Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Luke 15:5
when he hath found it. having found it. In Matt., "If so be that he find it. "For the reason, see note on Luke 15:3.
on. Greek. epi. App-104.
his shoulders. his own shoulders; not those of another.
when he hath found it. having found it. In Matt., "If so be that he find it. "For the reason, see note on Luke 15:3.
on. Greek. epi. App-104.
his shoulders. his own shoulders; not those of another.
See the notes at Matthew 18:12....
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ΕΎΡΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.), см._ Luke 15:4. ΈΠΙΤΊΘΗΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΙΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G2007) возлагать, ΏΜΟΣ (G5606) плечо, ΧΑΊΡΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΧΑΊΡΩ (G5463) ликовать. Part, образа д...
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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 hath found _it_, he layeth _it_ on his shoulders, rejoicing. Ver. 5. See Matthew 18:13 ....
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AND WHEN HE HATH FOUND IT, HE LAYETH IT ON HIS SHOULDERS, REJOICING...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 15:4...
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Luke 15:5. UPON HIS SHOULDERS. He does not punish it, nor even drive it back, but carries it, weary from wandering, while He Himself is rejoicing....
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 15:5 LAYS IT ON HIS SHOULDERS. The sheep is too weak to return on its own. ⇐...
_And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing._ Or as the Arabic renders it, "He carries it on his shoulders joyfully," that he may the more quickly return it to the flock. In l...
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...
_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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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...
1 Peter 1:5; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; 2 Timothy 2:26; Acts 9:1; Ephe
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