Luke 15:30 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 15:30

But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf.

KJV

But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

(Ubi sup.) Now in that which he says, Thou hast killed for him the fatted calf, he confesses that Christ has come, but envy has no wish to be saved.

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 Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

This thy son - This son of Thine - words expressive of supreme contempt: This son - he would not condescend to call him by his name, or to acknowledge him for his brother; and at the same time, bitterly reproaches his amiable father for his affectionate tenderness, and readiness to receive his once undutiful, but now penitent, child! For Him - I have marked those words in small capitals which should be strongly accented in the pronunciation: this last word shows how supremely he despised his poor unfortunate brother.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

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

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὅτε	hote	When	G3753 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
υἱός	huios	son	G5207 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
οὗτος	houtos	this	G3778 →
ὁ	ho	the [one]	G3588 →
καταφαγών	kataphagōn	having devoured	G2719 →
σου	sou	your	G4771 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
βίον	bion	living	G979 →
μετὰ	meta	with	G3326 →
πορνῶν	pornōn	prostitutes	G4204 →
ἦλθεν,	ēlthen	came,	G2064 →
ἔθυσας	ethusas	you have killed	G2380 →
αὐτῷ	autō	for him	G846 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
σιτευτὸν	siteuton	fattened	G4618 →
μόσχον.¶	moschon	calf.	G3448 →

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
Luke 15:32
But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
leads to
- Ephesians 2:1–10
  And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
- Luke 15:24
  For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
- Isaiah 35:10
  So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
- Romans 3:4
  Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
- Psalms 51:8
  Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
Through
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
leads to
- Matthew 6:5
  And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they…
- Revelation 3:17
  You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
- Isaiah 65:5
  They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.