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Luk 15:6. Ἐλθὼν εἰς τὸν οἶκον, having come home) It was evidently at the Ascension that Jesus Christ returned home; for heaven is His home: Joh 14:2. And it was at that time especially that He informed the heavenly beings as to His own doings (achievements) on earth: 1Ti 3:16. Hence the future, ἔσται, shall be, is used in Luk 15:7; but γίνεται there ariseth joy, present, in Luk 15:10.[154] Interchange the words with one another for a moment; you will then at once see the difference.-συγκαλεῖ, calleth together) Active here; but in Luk 15:9, συγκαλεῖται, Middle, she calleth together to herself.[155]-ΦΊΛΟΥς, ΓΕΊΤΟΝΑς friends, neighbours) Implying that there are different classes of the inhabitants of heaven, nay, even of the angels. See Luk 15:10. Men who are neighbours do not occupy the same, but an adjoining house; friends are those joined together by inclination (will).-τὸ) that sheep, which you know about. The heavenly beings are aware of the loss and recovery of souls.-[ΜΟΥ, my) Even whilst the sheep was lost, the right of the Shepherd over it remained unimpaired.-V. g.]-ἀπολωλὸς, which was lost) which I had lost (or destroyed), ἣν ἀπώλεσα, is the expression in Luk 15:9. The sheep, being a living creature, is lost as it were of its own accord, as contrasted with the drachm or piece of money.
[154] Appropriately, as Luk 15:7 is treating of the Redeemer’s work, the crowning of which at the ascension was still future; but Luk 15:10, the work of God, who even at that time, as at all times, rejoiced over repenting sinners.-E. and T.
[155] AD support συγκαλεῖται or συνκαλεῖται (Luk 15:9) of Rec. Text: and so Lachm. with Beng.; Tisch. συγκαλεῖ, with BLXΔ.-E. and T.