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Selected Verse: Luke 15:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 15:4 |
Strong Concordance |
What [5101] man [444] of [1537] you [5216], having [2192] an hundred [1540] sheep [4263], if [2532] he lose [622] one [1520] of [1537] them [846], doth [2641] not [3756] leave [2641] the ninety and nine [1768] in [1722] the wilderness [2048], and [2532] go [4198] after [1909] that which is lost [622], until [2193] he find [2147] it [846]? |
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King James |
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, until he find it? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
leave the ninety and nine--bend all His attention and care, as it were, to the one object of recovering the lost sheep; not saying. "It is but one; let it go; enough remain."
go after . . . until, &c.--pointing to all the diversified means which God sets in operation for recovering sinners. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| See the notes at Mat 18:12-13. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
lost
(Greek, "apollumi").
(See Scofield) - (Joh 3:16). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
In the wilderness
Not a desert place, but uncultivated plains; pasturage. Note that the sheep are being pastured in the wilderness. A traveller, cited anonymously by Trench, says: "There are, indeed, some accursed patches, where scores of miles lie before you like a tawny Atlantic, one yellow wave rising before another. But far from infrequently there are regions of wild fertility where the earth shoots forth a jungle of aromatic shrubs" ("Parables"). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness - Where they used to feed: all uncultivated ground, like our commons, was by the Jews termed wilderness or desert. And go after - In recovering a lost soul, God as it were labours. May we not learn hence, that to let them alone who are in sin, is both unchristian and inhuman! Mat 18:12. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
What man of you - Our Lord spoke this and the following parable to justify his conduct in receiving and conversing with sinners or heathens.
A hundred sheep - Parables similar to this are frequent among the Jewish writers. The whole flock of mankind, both Jews and Gentiles, belongs unto this Divine Shepherd; and it is but reasonable to expect, that the gracious proprietor will look after those who have gone astray, and bring them back to the flock. The lost sheep is an emblem of a heedless, thoughtless sinner: one who follows the corrupt dictates of his own heart, without ever reflecting upon his conduct, or considering what will be the issue of his unholy course of life. No creature strays more easily than a sheep; none is more heedless; and none so incapable of finding its way back to the flock, when once gone astray: it will bleat for the flock, and still run on in an opposite direction to the place where the flock is: this I have often noticed. No creature is more defenceless than a sheep, and more exposed to be devoured by dogs and wild beasts. Even the fowls of the air seek their destruction. I have known ravens often attempt to destroy lambs by picking out their eyes, in which, when they have succeeded, as the creature does not see whither it is going, it soon falls an easy prey to its destroyer. Satan is ever going about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour; in order to succeed, he blinds the understanding of sinners, and then finds it an easy matter to tumble them into the pit of perdition. Who but a Pharisee or a devil would find fault with the shepherd who endeavors to rescue his sheep from so much danger and ruin! |
12 How [5101] think [1380] ye [5213]? if [1437] [5100] a man [444] have [1096] an hundred [1540] sheep [4263], and [2532] one [1520] of [1537] them [846] be gone astray [4105], doth he [863] not [3780] leave [863] the ninety and nine [1768], and goeth [4198] into [1909] the mountains [3735], and seeketh [2212] that which [3588] is gone astray [4105]?
13 And [2532] if so [1437] be [1096] that he find [2147] it [846], verily [281] I say [3004] unto you [5213] [3754], he rejoiceth [5463] more [3123] of [1909] that [846] sheep, than [2228] of [1909] the ninety and nine [1768] which [3588] went [4105] not [3361] astray [4105].
16 For [1063] God [2316] so [3779] loved [25] the world [2889], that [5620] he gave [1325] his [846] only begotten [3439] Son [5207], that [2443] whosoever [3956] believeth [4100] in [1519] him [846] should [622] not [3361] perish [622], but [235] have [2192] everlasting [166] life [2222].
12 How [5101] think [1380] ye [5213]? if [1437] [5100] a man [444] have [1096] an hundred [1540] sheep [4263], and [2532] one [1520] of [1537] them [846] be gone astray [4105], doth he [863] not [3780] leave [863] the ninety and nine [1768], and goeth [4198] into [1909] the mountains [3735], and seeketh [2212] that which [3588] is gone astray [4105]?