Luke 15:16

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 the...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 ....
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. With the husks - Κερατιων. Bochart, I think,...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 be...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Parables of the Lost Sheep, of them Lost Coin, of the Prodigal Son 1-7. Parable of the Lost Sheep. See on Matthew 18:12-13 . The first of a serie...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Prodigal Son (peculiar to Lk). 'This parable, like the two preceding, is intended to show what joy there is in heaven at the conversion of sinn...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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....
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Son Who “Came to Himself” and to His Father Luke 15:11-24 The pearl of parables! Too often we desire God's gifts apart from Himself. The f...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Our Lord's attitude toward the sinning multitudes aroused the hostility of the Pharisees, and to them principally He uttered the great discourse of t...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 t...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 h...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together Having gotten possession of his fortune, he lost no time, but, gathering together al...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prodigal Son. 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younge...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 Bethl...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 secti...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Parable of The Loving Father, The Prodigal Son and the Dissatisfied Brother (15:11-32). When we come to the third parable there is a different...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country, and he began to be in want, and he went and joined himself to one of the cit...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 15:11 . A certain man .—Our heavenly Father, since Christ never represents Himself thus. He always speaks of Himself as a So...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 15:15-16 I. Whether it be a natural nobleness, or an acquired refinement, the one, the direct gift of God; the other, an indirect creation of...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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....
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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; the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 15:11-13 . 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 fall...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

A certain man had two sons. The prodigal and his brother I. GOD’S TREATMENT OF THE PENITENT. 1. The alienation of the heart from God. (1)...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 15:1-42 The Lord speaks his three parable-stories of the "lost," in which he explains his reason for loving and receivin...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Folly and repentance:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat; and no man gave unto him.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 12:1 ; Isaiah 44:20 ; Isaiah 55:2 ; Isaiah 57:3 ; Jonah 2:2-8 ; Lamentations 4:5 ; Psalms 142:4 ; Psalms 73:22 ; Romans 6:19-21
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Christ Seeking To Save Luke 15:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The story of the prodigal son is one part of a threefold parable. 1. We have the shep...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Prodigal Son Luke 15:11-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The fifteenth chapter of Luke presents one parable with four outstanding messages, embracing...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He would fain have filled his belly with the husks — He would fain have satisfied himself with worldly comforts. Vain, fruitless endeavour!

¹⁶ And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

Related Commentaries of Luke 15:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Luke 15:16