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

14Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine came against that country, and he began to be in need. 15So he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. And he was longing to fill up on the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one was giving him any. 17“But when he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food overflowing, but here I am dying of hunger! 18I’ll get up and go to my father, and I’ll say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your presence.

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 44:20He is feeding on ashes. A deceived heart has led him astray, so he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t what is in my right hand a fraud?”
• Isaiah 55:2Why do you spend money for what is not bread? Your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen diligently to Me, and eat what is good, and delight yourself in abundance.
• Lamentations 4:5Those who used to eat delicacies are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple embrace trash heaps.
• Hosea 12:1“Ephraim surrounded Me with lies and the house of Israel with deceit.” Though Judah roams restlessly with God, yet he is faithful with holy things.
• Romans 6:19I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you yielded your body parts as slaves to uncleanness and lawlessness, leading to more lawlessness, so now yield your body parts as slaves to righteousness, resulting in holiness.
• Psalms 73:22I was brutish and ignorant. I was like a beast before You.
• Psalms 142:4When my spirit grows faint within me, You know my path. In the way where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.
• Isaiah 57:3But as for you, come here, you children of a sorceress, offspring of an adulterer and prostitute.
• Jonah 2:2Then Jonah prayed to Adonai his God from the belly of the fish,

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