luke-15:7

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 15:1-10

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 15:1. Publicans and sinners.—I.e., tax-gatherers, odious to the whole nation on account of their occupation and their unscrupulousness in carrying it on, and persons from whom the religiously minded held aloof because of their gross and sensual life. The parables imply that they came to Jesus because they were penitent—a fact which should have led the Pharisees to rejoicing rather than to murmuring.Luke 15:2. Murmured.—I.e., among themselves. Receiveth sinners, etc.—An... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 15:3-7

DISCOURSE: 1542THE LOST SHEEPLuke 15:3-7. And he spake this parable unto them, saying, What man of you having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he Cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say unto you, that... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Luke 15:4-7

The Parable of the Lost Sheep September 28th, 1884 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say unto you, that... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 15:1-32

Chapter 15Then drew near to him all the publicans and sinners to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners, and eats with them ( Luke 15:1-2 ).Notice the four groups that had gathered divided into two categories. First of all, the publicans and sinners. Publicans were tax collectors, the outcast of that society, one of the most hated persons in the community. They were considered by the Jews to be traders and quislings. And they were always classified... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 15:1-32

Luke 15:1 . Then drew near all the publicans and sinners to hear him. The pharisees were so intoxicated with ideas of their own righteousness, as to regard all such characters as excluded from the covenant of Sinai, which provided no atonement on the altar for their sins, though atonements were made for the foulest offenders by the beasts slain without the camp. When it was objected, that there was an atonement for David’s sin, they replied, that men in war leave their wives. This argument... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 15:3-7

Luke 15:3-7What man of you, having an hundred sheepLost, sought, foundThe three parables in this chapter fall into two sections, each setting forth separately one-half of a great truth, and both in combination exhibiting the whole.1. The first two parables illustrate conversion on its Divine side. Christ had to seek these lost publicans and sinners in order to find them. 2. The third parable illustrates conversion on its human side, and was intended to imply that these publicans and sinners... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 15:7

7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. Ver. 7. Joy shall be in heaven ] Would we then put harps into the angels’ hands, ditties into their mouths? repent. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 15:7

joy: Luke 15:32, Luke 5:32, Matthew 18:13 which: Luke 15:29, Luke 16:15, Luke 18:9-1 Kings :, Proverbs 30:12, Romans 7:9, Philippians 3:6, Philippians 3:7 Reciprocal: Song of Solomon 3:11 - in the day of the Song of Solomon 5:1 - friends Matthew 3:2 - Repent Matthew 4:17 - Repent Matthew 9:13 - but Matthew 19:20 - All Matthew 20:16 - the last Mark 2:17 - They that are whole Mark 6:12 - preached Luke 15:6 - his Luke 15:9 - Rejoice Luke 15:24 - they Luke 18:21 - General John 8:11 - go Acts... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Luke 15:7

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.Joy shall be — Solemn and festal joy, in heaven - First, in our blessed Lord himself, and then among the angels and spirits of just men, perhaps informed thereof by God himself, or by the angels who ministered to them.Over one sinner — One gross, open, notorious sinner, that repenteth - That is, thoroughly changed in heart and life; more... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:1-32

THE PERAEAN MINISTRY, BETWEEN THE FEAST OF DEDICATION AND THE RETIREMENT TO EPHRAIM. Luke 13:22 to Luke 17:10. See Harmony, p. 101. Jesus went to the Feast of Dedication, John 10:22-40. After which, according to John 10:40, he went to beyond Jordan, (Peraea,) where John at first baptized, and there abode. Many, as John assures us, who had the original testimony of the Baptist, were convinced of its fulfilment in him, and became believers on him. Of this PERAEN MINISTRY Luke here gives an... read more