Luke 19:10

10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Luke 19:10 in Other Translations

10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. ”

10 For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”

10 For the Son of Man came to find and restore the lost."

10 For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

10 Indeed, the Son of Man has come to seek and to save people who are lost."

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

10 The Son of Man came to look for the lost and save them."

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 up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”

9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.

10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

11 While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once.

12 He said: “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return.

Cross References

• 1. Ezekiel 34:12,16; S John 3:17