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Luke 15:16
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He longed to fill his stomach with the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him any.
And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave to him.
He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.
He would gladly have filled himself with the husks the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
And he had a desire to fill his belly with those karubs [fn] which the swine did eat; and no man gave to him.
And he longed to fill his belly with those pods which the swine ate: and no one gave to him.
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.
And hee would faine haue filled his bellie with the huskes, that the swine ate: but no man gaue them him.
And he craved to fill his stomach with the husks that the swine were eating; and yet no man would give him.
And he woulde fayne haue fylled his belly with the coddes that the swyne dyd eate: and no man gaue vnto hym.
And he would fain have been filled with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
"He would have gladly eaten the [carob] pods that the pigs were eating [but they could not satisfy his hunger], and no one was giving anything to him.
He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.
He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.
He would have been glad to eat what the pigs were eating, but no one gave him a thing.
He would gladly have filled himself with the pods that the pigs were eating; and no one gave him anything.
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine ate: and no man gave to him.
And he would faine haue filled his belly with the huskes that the swine did eate: & no man gaue vnto him.
And he wolde fayne haue fylled his bely with the coddes, that the swyne ate. And no man gaue him them.
for he would have been contented to have liv'd upon the carruways, with which they usually fed the swine: but nobody would supply him.
The Story of the Lost Sheep By this time a lot of men and women of doubtful reputation were hanging around Jesus, listening intently. The Pharisees and religion scholars were not pleased, not at all pleased. They growled, "He takes in sinners and eats meals with them, treating them like old friends." Their grumbling triggered this story. "Suppose one of you had a hundred sheep and lost one. Wouldn't you leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the lost one until you found it? When found, you can be sure you would put it across your shoulders, rejoicing, and when you got home call in your friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Celebrate with me! I've found my lost sheep!' Count on it—there's more joy in heaven over one sinner's rescued life than over ninety-nine good people in no need of rescue. "Or imagine a woman who has ten coins and loses one. Won't she light a lamp and scour the house, looking in every nook and cranny until she finds it? And when she finds it you can be sure she'll call her friends and neighbors: ‘Celebrate with me! I found my lost coin!' Count on it—that's the kind of party God's angels throw every time one lost soul turns to God." Then he said, "There was once a man who had two sons. The younger said to his father, ‘Father, I want right now what's coming to me.' "So the father divided the property between them. It wasn't long before the younger son packed his bags and left for a distant country. There, undisciplined and dissipated, he wasted everything he had. After he had gone through all his money, there was a bad famine all through that country and he began to hurt. He signed on with a citizen there who assigned him to his fields to slop the pigs. He was so hungry he would have eaten the corncobs in the pig slop, but no one would give him any.
He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
The son was so hungry that he wanted to eat the pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.
The young man became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him. But no one gave him anything.
And he was longing to fill his stomach with the carob pods that the pigs were eating, and no one was giving anything to him.
And he longed to fill his stomach from the husks which the pigs ate, but no one gave to him.
And he desired to have filled his belly with the pods that the swine ate: and no man gave to him.
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat; and no man gave to him.
And he used to long to be filled with the pods which the swine were eating; and, no man, was giving unto him.
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
And he would gladly have fed on the pods that the swine ate; and no one gave him anything.
And he wold fayne have filled his bely with the coddes that ye swyne ate: and noo man gave him.
He was so hungry he was ready to eat the outside part of the ears of the corn the pigs ate because no one gave him anything.
He wished he could fill himself with the bean pods the pigs ate, but no one gave him anything to eat.
He longed to eat his fill from the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him any.
He was so hungry that he wanted to eat the food the pigs were eating. But no one gave him anything.
And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.
and he longed to make a hearty meal of the pods the swine were eating, but no one gave him any.
And he coueitide to fille his wombe of the coddis that the hoggis eeten, and no man yaf hym.
and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving to him.
The boy was so hungry that even the pig's food looked appetizing because he was starving to death.
"And he would have gladly filled his stomach with the pods that the swine were eating, and no one was giving anything to him.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
he would: Isaiah 44:20, Isaiah 55:2, Lamentations 4:5, Hosea 12:1, Romans 6:19-21
that: Psalms 73:22
no: Psalms 142:4, Isaiah 57:3, Jonah 2:2-8
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 14:8 - the swine 2 Chronicles 33:12 - And when Job 30:4 - for their meat Psalms 32:3 - When Psalms 68:13 - the wings Proverbs 27:7 - to Jeremiah 3:1 - yet return Malachi 3:7 - Wherein Matthew 8:30 - an
Cross-References
And He took him outside and said, "Now look toward the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be."
But he said, "Lord GOD, how may I know that I will possess it?"
So He said to him, "Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."
And birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
Now the time that the sons of Israel had lived in Egypt was 430 years.
He also acted very despicably in following idols, conforming to everything that the Amorites had done, whom the LORD drove out from the sons of Israel.
"And in the latter period of their dominion, When the wrongdoers have run their course, A king will arise, Insolent and skilled in intrigue.
hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved; with the result that they always reach the limit of their sins. But wrath has come upon them fully.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks,.... חרובא, the fruit of the "Charub" tree, as the Syriac version interprets it; and which the Jews y say is מאכל בהמה, "the food of beasts": though, according to what is elsewhere said of it, it should be the food of men also. It is said z of R. Simeon ben Jochai, and his son, that they hid themselves in a cave for fear of the king, and a miracle was wrought for them, איברי להו חרובא, a "Charub" tree was created for them, and a fountain of water; the one, as the gloss observes, was to eat the fruit of, and the other to drink of: but be they what they will, by them are meant, not worldly riches and honours, and carnal lusts and pleasures; though these are the principal things of the far country, of this world, or an unregenerate estate; and are greatly desired by carnal minds, and are but swine's meat, very mean food, yea, pernicious, empty, unsatisfying, and perishing; but these were the things this man had been desirous of, and lived upon before, and had ran through them, and had spent all his substance in the pursuit and enjoyment of them; and now he felt the gripes of a natural conscience for them, and found himself in want of something else: wherefore by these "husks" are meant works of righteousness done by men; which are like husks, external things, done only before men; empty things that have nothing within them; mere trash, and not food; and which can give no satisfaction; mere sordid food, fit only to be cast to dogs or swine; of an ill savour, hard to eat, and difficult digestion, and which affords no real nourishment; these this man greatly desired to fill his belly with: he found himself empty, and in want; as yet he had no thought of, at least not any desire after the bread in his father's house; but would fain have satisfied himself with his own doings, and have quieted his mind and conscience with a few external performances, a negative holiness, a legal repentance, and outward reformation: he laboured hard to make his own righteousness do; which was but striving to fill his belly with the east wind; and is what can never satisfy, because it is not answerable to the law and justice of God; and was no other than
that the swine did eat, self-righteous persons, like himself; for such an one was now the publican and sinner become, though he did not continue so. Christ's lambs and sheep do not eat such food, nor will, nor can they, only swinish, selfish persons; this is suitable to their nature, they eat it, and live upon it; which shows them to be unrenewed, and that their taste is not changed.
And no man gave unto him: not the husks, though this is the sense of the Arabic version, which renders it, "neither did he obtain them"; and so it seems to be ours and others: but these were at hand, which he might have taken himself, and did; nor is it reasonable to think he should wait to have them given him by another; or that he should be restrained from them; but it is to be understood of bread, or proper food, and that no man gave that unto him: and the words, as Calvin observes, may be read causally, "for no man gave to him"; and so are a reason why he craved husks, because no man gave him any bread: the citizen, or legal preacher, to whom he joined himself, gave him none; nor the swine, the self-righteous persons, to whom he was sent, and with whom he conversed, gave him none; he had nothing under the ministry, nor in conversation, that was proper food to him; there were nothing but these husks that presented, and he tried to satisfy himself with them; and indeed none but Christ can give the true bread, the bread of life, to those that are hungry, and in want.
y T. Hieros. Maascrot, fol. 50. 2. z T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 33. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He 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 and thick set than the apple tree, and the leaves are larger and of a much darker green. The following is Dr. Thomson’s description of the fruit of this tree (“The Land and the Book,” vol. i. p. 22): “The ‘husks’ - a mistranslation - are fleshy pods, somewhat like those of the locust-tree, from six to ten inches long and one broad, laid inside with a gelatinous substance, not wholly unpleasant to the taste when thoroughly ripe. I have seen large orchards of this kharub in Cyprus, where it is still the food which the swine do eat. The kharub is often called John’s Bread, and also Locust-tree, from a mistaken idea about the food of the Baptist in the wilderness.” The cut will give an idea of these “pods,” or “husks,” as they are called in our translation.
No man gave unto him - Some have understood this as meaning “no one gave him anything - any bread or provisions;” but the connection requires us to understand it of the “husks.” He did not go a begging - his master was bound to provide for his wants; but the provision which he made for him was so poor that he would have preferred the food of the swine. He desired a portion of “their food,” but that was not given him. A certain quantity was measured out for “them,” and “he” was not at liberty to eat it himself. Nothing could more strikingly show the evil of his condition, or the deep degradation, and pollution, and wretchedness of sin.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Luke 15:16. With the husks — κερατιων. Bochart, I think, has proved that κερατια does not mean husks: to signify which the Greek botanical writers use the word λοβοι; 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.
