Luke 15:15
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What does Luke 15:15 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine."
What does Luke 15:15 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine."
Verse Luke 15:15. _TO FEED SWINE._] The basest and vilest of all employments; and, to a _Jew_, peculiarly degrading. Shame, contempt, and distress are wedded to sin, and can never be divorced. No char...
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...
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 B...
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)...
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....
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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 FI...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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 “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 a...
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...
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 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...
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 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...
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...
_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...
TO FEED SWINE; this was considered a very degrading employment, and to a Jew was especially odious. Leviticus 11:7; DEUTERONOMY 14:8....
Folly and repentance:...
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...
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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Luke 15:15 Then G2532 went G4198 (G5679) himself G2853 (G5681) to G1520 citizen G4177 that G1565 country G5561 and G2532 sent G3992 (G5656) him G846 into G1519 his G846 fields G68 feed G1006 (G5721) s...
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 ‘Sa...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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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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...
_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, LUKE 15:2 THEN DREW NEAR UNTO HIM...
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 Corinthians 6:9; 2 Chronicles 28:22; 2 Timothy 2:25; 2 Timothy 2:26; Colossians 3:5; Ephesians 2:2; Ephesians 2:3; Ephesians 4:17; Ephesians 5:11;...
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...
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...
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...