Luke 15 · Verse 10

Luke 15:10

Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

Luke 15:10, King James Version

Luke 15:10 in other translations

BSB	In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
WEB	Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”
ASV	Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
YLT	‘So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'
DARBY	Thus, I say unto you, there is joy before the angels of God for one repenting sinner.
BBE	Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels of God, when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing.
Webster	Likewise, I say to you, There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

What does Luke 15:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

10. Likewise--on the same principle. joy, &c.--Note carefully the language here--not "joy on the part," but "joy in the presence of the angels of God." True to the idea of the parables. The Great Shepherd. The Great Owner Himself, is He whose the joy properly is over His own recovered property; but so vast and exuberant is it (Zec 8:17), that as if He could not keep it to Himself, He "calleth His friends and neighbors together"--His whole celestial family--saying, "Rejoice WITH Me, for I have found My sheep-My-piece," &c. In this sublime sense it is "joy," before "or in the presence of the angels"; they only "catch the flying joy," sharing it with Him! The application of this to the reception of those publicans and sinners that stood around our Lord is grand in the extreme: "Ye turn from these lost ones with disdain, and because I do not the same, ye murmur at it: but a very different feeling is cherished in heaven. There, the recovery of even one such outcast is watched with interest and hailed with joy; nor are they left to come home of themselves or perish; for lo! even now the great Shepherd is going after His lost sheep, and the Owner is making diligent search for the lost property; and He is finding it, too, and bringing it back with joy, and all heaven is full of it." (Let the reader mark what sublime claims Himself our Lord covertly puts in here--as if in Him they beheld, all unknown to themselves, nothing less than heaven in the habiliments of earth, the Great Shepherd above, clothed in a garment of flesh, come "to seek and to save that which was lost")!

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Barnes' Notes

Verse 10.

(f) "there is joy" Eze 18:23,32, 33:11, Acts 11:18, Phm 1:15,16

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 15:1-10

The parable of the lost sheep is very applicable to the great work of man's redemption. The lost sheep represents the sinner as departed from God, and exposed to certain ruin if not brought back to him, yet not desirous to return. Christ is earnest in bringing sinners home. In the parable of the lost piece of silver, that which is lost, is one piece, of small value compared with the rest. Yet the woman seeks…

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Luke 15:10 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

Οὕτως,HoutōsThusG3779

λέγωlegōI sayG3004

ὑμῖν,huminto you,G4771

γίνεταιginetaithere isG1096

χαρὰcharajoyG5479

ἐνώπιονenōpionbeforeG1799

τῶνtōntheG3588

ἀγγέλωνangelōnangelsG32

τοῦtou<the>G3588

θεοῦtheouof GodG2316

ἐπὶepioverG1909

ἑνὶhenioneG1520

ἁμαρτωλῷhamartōlōsinnerG268

μετανοοῦντι.¶metanoountirepenting.G3340

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Cross references for Luke 15:10

Luke 15:7
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
Ezekiel 33:11
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
2 Corinthians 7:10
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Ezekiel 18:23
Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
Luke 13:5
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Matthew 18:14
Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
Ezekiel 18:32
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Acts 11:18
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
Luke 7:47
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Hebrews 1:14
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
Revelation 5:11-14
And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
2 Chronicles 33:13-19
And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God. Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah. And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. And he repaired the altar of the Lord, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

there.
2:1-14; Eze 18:23,32; 33:11; Mt 18:10,11; 28:5-7; Ac 5:19; 10:3-5
Heb 1:14; Re 5:11-14
one.
7:47; 13:5; 2Ch 33:13-19; Mt 18:14; Ac 11:18; 2Co 7:10; Phm 1:15

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Context

Luke 15:9
And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.
Luke 15:10
Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
Luke 15:11
And he said, A certain man had two sons:

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Luke 15:10 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Así os digo que hay gozo delante de los ángeles de Dios por un pecador que se arrepiente.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Ainsi, je vous dis, il y a de la joie devant les anges de Dieu pour un seul pécheur qui se repent.
German Elberfelder 1871	Also, sage ich euch, ist Freude vor den Engeln Gottes über einen Sünder, der Buße tut.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Ita, dico vobis, gaudium erit coram angelis Dei super uno peccatore pœnitentiam agente.