Luke 15:20. And he arose, etc. The action corresponds to the resolve, in the parable, but not always in reality. This is the last scene; the return.

A great way off. The father seems to have expected him; God certainly expects the penitent sinner.

His father saw him, etc. Graphic and true to nature. The father's conduct is itself a seeking of the lost son. God is waiting to be gracious ; He comes to meet us in His mercy; He manifests it before our penitent utterances.

And kissed him. The token and seal of love. ‘The Saviour and mediator is concealed in the kiss' (Riggenbach).

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Old Testament