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JOINED HIMSELF - Entered the service of that citizen. Hired himself
out to him. It would seem that he engaged to do any kind of work, even
of the lowest kind.
A CITIZEN - One of the inhabitants of on...
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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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JOINED HIMSELF TO. cleaved to (Greek. _Pass. of kollao_ glue
together); i.e. he forced himself.
A CITIZEN. one of the citizens. Contrast Philippians 1:3; Philippians
1:20....
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_joined himself to a citizen of that country_ Rather, one of the
citizens. Even in its worst and most willing exile the soul cannot
cease to be by right a citizen of God's kingdom a fellow-citizen wit...
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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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ἘΚΟΛΛΉΘΗ ἙΝῚ ΤΩ͂Ν ΠΟΛΙΤΩ͂Ν ΤΗ͂Σ
ΧΏΡΑΣ ἘΚΕΊΝΗΣ. ‘_He attached himself to one of the
citizens_.’ There is, however, a touch of intended degradation in
the word ἐκολλήθη. (Comp. Aesch. _Agam._ 1566.) It...
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Ver 11. 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 goods that
fails to me. And he divided to them his living. 13. And not m...
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ΠΟΡΕΥΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part. (сопутств.) от_
ΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G4198) идти,
ΈΚΟΛΛΉΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΚΟΛΛΆΩ (G2853)
склеиваться вместе, присоединяться.
Он насильно пристал к жителю той
страны (Ar...
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HE WENT AND JOINED HIMSELF, &C.— _So he put himself into the service
of one of the inhabitants, who sent him to his farm to keep swine._
Heylin. It is true, that among the ancient Greeks, the chief
sw...
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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 he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he
sent him into his fields to feed swine.
AND HE WENT AND JOINED HIMSELF TO A CITIZEN OF THAT COUNTRY; AND HE
SENT HIM INTO HIS FIE...
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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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TO A CITIZEN] i.e. Satan, or some companion more wicked than himself....
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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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JOINED HIMSELF. — Literally _clave to,_ or, _attached himself to._
The verb is the same as that used of the husband cleaving to his wife
in Matthew 19:5, and thus expresses the absolute dependence of...
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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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ἐκολλήθη, he attached himself (pass with mid. sense). The
citizen of the far country did not want him, it is no time for
employing super. fluous hands, but he suffered the wretch to have his
way in go...
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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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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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_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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_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 liberty of self-enjoyment is not unlimited, as the sinner would
fain think; it has limits of two kinds: the one pertaining to the
individual himself, such as satiety, remorse, the feeling of
des...
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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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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 HE WENT AND JOINED HIMSELF TO A CITIZEN OF THAT COUNTRY,.... Not
to any one of the saints, for they are not citizens of the far
country, but of the church of God below, and of heaven above; beside...
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And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he
sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Ver. 15. _To feed swine_] Which to a Jew, that held swine an
abomination, must needs be gri...
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_And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together_
Having gotten possession of his fortune, he lost no time, but,
gathering together all he had, _took his journey into a far country_
Tha...
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TO FEED SWINE; this was considered a very degrading employment, and to
a Jew was especially odious. Leviticus 11:7; DEUTERONOMY 14:8....
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Folly and repentance:...
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AND HE WENT AND JOINED HIMSELF TO A CITIZEN OF THAT COUNTRY; AND HE
SENT HIM INTO HIS FIELDS TO FEED SWINE....
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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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11-16 The parable of the prodigal son shows the nature of repentance,
and the Lord's readiness to welcome and bless all who return to him.
It fully sets forth the riches of gospel grace; and it has b...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 15:11...
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Luke 15:15 Then G2532 went G4198 (G5679) himself G2853 (G5681) to
G1520 citizen G4177 that G1565 country...
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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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“And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that
country, and he began to be in want, and he went and joined himself to
one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fie...
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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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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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Luke 15:15. JOINED HIMSELF. Attached himself, as it were by force. He
makes a determined effort to help himself, as he begins to feel his
want
TO ONE OF THE CITIZENS OF THAT COUNTRY. Not to be direct...
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JOINED HIMSELF
(εκολληθη). First aorist passive of κολλαω, an old verb
to glue together, to cleave to. In the N.T. only the passive occurs.
He was glued to, was joined to. It is not necessary to ta...
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Luke 15:15
I. Whether it be a natural nobleness, or an acquired refinement, the
one, the direct gift of God; the other, an indirect creation of the
Gospel it is seldom forfeited all at once. Step by...
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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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THEN A SEVERE FAMINE. The world cannot meet the deep spiritual needs
of mankind. TO TAKE CARE OF THE PIGS. This was just about as _low_ as
a Jew could get FEEDING PIGS! [They were religiously _unclean...
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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 15:15 PIGS (unclean animals; Deuteronomy 14:8)
would have been offensive to the son....
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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 he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country_, i.e.,
to an evil spirit, for the devils are the citizens of the country far
off from God. So S. Augustine (_Quæst. Evang. lib._ ii. _q._...
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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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1 Corinthians 6:9; 2 Chronicles 28:22; 2 Timothy 2:25; 2 Timothy 2:26;...
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Joined himself [ε κ ο λ λ η θ η]. The verb means to glue or
cement. Very expressive here, implying that he forced himself upon the
citizen, who was unwilling to engage him, and who took him into
servi...
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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 he joined himself to a citizen of that country — Either the
devil or one of his children, the genuine citizens of that country
which is far from God. He sent him to feed swine — He employed him
in...