Luke 15:27 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 15:27

‘Your brother has returned,’ he said, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.’

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

KJV

And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

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Commentary

1 voice

Bonaventure

Commentary on Luke, Chapter 15 (1257)

And since the true preacher is the chief announcer of divine mercy, he therefore adds: And he said to him: Your brother has come, through the humility of penance; Isaiah twenty-one: "If you seek, seek: be converted and come"; and chapter sixty: "Your sons shall …

The record, by era

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

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ὁ	Ho	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
εἶπεν	eipen	he said	G2036 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to him	G846 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ὁ	ho	The	G3588 →
ἀδελφός	adelphos	brother	G80 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
ἥκει,	hēkei	is come,	G2240 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἔθυσεν	ethusen	has killed	G2380 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
πατήρ	patēr	father	G3962 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
μόσχον	moschon	calf	G3448 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
σιτευτόν,	siteuton	fattened,	G4618 →
ὅτι	hoti	because	G3754 →
ὑγιαίνοντα	hugiainonta	in good health	G5198 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
ἀπέλαβεν.	apelaben	he has received.	G618 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

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
Acts 9:17
So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming…
leads to
- Acts 8:17
  Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 2:4
  And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
- Acts 6:6
  They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.
- Acts 22:12–14
  There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,
Through
Philemon 1:16
no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a beloved brother. He is especially beloved to me, but even more so to you, both in person and in the Lord.
leads to
- Matthew 23:8
  But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
- Colossians 3:22
  Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 7:22
  For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.
- 1 Timothy 6:2
  Those who have believing masters should not show disrespect because they are brothers, but should serve them all the more, since those receiving their good service are beloved believers. Teach and encourage these principles.