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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

Luke 15

Luke 15:1

LUKE CHAPTER 15 LUKE 15:1,2 The Pharisees murmur at Christ for receiving sinners. LUKE 15:3 The parable of the lost sheep, LUKE 15:8 and piece of silver, LUKE 15:11 and of the prodigal son. Ver. 1,2. I have so often taken notice, that the term ALL in the New Testament is very often used to signify,... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 15:3

Ver. 3-7. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 18:12", and SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 18:13", where we met with the same parable, though not related with so many circumstances. LUKE 15:7, which is the _epiparabole, _ showeth us the principal thing which our Saviour by this parable designs to teach His hearers, and us a... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 15:8

Ver. 8-10. This parable (as appeareth by the conclusion of it) is of the same import with the other, and needs no further explication. By both these parables our blessed Lord lets the Pharisees know the end he aimed at in conversing with publicans and sinners, viz. In order to their repentance and c... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 15:11

Ver. 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... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 15:17

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 evil; and when he hath in any measure discerned any thing, his will is stubborn, and chooseth the evil... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 15:18

Ver. 18-20. The way of a sinner's returning to God must be by arising, going to the Father, confessing his sins with the aggravations of them, disclaiming any goodness, any righteousness in himself, humbling himself to God's footstool. I WILL ARISE (saith the prodigal) AND GO TO MY FATHER, AND WILL... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 15:21

Now the good thoughts and resolutions of the sinner ripen into action, and the first of it is an expression of his convictions and humiliation by a humble confession of his sins, with their aggravations, as committed against God, and that in the sight of God, and this God his Father, his unworthines... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 15:22

OLBGrk; Ver. 22-24. We must remember that we are in a parable where a sinner is represented to us under the notion of a prodigal son; God, under the notion of an indulgent father; a repenting sinner, under the notion of a prodigal returning to his father, confessing his error, petitioning his father... [ Continue Reading ]

Luke 15:25

OLBGrk; Ver. 25-32. This last part of the parable is not so exactly applicable to that which it is brought to represent as the former parts are, but it serveth excellently to show us that envy which is found in our hearts by nature to the spiritual good and advantage of others. Two things are obser... [ Continue Reading ]

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