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Verse Luke 15:18. _AGAINST HEAVEN_] εις τον ουρανον; that
is, _against God_. The Jews often make use of this periphrasis in
order to avoid mentioning the _name_ of God, which they have ever
treated wi...
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I WILL ARISE - This is a common expression among the Hebrews to denote
“entering on a piece of business.” It does not imply that he was
“sitting,” but that he meant immediately to return. This should...
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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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TO. Greek. _pros._ App-104.
SINNED. App-128.
AGAINST. Greek. _eis._ App-104.
HEAVEN. Singular with Art. See notes on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10.
"Heaven" put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subje...
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_I will arise and go to my father_ The youth in the parable had loved
his father, and would not doubt about his father's love; and in the
region which the parable shadows forth, the mercy of God to th...
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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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ἈΝΑΣΤᾺΣ ΠΟΡΕΎΣΟΜΑΙ ΠΡῸΣ ΤῸΝ ΠΑΤΈΡΑ
ΜΟΥ. The ἀναστὰς is pictorial, comp. Acts 5:17; Mark 1:35,
&c. The youth in the parable had loved his father, and would not doubt
about His father’s love; and in the...
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THE SON LOST AND FOUND...
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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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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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ΆΝΑΣΤΆΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΆΝΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G450)
вставать, подниматься,
ΠΟΡΕΎΣΟΜΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Luke 15:15.
Волитивный FUT. указывает на решение
или волевое намерение (RG, 889; NS...
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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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I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I
have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
I WILL ARISE AND GO TO MY FATHER. The change has come at last, and
what a change!-co...
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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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I WILL ARISE AND GO TO MY FATHER. — This, then, was the firstfruits
of repentance. He remembers that he has a father, and trusts in that
father’s love; but he dares not claim the old position which he...
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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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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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I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I
have sinned against (b) heaven, and before thee,
(b) Against God, because he is said to dwell in heaven....
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How merciful is the Almighty, who, though so much offended, still does
not disdain the name of father. --- I have sinned. These are the first
words of a sinner's confession to the author of nature. Go...
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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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_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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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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I WILL ARISE,.... This is the resolution which at last, through divine
grace, he came into: he determines to quit the country, and his
companions; he had left his harlots, and his old course of living...
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I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I
have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
Ver. 18. _Against heaven and before thee_] That is, I have not only
thee, but the whole...
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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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AGAINST HEAVEN; against God as well as against his father....
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I WILL ARISE AND GO TO MY FATHER, AND WILL SAY UNTO HIM, FATHER, I
HAVE SINNED AGAINST HEAVEN AND BEFORE THEE,...
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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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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, h...
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Luke 15:18 arise G450 (G5631) go G4198 (G5695) to G4314 my G3450
father G3962 and G2532 say...
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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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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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“I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, ‘Father, I
have sinned against heaven, and in your sight, I am no more worthy to
be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.' ”
S...
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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 15:18. I WILL ARISE. Correct reflection led to remembrance of the
father, that feeling led to resolve and corresponding action. The will
is turned: he _proposes_ to leave the far country.
I HAV...
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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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I WILL ARISE AND GO
(αναστας προρευσομα). This determination is the act
of the will after he comes to himself and sees his real condition.I
DID SIN
(ημαρτον). That is the hard word to say and he...
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SINNED
SIN
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
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Luke 15:18
I. Note the awaking or arising of the soul out of sheer worldliness
into a condition of godliness. A life of worldliness is unmanly, for
it falls short of that for which man's capacities pl...
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Luke 15:18
I. These words contain consolation. It is the _prodigal_who speaks
them. None can say, "By some course of thought or action of mine, I
have excluded myself from the right to use them." It...
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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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_I will arise and go to my father._ "I will arise," says the
Interlinear, "because I perceive that I have fallen prone before
idolatry and vice. I will go to my father, for I have wandered far
from hi...
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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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_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 John 1:8; 1 Kings 20:30; 1 Kings 20:31; 1 Kings 8:47; 1 Kings 8:48
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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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I will arise and go to my father — How accurately are the first
steps of true repentance here pointed out! Against Heaven — Against
God....