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Wells of Living Water Commentary - Luke 15:1-24

Christ Seeking To Save Luke 15:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The story of the prodigal son is one part of a threefold parable. 1. We have the shepherd suffering as he seeks his sheep. The parable describes the ninety and nine safely corralled at home, while the one was wandering far from the fold. Out into the wilderness the faithful shepherd went, seeking the sheep that was lost. He sought until he found that which was lost, and then, laying it upon his shoulders he brought it home with... read more

Robert Neighbour

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

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:13

“And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together (or ‘turned it all into cash’) and took his journey into a far country, and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.” After a period, we may assume with the agreement of his father, the son turned his portion into cash and went to a far country (far from the father). The idea was probably that there he would establish himself in business, and increase their fortune. It was quite a regular occurrence for Jews to go to the... 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

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Luke 15:1-24

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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:13

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

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

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