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Verse Luke 15:17. _WHEN HE CAME TO HIMSELF_] A state of _sin_ is
represented in the sacred writings as a course of _folly_ and
_madness_; and _repentance_ is represented as a restoration to _sound
sen...
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HE CAME TO HIMSELF - This is a very expressive phrase. It is commonly
applied to one who has been “deranged,” and when he recovers we
say he has “come to himself.” In this place it denotes that the
fo...
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CHAPTER 15
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THE SHEPHERD'S JOY (Luke 15:1-7)...
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CAME TO HIMSELF. Compare "came to his father" _(Luke 15:20)._
TO. Greek. _eis._ App-104.
HAVE BREAD ENOUGH AND TO SPARE, or abound in food.
I PERISH. I (emph.) am perishing.
WITH HUNGER. from the...
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_And when he came to himself_ His previous state was that of his false
self a brief delusion and madness -the old man with his affections and
lusts." Now he was once more beginning to be "in his right...
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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...
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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...
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THE SON LOST AND FOUND...
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ὮΔΕ. אBL. It has probably been lost in some MSS. by
_homoeoteleuton_ with ἐγὼ δέ.
17. ΕἸΣ ἙΑΥΤῸΝ ΔῈ ἘΛΘΏΝ. His previous state was
that of his false self—a brief delusion and madness—‘the old man
with...
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Ver 17. And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants
of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with
hunger! 18. I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him...
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WHEN HE CAME TO HIMSELF, &C.— That is, to a true sense, through
grace, of his present state, and the right use of his reason, which
had before been dethroned and extinguished by the mad intoxications...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 3
Lost Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-24)
11 And he said, There was a man who had two sons; 12and the younger of
them said to his father, -Father, give me the share of property t...
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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...
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And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my
father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
AND WHEN HE CAME TO HIMSELF - as if before he had been "beside...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AND WHEN HE CAME TO HIMSELF. — The phrase is wonderfully suggestive.
The man’s guilt was, that he had been self-indulgent; but he had
been living to a self which was not his true self. The first step...
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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...
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εἰς ἑαυτὸν ἐλθὼν = either, realising the situation;
or, coming to his true self, his sane mind (for the use of this phrase
_vide_ Kypke, _Observ._). Perhaps both ideas are intended. He at last
underst...
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_The crisis_ : recklessness leads to misery and misery prompts
reflection....
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_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...
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THE SON WHO “CAME TO HIMSELF” AND TO HIS FATHER
Luke 15:11-24
The pearl of parables! Too often we desire God's gifts apart from
Himself. _The far country_ is not far in actual distance, but in the
al...
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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...
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(3) And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of
my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
(3) The beginning of repentance is the acknowledging of the...
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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...
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_a._ This representation, which depicts the conversion of the sinner,
includes two things, repentance (Luke 15:17) and faith (Luke 15:18-20
a).
The words, _when he came to himself_, Luke 15:17, denote...
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_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...
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_The younger Son._
This first part of the parable embraces four representations
corresponding to the four phases of the converted sinner's life: 1
_st._ Sin (Luke 15:11-13); 2 _d._ Misery (Luke 15:14-...
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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...
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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...
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_THE PRODIGAL SON_
‘He came to himself.’
Luke 15:17
I. LET US FOLLOW THE SINNER IN HIS REBELLION.—Mark that—
(_a_) _ Sin is vicious in principle_.
(_b_) _ Sin is ruinous in operation_.
(_c_) _...
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17._And when he came to himself. _Here is described to us the way in
which God invites men to repentance. If of their own accord they were
wise, and became submissive, he would draw them more gently;...
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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...
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AND WHEN HE CAME TO HIMSELF,.... An unregenerate man, whether while a
voluptuous man, or a self-righteous man, is not himself; he is beside
himself; and is no other than a madman. The man that pursues...
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And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my
father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
Ver. 17. _And when he came to himself_] For till then he had bee...
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_And when he came to himself_ When the infamy and distress of his
present condition began to lead him into serious consideration; and he
so far recovered the use of his reason, which had before been
d...
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CAME TO HIMSELF; came to have just views of things. Men must feel that
they are lost, before they will be found; and unless they believe that
away from God they will perish, they will never return to...
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AND WHEN HE CAME TO HIMSELF, HE SAID, HOW MANY HIRED SERVANTS OF MY
FATHERS HAVE BREAD ENOUGH AND TO SPARE, AND I PERISH WITH HUNGER!...
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Folly and repentance:...
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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...
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17-24 Having viewed the prodigal in his abject state of misery, we
are next to consider his recovery from it. This begins by his coming
to himself. That is a turning point in the sinner's conversion....
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Every sinner is beside himself; his reason lackeys to his lust and
passion, he is governed by appetite, and that rageth in him, while his
understanding is blind, and cannot discern between good and ev...
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Luke 15:17 But G1161 came G2064 (G5631) to G1519 himself G1438 said
G2036 (G5627) many G4214 my...
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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 ‘Sav...
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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...
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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...
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“But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many hired servants of
my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with
hunger!' ”
But while feeding and looking after the pigs he had plen...
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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...
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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...
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Luke 15:17. CAME TO HIMSELF. This implies that he had been _beside
himself before._ A life of sin is in a certain sense irrational. The
free will of the sinner is brought out, as it could not be in th...
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BUT WHEN HE CAME TO HIMSELF
(εις εαυτον δε ελθων). As if he had been far from
himself as he was from home. As a matter of fact he had been away, out
of his head, and now began to see things as they...
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Luke 15:17
There are two tests to which we have a right to submit every new
religion. There are two questions which we have a right, and which it
is our duty, to put to every one who claims to come to...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AT LAST HE CAME TO HIS SENSES. He could see the mess he was in, and he
remembered how it was _back home._ This is the contrast between _sin_
and_ salvation._ I WILL GET UP AND GO. This decision to _ge...
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_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...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 15:17 When the son CAME TO HIMSELF he realized
that his sin was against his earthly father, but in the deepest sense
it was AGAINST HEAVEN, that is, against God himself....
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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...
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_And when he came to himself_, or, as the Arabic renders it, "when he
was considering within himself." Euthymius says, becoming master of
himself, and as it were waking up from the deep sleep of the d...
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_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....
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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,...
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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...
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Acts 16:29; Acts 16:30; Acts 2:37; Acts 26:11; Ecclesiastes 9:3;...
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Came to himself. A striking expression, putting the state of rebellion
against God as a kind of madness. It is a wonderful stroke of art, to
represent the beginning of repentence as the return of a so...
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CHRIST SEEKING TO SAVE
Luke 15:1
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...
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THE PRODIGAL SON
Luke 15:11
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The fifteenth chapter of Luke presents one parable with four
outstanding messages, embracing one supreme thought.
The supreme thought is Christ's answ...
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And coming to himself — For till then he was beside himself, as all
men are, so long as they are without God in the world....