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,
• 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,
• New Living Translation (NLT)I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you,

Context of Luke 15:18

16He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything. 17“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ 20So he got up and went to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw 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 rest of them escaped to the city of Aphek, where the wall collapsed on twenty-seven thousand of them. And Ben-Hadad fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
• 2 Kings 7:3Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, “Why stay here until we die?
• 2 Chronicles 33:12In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.
• Psalms 32:5Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.” And you forgave the guilt of my sin.
• Psalms 116:3The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
• Jeremiah 31:6There will be a day when watchmen cry out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Come, let us go up to Zion, to the Lord our God.’ ”
• Jeremiah 50:4“In those days, at that time,” declares the Lord, “the people of Israel and the people of Judah together will go in tears to seek the Lord their God.
• Lamentations 3:18So I say, “My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the Lord.”
• Hosea 2:6Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.
• Hosea 14:1Return, Israel, to the Lord your God. Your sins have been your downfall!
• Jonah 2:4I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
• Jonah 3:9Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.”
• Luke 11:2He said to them, “When you pray, say: “ ‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.
• Isaiah 63:16But you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us or Israel acknowledge us; you, Lord, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.
• Jeremiah 3:19“I myself said, “ ‘How gladly would I treat you like my children and give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.’ I thought you would call me ‘Father’ and not turn away from following me.
• Jeremiah 31:20Is not Ephraim my dear son, the child in whom I delight? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore my heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for 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