Luke 19 · Verse 9

Luke 19:9

And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
Luke 19:9, King James Version

Luke 19:9 in other translations

BSBJesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.
WEBJesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
ASVAnd Jesus said unto him, To-day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
YLTAnd Jesus said unto him--‘To-day salvation did come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham;
DARBYAnd Jesus said to him, To-day salvation is come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham;
BBEAnd Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, for even he is a son of Abraham.
WebsterAnd Jesus said to him, This day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham.

What does Luke 19:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 19:8-10

8-10. stood--before all. said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord--Mark how frequently Luke uses this title, and always where lordly authority, dignity, or power is intended. if I have--that is, "so far as I have," for evidently the "if" is so used (as in Php 4:8). taken by false accusation--defrauded, overcharged (Lu 3:12, 13). fourfold--The Roman law required this; the Jewish law, but the principal and a fifth more (Nu…

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 9. Salvation is come to this house. This family. They have this day received the blessings of the gospel, and become interested in the Messiah's kingdom. Salvation commences when men truly receive Christ and their sins are pardoned; it is completed when the soul is sanctified and received up into heaven.

Forasmuch. Because. For he has given evidence that he is a new man, and is disposed to forsake his sins and receive the gospel.

The son of Abraham. Hitherto, although a Jew, yet he has been a sinner, and a great sinner. He was not worthy to be called a son of Abraham. Now, by repentance, and by receiving the Christ whose day Abraham saw and was glad (Jn 8:56), he has shown himself to be worthy to be called his son. Abraham was an example of distinguished piety; the father of the faithful (Rom 4:11), as well as the ancestor of the Jews. They were called his sons who were descended from him, and particularly they who resembled him. In this place the phrase is used in both senses.

(h) "son of Abraham" Lk 13:16

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Jesus said unto him - Bishop Pearce observes: "Probably Luke wrote αυτους, not αυτον, said unto them, i.e. to those who had before called Zaccheus a sinner; (Luk 19:7); for Jesus here speaks of Zaccheus in the third person, he also is a son of Abraham, and therefore he was not then speaking to him." This conjecture of this respectable prelate is supported by the margin of the later Syriac, and by every copy of the Itala but two. To this house - Τῳ οικῳ τουτῳ, To this very house or family. As if he had said: "If he be a sinner, he stands in the greater need of salvation, and the Son of man is come to seek and save what was lost, Luk 19:10; and therefore to save this lost soul is a part of my errand into the world." See the sentiment contained in this verse explained on Mat 18:11 (note).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 19:1-10

Those who sincerely desire a sight of Christ, like Zaccheus, will break through opposition, and take pains to see him. Christ invited himself to Zaccheus' house. Wherever Christ comes he opens the heart, and inclines it to receive him. He that has a mind to know Christ, shall be known of him. Those whom Christ calls, must humble themselves, and come down. We may well receive him joyfully, who brings all good with…

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Luke 19:9 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.

ΕἶπενEipenSaidG2036
δὲdethenG1161
πρὸςprostoG4314
αὐτὸνautonhimG846
ὁho<the>G3588
ἸησοῦςIēsousJesusG2424
ὅτιhotithatG3754
σήμερονsēmeronTodayG4594
σωτηρίαsōtēriasalvationG4991
τῷtōto theG3588
οἴκῳoikōhouseG3624
τούτῳtoutōthisG3778
ἐγένετο,egenetohas come,G1096
καθότιkathotibecauseG2530
καὶkaialsoG2532
αὐτὸςautoshe himselfG846
υἱὸςhuiosa sonG5207
ἈβραάμAbraamof AbrahamG11
ἐστιν·estinis;G1510

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 19:9

  • Galatians 3:7

    Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

  • Luke 13:16

    And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

  • Romans 4:16

    Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

  • Acts 16:30-32

    And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.

  • 1 Peter 2:10

    Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

  • Luke 3:8

    Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

  • Romans 4:11-12

    And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.

  • Galatians 3:29

    And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

  • John 4:38-42

    I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours. And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. And many more believed because of his own word; …

  • Galatians 3:14

    That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

  • Luke 2:30

    For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

  • 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

    Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
unto him.Rather, as Elsner renders [pros autou ,] concerning him; for our Lord speaks of him in the third person.
This day.
2:30; 13:30; Joh 4:38-42; Ac 16:30-32; 1Co 6:9-11; 1Pe 2:10
forsomuch.
13:16; Ro 4:11,12,16; Ga 3:7,14,29

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Context

  • Luke 19:8

    And Zaccheus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

  • Luke 19:9

    And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.

  • Luke 19:10

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

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Luke 19:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Jesús le dijo: Hoy ha venido la salvación á esta casa; por cuanto él también es hijo de Abraham.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Jésus lui dit: Aujourd’hui le salut est venu à cette maison, vu que lui aussi est fils d’Abraham;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Jesus aber sprach zu ihm: Heute ist diesem Hause Heil widerfahren, dieweil auch er ein Sohn Abrahams ist;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ait Jesus ad eum: Quia hodie salus domui huic facta est: eo quod et ipse filius sit Abrahæ.