Luke 15:16 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 15:16

He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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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Commentary

4 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Exposition of the Gospel of Luke (397)

"He went and attached himself to one of the citizens." Whoever attaches himself is in a snare. That citizen is the prince of this world. He is sent to the farm bought by the man who excused himself from the kingdom. He feeds the swine, those into which the devil sought to enter, those he cast into the sea of the world as they lived in filth and foulness.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

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": though, according to what is elsewhere said of it, it should be the food of men also. It is said (z) of R.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, That which sinners, when they depart from God, promise themselves satisfaction in, will certainly disappoint them; they are labouring for that which satisfieth not, Isa. lv. That which is the stumbling-block of their iniquity will never satisfy their souls, nor fill their bowels, Ezek. vii. Husks are food for swine, but not for men.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They are sometimes ranked with harlots ( Matt. xxi. 32 ); here and elsewhere with sinners, such as were openly vicious, that traded with harlots, known rakes. Some think that the sinners here meant were heathen, and that Christ was now on the other side Jordan, or in Galilee of the Gentiles.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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 which he gives from Theophrastus. He shows, also, that the original word means the fruit of the ceratonia or charub tree, which grows plentifully in Syria. This kind of pulse, Columella observes, was made use of to feed swine. See Bochart, Hieroz. lib. ii. cap. lvi. col. 707-10.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐπεθύμει	epethumei	he was longing	G1937 →
χορτασθῆναι	chortasthēnai	to be fed	G5526 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
κερατίων	keratiōn	pods	G2769 →
ὧν	hōn	that	G3739 →
ἤσθιον	ēsthion	were eating	G2068 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
χοῖροι,	choiroi	pigs,	G5519 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οὐδεὶς	oudeis	no [one]	G3762 →
ἐδίδου	edidou	was giving	G1325 →
αὐτῷ.¶	autō	to him.	G846 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 73:22
I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 3:18
  I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
- Psalms 92:6
  A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
- Isaiah 1:3
  The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”
- Psalms 49:10
  For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
- Proverbs 30:2
  Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
Through
Lamentations 4:5
Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.
leads to
- Luke 16:19
  Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
- Proverbs 31:21
  When it snows, she has no fear for her household, for they are all clothed in scarlet.
Through
Hosea 12:1
Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
leads to
- Hosea 11:12
  Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.