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Luke 15:29
And he, answering, said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment; and yet thou never gavest me a kid that I might make merry with my friends;
And he, answering, said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment; and yet thou never gavest me a kid that I might make merry with my friends;
Verse 29. _NEVER-A KID_] It is evident from Luke 15:12, that the father gave him his portion when his profligate brother claimed his; for _he divided his whole substance between them_. And though he...
A KID - A young goat. This was of less value than the calf; and he complains that while his father had never given “him” a thing of so little value as “a kid,” he had now given his other son the “fatt...
CHAPTER 15 __ 1. The Murmuring Pharisees. (Luke 15:1) 2. The Parable of the Lost Sheep. (Luke 15:3) 3. The Parable of the Lost Coin. (Luke 15:8) 4. The Parable of the Prodigal Son and the Elder Br...
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 L...
THE SHEPHERD'S JOY (Luke 15:1-7)...
Jesus said, "There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the part of the estate which falls to me.' So his father divided his living between them. Not ma...
LO. Greek. _idou._ App-133. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. NEITHER TRANSGRESSED I, &c. This was the Pharisees' claim and boast. Compare Luke 18:11; Luke 18:12; Luke 18:18. A KID. In contrast w...
_do I serve thee_ Rather, I am thy slave. He does not say -Father:" and evidently regards the yoke not as perfect freedom but as distasteful bondage. The slave is ever dissatisfied; and this son worke...
Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance._ This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
ΔΟΥΛΕΎΩ ΣΟΙ. ‘I am thy slave.’ He does not say “Father:” and evidently regards the yoke not as perfect freedom but as distasteful bondage. The slave is ever dissatisfied; and this son worked in the sp...
THE SON LOST AND FOUND...
CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31 This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey (probably to the Feast of the...
Ver 25. Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26. And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. 27. And he...
ΆΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part. от_ ΆΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать. О семитском использовании _part. см._ МН, 453. ΠΑΡΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G3928) проходить мимо, пренебрегать, прест...
LO, THESE MANY YEARS DO I SERVE THEE, &C.— This is the young man's own testimony concerning _his dutifulness:_ in which respect it fully represented the self-righteous Pharisees. It is his testimony a...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 The Lost Pharisaical Son (Luke 15:25-32) 25 Now his elder son was in the field; and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26And he called one...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Parable of the Lost Son Scripture_ Luke 15:11-32 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of thy s...
And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my frie...
13 Compare Job_21:14-15. 17 Compare Jer_31:18-20. 17 The first desire of the prodigal and of all awakened sinners is to do something themselves to ameliorate their evil condition. "What must I do to...
15:29 serve (a-13) _ Douleuo_ . bond-service, i.e. of a slave....
THE PRODIGAL SON (peculiar to Lk). 'This parable, like the two preceding, is intended to show what joy there is in heaven at the conversion of sinners, and, therefore, how wrong the Pharisees were to...
PARABLES OF THE LOST SHEEP, OF THEM LOST COIN, OF THE PRODIGAL SON 1-7. Parable of the Lost Sheep. See on Matthew 18:12. The first of a series of three parables for the encouragement of penitents. It...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 15 *PARABLES OF GOD’S LOVE 15:1-32 1 INTRODUCTION 15:1-2 Jesus told three *parables as an answer to the *Pharisees. They did not approve of him beca...
LO, THESE MANY YEARS DO I SERVE THEE. — The very word “I serve,” as a slave serves, is eminently suggestive. The obedience had all along been servile, prompted by fear and hope, even as the slave’s ob...
CHAPTER 21 LOST AND FOUND. IN this chapter we see how the waves of influence, moving outward from their Divine center, touch the outermost fringe of humanity, sending the pulsations of new excitemen...
ἔριφον, a kid, not to speak of the fatted calf. μετὰ τῶν φίλων μου : he would have been content if there had been _any_ room made for the festive element in his life, with a modest meeting with his ow...
_The elder son_, who plays the ignoble part of wet blanket on this glad day, and represents the Pharisees in their chilling attitude towards the mission in behalf of the publicans and sinners....
_The third parable_, rather an example than a parable illustrating by an imaginary case the joy of recovering a _lost human being_. In this case care is taken to describe what loss means in the sphere...
THE SON WHO NEVER CAME TO HIS FATHER Luke 15:25-32 Notice the difference between the Father's care for his elder son and the son's own estimate of his position, and you will see how easily you may m...
Our Lord's attitude toward the sinning multitudes aroused the hostility of the Pharisees, and to them principally He uttered the great discourse of this chapter, consisting of a threefold parable. In...
I have never transgressed, &c. With what face could the Jews, represented here by the eldest son, say they have never transgressed the commandments of their father? This made Tertullian think that thi...
THE PRODIGAL SON Luke 15:11-32. “ _But He said_, _A certain man had two sons. The younger of them said to the father_, _Father_, _give me the portion of the estate which falleth to me. And he divided...
_The Child lost and found._ This parable consists of two distinct descriptions, which form the counterpart of one another, that of the younger son (Luke 15:11-24), and that of the elder son (Luke 15:2...
_The elder Son._ This part embraces: 1 _st._ The interview of the elder son with the servant (Luke 15:25-28 a); 2 _d._ His interview with his father (Luke 15:28; Luke 15:28). Jesus here shows the Phar...
VERS. 28B-32. This interview contains the full revelation of pharisaic feeling, and brings into view the contrast between it and the fatherly heart of God. The procedure of the father, who steps out t...
And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. And not many days aft...
The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men, c...
Having thus unfolded the difference in character between the two dispensations, and the circumstances of the transition from the one to the other, the Lord turns (chapter 15) to higher principles the...
AND HE ANSWERING, SAID TO HIS FATHER,.... Commending himself, and reflecting on his father: LO, THESE MANY YEARS DO I SERVE THEE; for though he was called a son, yet differed little from a servant; h...
And he answering said to _his_ father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my fri...
_But he answering, said to his father_ The kindness and respect which his father showed him on this occasion, did not soften him in the least. He stubbornly persisted in his anger, and answered the af...
SEEKING THE LOST SHEEP (vs.3-7) Though discipleship to Christ is a wonderful privilege, yet man would never choose a path of true discipleship if God did not seek him first. In this chapter we see t...
25-32 In the latter part of this parable we have the character of the Pharisees, though not of them alone. It sets forth the kindness of the Lord, and the proud manner in which his gracious kindness...
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Tertullian On Repentance returned; and will joy more over your return than over the sobriety of the other;[85]...
Luke 15:29 So G1161 answered G611 (G5679) said G2036 (G5627) father G3962 Lo G2400 (G5628) many...
“But he answered and said to his father, ‘Lo, these many years do I slave for you, and I never transgressed a commandment of yours, and yet you never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my fri...
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 see...
THREE PARABLES DEALING WITH THE SEEKING AND SAVING OF THE LOST (15:1-32). It will have been noted how great a concentration there is in this section on preparing for the eternal future, and on the Ki...
Luke 15:29. LO, FOR SO MANY YEARS DO I SERVE THEE. The legal idea comes out here, pleading what has been done. I NEVER TRANSGRESSED A COMMANDMENT OF THINE. The Pharisees virtually said this. The wor...
Luke 15:25-32. THE ELDER SON. The other side of the picture is equally appropriate to the occasion. The murmuring Pharisees are now to see themselves portrayed. Alford: ‘This part of the parable sets...
THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON. ‘The crown and pearl' of all our Lord's parables. It is an advance from the two which precede it. The case of the sinner is represented as more aggravated: his guilt g...
THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist. A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
DO I SERVE THEE (δουλευω σο). Progressive present tense of this old verb from δουλος (slave) which the elder son uses to picture his virtual slavery in staying at home and perhaps with longings to...
Luke 15:29 Contracted Views in Religion. I. In the conduct of the father, there seemed, at first sight, an utter departure from the rules of fairness and justice. Here was a reprobate son received in...
Most of us recognize the beauty of this parable as it concerns the prodigal, and his boundless forgiveness by the father, but few of us probably have seen how the elder brother has his portrait painte...
This is a chapter that needs no explanation; it carries its key within itself, and the experience of every child of God is the best exposition of it. The three parables recorded here set forth the wor...
Luke 15:1. _Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him._ However sunken they might be, they knew their best Friend; they recognized their Benefactor, so they gathered aroun...
We have read this chapter together many times; possibly some of us have read it hundreds of times; yet whenever we read it, we always find something fresh in it. It is ever bright and sparkling, full...
Luke 15:11. _And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. And not...
CONTENTS: Parables of the lost sheep, lost coin and lost son. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Pharisees, scribes. CONCLUSION: God has a particular care over backsliding sinners (Isr. in this case) and follows th...
Luke 15:1. _Then drew near all the publicans and sinners to hear him._ The pharisees were so intoxicated with ideas of their own righteousness, as to regard all such characters as excluded from the co...
THE OLDER SON. He is symbolic of the Pharisees and teachers of the Law in Luke 15:2. He is also symbolic of some Christians who fall into the trap which James speaks about (James 4:1-4). The older son...
_A certain man had two sons._ THE PRODIGAL AND HIS BROTHER I. GOD’S TREATMENT OF THE PENITENT. 1. The alienation of the heart from God. (1) Homelessness. (2) Worldly happiness is unsatisfying. Hu...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 15:29 BUT HE ANSWERED HIS FATHER. The older brother compares life with his father to years of servitude without celebration. ⇐...
CHAPTER 15 Ver. 1. _Then drew near under Him all the publicans and sinners_. _πάντες_, all, that is, many came together to hear Christ, attracted by His sanctity and by the loving-kindness with which...
_And he answering said, Lo, these many years do I serve thee._ The Syriac has _"servio tibi servitutem,"_ so the Jews were in bondage to the observance of the law. _Neither transgressed I at any time...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 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....
EXPOSITION LUKE 15:1 The _Lord speaks his three parable-stories of the _"lost," _in which he explains his reason for loving and receiving the sinful._ LUKE 15:1,...
Then drew near to him all the publicans and sinners to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners, and eats with them (Luke 15:1-2). Notice the four groups tha...
1 John 1:8; 1 Samuel 15:13; 1 Samuel 15:14; Isaiah 58:2; Isaiah 58:3;
Kid [ε ρ ι φ ο ν]. Some read the diminutive, ejrifion, "a little kid." In any event a contrast is intended between the kid and the fatted calf....
THE ELDER SON Luke 15:24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We come now to the study of the elder son. In doing this we think it will be wise to give the dispensational picture a little stronger setting than we ga...
Lo, so many years do I serve thee — So he was one of the instances mentioned Luke 15:7. How admirably therefore does this parable confirm that assertion! Yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might m...