Luke 15:4
ContextNETBible | “Which one 1 of you, if he has a hundred 2 sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture 3 and go look for 4 the one that is lost until he finds it? 5 |
XREF | Ps 119:176; Isa 53:6; Jer 50:6; Eze 34:8,11,12,16,31; Mt 12:11; Mt 18:12; Mt 18:12,13; Lu 13:15; Joh 10:15,16,26-28; Ro 2:1; 1Pe 2:25 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “What man.” The Greek word ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used here in a somewhat generic sense. 2 sn This individual with a hundred sheep is a shepherd of modest means, as flocks often had up to two hundred head of sheep. 3 tn Or “desert,” but here such a translation might suggest neglect of the 99 sheep left behind. 4 tn Grk “go after,” but in contemporary English the idiom “to look for” is used to express this. 5 sn Until he finds it. The parable pictures God’s pursuit of the sinner. On the image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd, see John 10:1-18. |