Matthew 18:12
Context| NETBible | What do you think? If someone 1 owns a hundred 2 sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray? 3 |
| XREF | 1Ki 21:17; Ps 119:176; Isa 53:6; Jer 50:6; Eze 34:6,12; Eze 34:16,28; Mt 12:11; Mt 21:28; Mt 22:42; Lu 15:4-7; Joh 10:11-21; 1Co 10:15; 1Pe 2:25 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “a certain 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 sn Look for the one that went astray. The parable pictures God’s pursuit of the sinner. On the image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd, see John 10:1-18. |
