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Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 15:23

the fatted: Genesis 18:7, Psalms 63:5, Proverbs 9:2, Isaiah 25:6, Isaiah 65:13, Isaiah 65:14, Matthew 22:2-2 Chronicles : Reciprocal: Exodus 24:11 - did eat Deuteronomy 28:63 - rejoiced over 1 Samuel 28:24 - a fat calf Proverbs 23:15 - even mine Song of Solomon 3:11 - in the day of the Isaiah 53:10 - the pleasure Isaiah 55:2 - eat Jeremiah 31:4 - again Micah 7:18 - he delighteth Zephaniah 3:17 - will rejoice Matthew 18:13 - he rejoiceth Matthew 26:29 - until Luke 15:5 - rejoicing Luke 15:27 -... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 15:24

this: Luke 15:32, Mark 8:22, John 5:21, John 5:24, John 5:25, John 11:25, Romans 6:11, Romans 6:13, Romans 8:2, 2 Corinthians 5:14, 2 Corinthians 5:15, Ephesians 2:1, Ephesians 2:5, Ephesians 5:14, Colossians 2:13, 1 Timothy 5:6, Jude 1:12, Revelation 3:1 he: Luke 15:4, Luke 15:8, Luke 19:10, Genesis 45:28, Jeremiah 31:15-Esther :, Ezekiel 34:4, Ezekiel 34:16, Matthew 18:11-1 Chronicles : they: Luke 15:7, Luke 15:9, Luke 10:19, Isaiah 35:10, Isaiah 66:11, Jeremiah 31:12-2 Chronicles :,... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Luke 15:23

And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:Let us be merry — Both here, and wherever else this word occurs, whether in the Old or New Testament, it implies nothing of levity, but a solid, serious, religious, heartfelt joy: indeed this was the ordinary meaning of the word two hundred years ago, when our translation was made. read more

Daniel Whedon

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

THE PERAEAN MINISTRY, BETWEEN THE FEAST OF DEDICATION AND THE RETIREMENT TO EPHRAIM. Luke 13:22 to Luke 17:10. See Harmony, p. 101. Jesus went to the Feast of Dedication, John 10:22-40. After which, according to John 10:40, he went to beyond Jordan, (Peraea,) where John at first baptized, and there abode. Many, as John assures us, who had the original testimony of the Baptist, were convinced of its fulfilment in him, and became believers on him. Of this PERAEN MINISTRY Luke here gives an... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:23

23. The fatted calf Which had been reserved, by the father’s hospitality, for some special occasion, as the delicacy of the season. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:24

24. Dead… alive The metaphors of death and life, to express ruin and recovery, can be found in various languages. Thus Cicero at his return to Rome after banishment says, in a public address to the city, that he is recalled from death to life; from despair to hope; from destruction to safety. read more

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