEEP
Luke 15:1-7. Our Lord is still in Perea, east of the Jordan, with His
face toward Jerusalem, traveling slowly, accompanied by vast
multitudes, to whom, daily halting, He...
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2 _d. Luke 15:3-10_. The two parables of the _lost sheep_ and of the
_lost drachma_, as such pairs of parables always do, present the same
idea, but in two different aspects. The idea common to both i...
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_The Lost Sheep._
God seeks sinners, because the sinner is a miserable being deserving
pity: such is the meaning of this description. The parable is put in
the form of a question. In point of fact, i...
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And he spake this parable unto them, saying, What man of you, having
an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety
and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, un...
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The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but
the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was
working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men,
c...
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_THE SHEEP FOUND_
‘Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.’
Luke 15:6
A beautiful sight to see the shepherd in Palestine sitting amid his
flock, or walking with his staff, while...
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_LOST AND FOUND_
‘Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep … [and] the piece
which I had lost.’
Luke 15:6
We have here two beautiful pictures. Though the lesson to be learned
from each is the sam...
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Having thus unfolded the difference in character between the two
dispensations, and the circumstances of the transition from the one to
the other, the Lord turns (chapter 15) to higher principles the...
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AND WHEN HE COMETH HOME,.... The house, or home, to which Christ comes
and brings thither his lost sheep on his shoulders when found, is
either the church of God, which is Christ's house and home, and...
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And when he cometh home, he calleth together _his_ friends and
neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my
sheep which was lost.
Ver. 6. See Matthew 18:13 ....
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_And he spake this parable_ That he might justify his conversing
freely with sinners, in order to their reformation and salvation, he
spake the parable of the lost sheep, which he had delivered once
b...
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The lost sheep. Matthew 18:11-14....
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AND WHEN HE COMETH HOME, HE CALLETH TOGETHER HIS FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS, SAYING UNTO THEM, REJOICE WITH ME; FOR I HAVE FOUND MY
SHEEP WHICH WAS LOST....
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The Parable of the Lost Sheep:...
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SEEKING THE LOST SHEEP
(vs.3-7)
Though discipleship to Christ is a wonderful privilege, yet man would
never choose a path of true discipleship if God did not seek him
first. In this chapter we see t...
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1-10 The parable of the lost sheep is very applicable to the great
work of man's redemption. The lost sheep represents the sinner as
departed from God, and exposed to certain ruin if not brought back...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 15:4...
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A Treatise Against the Heretic Novatian by an Anonymous Bishop
which being found Christ brings back, bearing on His shoulder the
tender sinful one; and He, rejoicing and exulting, having called His
f...
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“And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his
neighbours, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my
sheep which was lost'.”
Arriving home the shepherd calls together his f...
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THREE PARABLES DEALING WITH THE SEEKING AND SAVING OF THE LOST
(15:1-32).
It will have been noted how great a concentration there is in this
section on preparing for the eternal future, and on the Ki...
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MEN MUST LIVE IN THE LIGHT OF THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN IN HIS
GLORY (15:1-19:28).
Having established in Section 1 that Jesus was born in Bethlehem in
the city of David where He was proclaimed ‘Sav...
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THE PARABLES OF THE SEEKING SHEPHERD AND THE LOST COIN (15:1-10).
In these twin parables Jesus illustrates Heaven's concern over all
lost persons, whoever they may be, and of whatever class they be, a...
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Luke 15:6. HUNDRED MEASURES, or, ‘baths,' = the Ephah in dry
measure, nearly ten gallons.
TAKE THY BILL, lit, ‘writings.' The document in the steward's
hands, showing the obligation.
QUICKLY. The...
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Luke 15:6. And when he cometh home. This refers to the whole process
by which the ignorant and bewildered sinner is brought into safety. It
does not mean, brought to heaven personally, but where there...
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Luke 15:5. EACH ONE OF HIS LORD'S DEBTORS. The debtors were scarcely
tenants or contractors, but more probably men who had bought and not
yet paid for certain stores belonging to the rich man.
SAID...
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Luke 15:3-7. THE PARABLE OF THE LOST SHEEP. Comp. Matthew 18:12-14,
where the same parable occurs. There, however, our Lord brings out the
preciousness of the one sheep (‘the little one'); here, the m...
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THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the
whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist.
A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
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CONNECTION. We have a single discourse, consisting mainly of parables,
from chap. Luke 15:1 to chap. Luke 17:10. It was delivered during the
journey from Perea to Jericho, and occasioned by the fact t...
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REJOICE WITH ME
(συνχαρητε μο). Second aorist passive of συνχαιρω,
an old and common verb for mutual joy as in Philippians 2:17. Joy
demands fellowship. Same form in verse Luke 15:9. So the shepher...
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We have read this chapter together many times; possibly some of us
have read it hundreds of times; yet whenever we read it, we always
find something fresh in it. It is ever bright and sparkling, full...
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This is a chapter that needs no explanation; it carries its key within
itself, and the experience of every child of God is the best
exposition of it. The three parables recorded here set forth the wor...
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Luke 15:1. _Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for
to hear him._
However sunken they might be, they knew their best Friend; they
recognized their Benefactor, so they gathered aroun...
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CONTENTS: Parables of the lost sheep, lost coin and lost son.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Pharisees, scribes.
CONCLUSION: God has a particular care over backsliding sinners (Isr.
in this case) and follows th...
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Luke 15:1. _Then drew near all the publicans and sinners to hear him._
The pharisees were so intoxicated with ideas of their own
righteousness, as to regard all such characters as excluded from the
co...
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SUPPOSE ONE OF YOU HAS A HUNDRED SHEEP. Jesus gives three parables in
this chapter to show God's love for his creation. A shepherd who lost
one sheep would go out looking for it, even though the ninet...
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_What man of you, having an hundred sheep_
LOST, SOUGHT, FOUND
The three parables in this chapter fall into two sections, each
setting forth separately one-half of a great truth, and both in
combina...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 15:6 CALLS TOGETHER HIS FRIENDS AND HIS NEIGHBORS.
Compare v. Luke 15:9. The Pharisees and scribes should REJOICE that
the lost sheep
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CHAPTER 15
Ver. 1. _Then drew near under Him all the publicans and sinners_.
_πάντες_, all, that is, many came together to hear Christ,
attracted by His sanctity and by the loving-kindness with which...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 15:1. PUBLICANS AND SINNERS.—_I.e._, tax-gatherers, odious to
the whole nation on account of their occupation and their
unscrupulousness in carrying it on, and persons from whom...
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EXPOSITION
LUKE 15:1
The _Lord speaks his three parable-stories of the _"lost," _in which
he explains his reason for loving and receiving the sinful._
LUKE 15:1,...
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Then drew near to him all the publicans and sinners to hear him. And
the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners,
and eats with them (Luke 15:1-2).
Notice the four groups tha...
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1 Peter 2:10; 1 Peter 2:25; 1 Thessalonians 2:19; 1 Thessalonians 3:7;...
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With me. "Not with the sheep. Our life is his joy" (Gregory, cited by
Trench)....
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CHRIST SEEKING TO SAVE
Luke 15:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The story of the prodigal son is one part of a threefold parable.
1. WE HAVE THE SHEPHERD SUFFERING AS HE SEEKS HIS SHEEP. The parable
describes...