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Wells of Living Water Commentary - Luke 15:11-24

The Prodigal Son Luke 15:11-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The fifteenth chapter of Luke presents one parable with four outstanding messages, embracing one supreme thought. The supreme thought is Christ's answer to the charge of the Pharisees and the Scribes. He had come to eat with the publicans and sinners. The Scribes murmured saying, "This Man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them." The Lord Jesus in order to vindicate Himself, in His preaching to, and eating with the outcasts of Israel, gave... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 15:11

THE TWO SONS‘A certain man had two sons.’ Luke 15:11 Let us apply the parable to our own times and our own land. There is no need to dwell on the attitude of the Eternal Parent. He has not changed. But what of the two sons among us to-day? I. The younger son’s position.—In this wealthy and nominally Christian country there is a grievously large portion of the community which, whether viewed from a social or from a religious standpoint, is in the position of the Prodigal Son. Three... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:1-32

Men Must Live In The Light Of The Coming Of The Son of Man In His Glory (15:1-19:28). Having established in Section 1 that Jesus was born in Bethlehem in the city of David where He was proclaimed ‘Saviour’ and ‘Lord Messiah’; and in Section 2 that as ‘the Son of God’ Jesus had faced His temptations as to what His Messiahship would involve and defeated the Tempter; and that in Section 3 He had proclaimed in parables the secrets of ‘the Kingly Rule of God’; and had in Section 4 taught His... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:11

‘And he said, “A certain man had two sons,” ’ The parable is about two sons. But it is so easy to lose sight of the elder son (partly due to the vividness of the story, and partly because in our sinfulness we relate most closely to the younger son). Yet to Jesus the elder son was important, for he represented many of those to whom He spoke. He wanted them to come to repentance too. However, it is the younger son who dominates the first part of the parable, and he is therefore the one whom we... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:11-32

The Parable of The Loving Father, The Prodigal Son and the Dissatisfied Brother (15:11-32). When we come to the third parable there is a different emphasis in that the emphasis is laid, not on the seeking out of the person involved, (that has already been made clear in the previous two parables), but on his repentance, and on the father who is longing for his son’s return, and on the contrast with the elder brother who is angry when his younger wastrel brother is rapturously received. But it... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:12

“And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of your substance which falls to me.’ And he divided to them his living.” The younger son come to his father with the request that he might have his share of what he would in the future inherit. In a case where there were two sons this would normally be one third of the whole (the elder brother who would take over responsibility for dependants would receive a double portion), although in a situation like this where it was... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:1-32

Luke 25. Three Parables Showing God’ s Love for the Lost, and His Joy at their Restoration.— The three parables in this chapter have no definite note of time or place. An introduction is supplied from Luke 5:29 f. ( Mark 2:15 f.). Both the introduction (sinners crowding to hear Jesus) and the parables strike the new noto that Jesus came to sound— the direct interest in and appeal to the outcast ( cf. p. 622). “ This parable” ( Luke 15:3) must mean the parabolic discourse, embracing the three... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 15:11-16

The scope of this excellent parable is apparently to magnify the grace of God, who is willing to receive and to treat kindly the greatest transgressors, seriously repenting, and turning unto God; but in it we are also, 1. Instructed in the original state of man, like that of a child in his father’s house, happy and wanting nothing. 2. The most miserable estate of fallen men, such especially as run to great excess of riot. 3. The true way of a sinner’s returning to God. 4. The readiness of our... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 15:11-32

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 15:11. A certain man.—Our heavenly Father, since Christ never represents Himself thus. He always speaks of Himself as a Son, though often as a possessor, or lord. Two sons.—I.e., to represent the professedly religious and openly irreligious classes of men, whose presence led to the discourse. Both are Jews. The idea that the elder son represents the Jews and the younger the Gentiles seems foreign to the parable; for (1) the Jew can scarcely be said to be the elder son, as the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 15:11

Luke 15:11 The Fatherland. I. Of all God's cords the finest, and perhaps the strongest, is the cord of love. The true home of humanity is God God trusted, communed with, beloved, obeyed. II. Far from home, humanity is still in the hand of God. Not only is it subject to His righteous and irresistible sovereignty, but it has a place in His deep and desirous compassion. III. It would be rash to say that where the home is right the inmates never go wrong. Still, the promises to believers include... read more

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Luke 15:11-24

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 15:11

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:1-32

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:11

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:11-32

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:12

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:1-32

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 15:11-16

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 15:11-32

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 15:11

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