Luke 15:18

Luke 15:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
• New International Version (NIV)I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you,

Context of Luke 15:18

16No one in the country would give him any food, and he was so hungry that he would have eaten what the pigs were eating. 17“Finally, he came to his senses. He said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more food than they can eat, while I’m starving to death here? I’ll go at once to my father, and I’ll say to him, “Father, I’ve sinned against heaven and you. 19I don’t deserve to be called your son anymore. Make me one of your hired men.” ’ 20“So he went at once to his father. While he was still at a distance, his father saw him and felt sorry for him. He ran to his son, put his arms around him, and kissed him.

Luke 15:18 word by word

ἀναστὰς πορεύσομαι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου καὶ ἐρῶ αὐτῷ· πάτερ, ἥμαρτον εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἐνώπιόν σου·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I will ariseἀνίστημιanistēmi · to ariseG450
• and goπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• fatherὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• will sayἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
• unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• I have sinnedἁμαρτάνωhamartanō · to sinG264
• againstεἰςeis · towardG1519
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• beforeἐνώπιονenōpion · beforeG1799
• theeσύsu · youG4771

Cross-references for Luke 15:18

• 1 Kings 20:30The survivors fled to Aphek, the city where the wall fell on 27,000 of them. Benhadad had also fled. He came to the city and hid in an inner room.
• 2 Kings 7:3Four men with skin diseases were at the entrance of the city gate. One of them asked, “Why are we sitting here waiting to die?
• 2 Chronicles 33:12When he experienced this distress, he begged the Lord his God to be kind and humbled himself in front of the God of his ancestors.
• Psalms 32:5I made my sins known to you, and I did not cover up my guilt. I decided to confess them to you, O Lord. Then you forgave all my sins. Selah
• Psalms 116:3The ropes of death became tangled around me. The horrors of the grave took hold of me. I experienced pain and agony.
• Jeremiah 31:6There will be a day when watchmen on the mountains of Ephraim will call out this message: ‘Arise! Let’s go to Zion, to the Lord our God.’ ”
• Jeremiah 50:4“In those days and at that time,” declares the Lord, “the people of Israel and Judah will cry as they go together to seek the Lord their God.
• Lamentations 3:18I said, ‘I’ve lost my strength ⌞to live⌟ and my hope in the Lord.’
• Hosea 2:6“That is why I will block her way with thornbushes and build a wall so that she can’t get through.
• Hosea 14:1Israel, return to the Lord your God. You have stumbled because of your sins.
• Jonah 2:4“Then I thought, ‘I have been banished from your sight. Will I ever see your holy temple again?’
• Jonah 3:9Who knows? God may reconsider his plans and turn from his burning anger so that we won’t die.”
• Luke 11:2Jesus told them, “When you pray, say this: Father, let your name be kept holy. Let your kingdom come.
• Isaiah 63:16You are our Father. Even though Abraham doesn’t know us and Israel doesn’t pay attention to us, O Lord, you are our Father. Your name is our Defender From Everlasting.
• Jeremiah 3:19“I wanted to treat you like children and give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful property among the nations. I thought that you would call me Father and wouldn’t turn away from me.
• Jeremiah 31:20Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a pleasant child? Even though I have often spoken against him, I still think fondly of him. That is why my heart longs for him, and I will certainly have compassion on him,” declares the Lord.

Commentaries on Luke 15:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Against heaven - ; that is, against God. The Jews often make use of this periphrasis in order to avoid mentioning the name of God, which they have ever treated with the utmost reverence. But some contend that it should be translated, even unto heaven; a Hebraism for, I have sinned exceedingly - beyond all description.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18I will arise - This is a common expression among the Hebrews to denote “entering on a piece of business.” It does not imply that he was “sitting,” but that he meant immediately to return. This should be the feeling of every sinner who is conscious of his guilt and danger. To My father - To his father, although he had offended him, and treated him unkindly, and had provoked him, and dishonored him by his course of conduct. So the sinner. He has nowhere…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 Having viewed the prodigal in his abject state of misery, we are next to consider his recovery from it. This begins by his coming to himself. That is a turning point in the sinner's conversion. The Lord opens his eyes, and convinces him of sin; then he views himself and every object, in a different light from what he did before. Thus the convinced sinner perceives that the meanest servant of God is happier than he is. To look unto God as a…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. 1818. I will arise and go to my FATHER--The change has come at last, and what a change!--couched in terms of such exquisite simplicity and power as if expressly framed for all heart-broken penitents. Father, &c.--Mark the term. Though "no more worthy to be called his son," the prodigal sinner is taught to claim the defiled, but still existing relationship, asking not to be made a servant, but remaining a son to be made "as a servant," willing to take the…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