In the wilderness (εν τη ερημω). Their usual pasturage, not a place of danger or peril. It is the owner of the hundred sheep who c…

What man of you, having an hundred sheep ...?—The meaning of the parable is so clear that it requires little in the way of explanation. It…

Saying, What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after tha…

St. Ambrose of Milan: You had learned from what came before not to be preoccupied with the business of this world or to pref…

For the phrase “suppose one of you,” see comment on 14:5. The situation Jesus describes was a common one. One hundred sheep was a normal-sized floc…

What man of you having an hundred sheep
A flock of sheep, consisting of such a number; (See Gill on Matthew 18:1…

The parable of the lost sheep is very applicable to the great work of man's redemption. The lost sheep represents the sinner as having departed fro…