Luke 15:26 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 15:26

So he called one of the servants and asked what was going on.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he called to him one of the servants, and inquired what these things might be.

KJV

And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.

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Commentary

2 voices

Bonaventure

Commentary on Luke, Chapter 15 (1257)

Third, as regards the generosity of the adjudged paternal benefit, he adds: And he called one of the servants and asked what these things were. This one servant called is the order of preachers and teachers, concerning which servant, above in chapter fourteen: "He sent …

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

But the younger son, that is the Gentile people, is envied by Israel as the elder brother, the privilege of his father's blessing. Which the Jews did because Christ sat down to meat with the Gentiles, as it follows; And he was angry, and would not go in, &c.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

A sinner is not only dead in law, as he is under a sentence of death, but dead in state too, dead in trespasses and sins, destitute of spiritual life; no union with Christ, no spiritual senses exercised, no living to God, and therefore dead.

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

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

These verses form the conclusion of the parable of the prodigal son. They are far less well known than the verses which go before them. But they were spoken by the same lips which described the younger son's return to his father's house. Like everything which those lips spoke — they will be found deeply profitable. We are taught, firstly, in this passage — how unkind and mean-spirited are the feelings of self-righteous men towards sinners. This is a lesson which our Lord conveys to us by describing the conduct of the "elder brother" of the prodigal son.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
προσκαλεσάμενος	proskalesamenos	having called near	G4341 →
ἕνα	hena	one	G1520 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
παίδων	paidōn	servants	G3816 →
ἐπυνθάνετο	epunthaneto	he was inquiring	G4441 →
τί	ti	what	G5101 →
ἂν	an	maybe	G302 →
εἴη	eiē	would be	G1510 →
ταῦτα.¶	tauta	these things.	G3778 →