Luke 15:16

Luke 15:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
• New International Version (NIV)He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.

Context of Luke 15:16

14After he had spent everything, there was no rain in that country. There was almost no food anywhere. So the young man had nothing to eat. 15He went to a man who lived in that country. He asked to work for him. So the man sent him into his fields to give food to his pigs. Nobody gave him anything to eat. He even wanted to eat the food that the pigs were eating. But he had nothing. 17Then the son began to think about what he had done. He said to himself, “My father has many servants, and they have plenty of food to eat. They even have more food than they need. But I will die here because I do not have any food. 18So I will go to my father and tell him, ‘I have done bad things against God, and I have done bad things against you.

Luke 15:16 word by word

καὶ ἐπεθύμει χορτασθῆναι ἐκ τῶν κερατίων ὧν ἤσθιον οἱ χοῖροι, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐδίδου αὐτῷ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he would fainἐπιθυμέωepithumeō · to long forG1937
• have filledγεμίζωgemizō · to fillG1072
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• bellyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• bellyκοιλίαkoilia · belly/womb/stomachG2836
• withἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the husksκεράτιονkeration · huskG2769
• thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• the swineχοῖροςchoiros · pigG5519
• did eatἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068
• no manοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• gaveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325

Cross-references for Luke 15:16

• Isaiah 44:20Someone like that is stupid enough to eat ashes. His mind has deceived him. He cannot save himself from his lies. He will not say to himself, ‘This thing that I hold in my right hand is completely false!’
• Isaiah 55:2Do not spend money on anything that is not real food. You work hard for your money, so do not spend it on things which do not help you. Listen carefully to me. Eat something that will make you strong! Enjoy the best food!
• Lamentations 4:5There are people here who had been very rich. They ate the best foods, but now they are hungry. Now they lie in the streets with nothing to eat. They wore the best clothes, but now they sit in the ashes.
• Hosea 12:1Ephraim's people chase after useless things all the time. They think that they can catch the wind that comes from the east! But the result is more violence and lies. They make an agreement with Assyria to get their help. They also send their olive oil to Egypt to ask for their help.
• Romans 6:19It is difficult for you to understand these things, because you are still weak. So I am using a human picture of slaves to help you to understand better. At one time, you agreed to serve bad things as your master. You let your body do wrong and disgusting things. You continued to do more and more bad things. So now, you must use your body to serve what is right and good. Then you will do more and more good things which show that you belong to God.
• Psalms 73:22I was stupid, and I did not understand you properly. I was no better than an animal.
• Psalms 142:4Look at me! I have no friend to help me. There is no safe place where I can go. Nobody thinks about me.
• Isaiah 57:3The Lord says, ‘But you magicians, come here! You use magic to learn about future times. You are the family of an adulteress and a prostitute.
• Jonah 2:2He said, ‘When I was in trouble, I called out to the Lord, and he answered my prayer. Yes, I called out to you for help from the deep hole of death, and you heard my prayer.

Commentaries on Luke 15:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16With the husks - . Bochart, I think, has proved that does not mean husks: to signify which the Greek botanical writers use the word ; 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16He would fain - He would gladly. He desired to do it. The husks - The word “husks” with us denotes the outward covering of grain. In this there is little nourishment, and it is evident that this is not intended here; but the word used here denotes not only “husks,” but also leguminous plants, as beans, etc. It is also used to denote the fruit of a tree called the “carob or kharub-tree,” which is common in Ionia, Syria, and Rhodes. The tree is more bushy…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-16Verses 11-16 The parable of the prodigal son shows the nature of repentance, and the Lord's readiness to welcome and bless all who return to him. It fully sets forth the riches of gospel grace; and it has been, and will be, while the world stands, of unspeakable use to poor sinners, to direct and to encourage them in repenting and returning to God. It is bad, and the beginning of worse, when men look upon God's gifts as debts due to them. The great folly…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-32Like the previous two parables (15:3–7, 8–10), the parable of the lost son demonstrates God’s love for the lost and the joy God experiences when they return. It also reflects the ministry of Jesus. The father represents God, the younger son represents the tax collectors and sinners Jesus welcomed, and the older son represents the religious leaders.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. would fain have filled--rather, "was fain to fill," ate greedily of the only food he could get. the husks--"the hulls of a leguminous plant which in the East is the food of cattle and swine, and often the nourishment of the poorest in times of distress" [Stier]. no man gave ... him--not this food, for that he had, but anything better (Jr 30:14). This was his lowest depth--perishing unpitied, alone in the world, and ready to disappear from it unmissed!…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Luke 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings