Luke 19:10

10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost." ^[a]

Luke 19:10 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 19:10

For the son of man
Meaning himself, who was truly man, and the Messiah, and which was one of his names in the Old Testament:

is come:
from heaven, into this world, being sent by the Father, and with the full consent and good will of his own:

to seek and save that which was lost:
as all his elect were in Adam, and by their own actual transgressions; and are considered as such, whilst in a state of unregeneracy: and particularly the lost sheep of the house of Israel are meant, one of which Zacchaeus was; and so the words are a reason of Christ's looking him up, and calling him by his grace, and making a discovery of himself, and an application of salvation to him; see ( Matthew 18:11 ) .

Luke 19:10 In-Context

8 But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, "Look, I'll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord! And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I'll pay back four times as much!"

9 "Today salvation has come to this house," Jesus told him, "because he too is a son of Abraham.

10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost."

11 As they were listening to this, He went on to tell a parable because He was near Jerusalem, and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.

12 Therefore He said: "A nobleman traveled to a far country to receive for himself authority to be king and then return.

Footnotes

• [a] Or save what was lost