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Luke 15:16 KJV
Luke · chapter 15 · verse 16
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.Luke 15:16 · King James Version
Luke 15:16 in context
14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
15And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
17And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
18I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- filledgemizōto fill, fill fullG1072 →
- bellykoiliathe whole belly, the entire cavity, the upper [i.e. stomach] and the lower belly are…G2836 →
- huskskerationa little horn, the name of the fruit, Ceratonia silqua or carobtree (called also John's…G2769 →
- swinechoirosa swineG5519 →
- fainepithymeōto turn upon a thing, to have a desire for, long for, to desire, to lust after, covet, of…G1937 →
- gavedidōmito give, to give something to someone, of one s own accord to give one something, to his…G1325 →
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We have here the parable of the prodigal son, the scope of which is the same with those before, to show how pleasing to God the conversion of sinners is, of great sinners, and how ready he is to receive and entertain such, upon their repentance;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-32