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Verse Luke 15:22. _BRING FORTH THE BEST ROBE_] _Bring out that chief_
_garment_, την στολην την πρωτην, the garment which
was laid by, to be used only on _birth-days_ or _festival_ times. Such
as tha...
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THE BEST ROBE - The son was probably in rags. The joy of the father is
expressed by clothing him in the best raiment, that he might appear
well. The “robe” here mentioned is probably the outer garment...
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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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SERVANTS. bond-servants.
BRING FORTH.. [Tr.]. WH. add "quickly".
BEST. first. Either the first that comes to hand, or the former robe
the son used to wear. See on Genesis 27:15.
AND. Note the Figur...
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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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_But the father said to his servants_ It is as though he had purposely
cut short the humble self-reproaching words of shame which would have
entreated him to make his lost son like one of his hired se...
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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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ΕἾΠΕΝ ΔῈ Ὁ ΠΑΤΉΡ. He at once issues his commands to
the servants; he answers _his son_ by deeds not by words. It is as
though he had purposely cut short the humble self-reproaching words of
shame whic...
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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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ΈΞΕΝΈΓΚΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΈΚΦΈΡΩ (G1627)
приносить. _Aor. imper._ призывает к
специфическому действию с оттенком
срочности,
ΣΤΟΛΉ (G4749) одежда, почетное одеяние.
Вместо почетных медалей у ни...
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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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But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and
put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
BUT THE FATHER SAID. The son has not said all he purposed, but...
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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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THE BEST ROBE] or, rather, 'the former robe,' i.e. the state of grace
in which he was before his sin. In its Christian application the robe
of baptismal innocence, because in baptism we 'put on Christ...
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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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BRING FORTH THE BEST ROBE. — It is hardly necessary, perhaps, in
such a parable, to press the symbolic interpretation of each minute
detail; but in this instance the symbolism lies so near the surface...
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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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δούλους : their presence conceivable, the father's running and
the meeting noticed and reported by some one, so soon drawing a crowd
to the spot, or to meet the two on the way to the house. To them th...
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_Return and reception_. ἦλθεν, etc., he came to his father; no
details about the journey, the fact simply stated, the interest now
centring in the action of the father, exemplifying the joy of a paren...
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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 first; i.e. the best robe: by it, is meant the habit of grace.
(Witham)_...
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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 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 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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VERS. 20B-24. Free pardon, entire restoration, the joys of adoption,
such are the contents of these verses. The heart of God overflows in
the sayings of Jesus. Every word vibrates with emotion, at onc...
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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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22._Bring out the best robe. _Although in parables (as we have
frequently observed) it would be idle to follow out every minute
circumstance, yet it will be no violence to the literal meaning, if we
s...
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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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BUT THE FATHER SAID TO HIS SERVANTS,.... The word "but", with which
those words begin, is expressive of much grace, as it often is; see 1
Corinthians 6:11 and signifies, that though the son had behave...
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But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and
put _it_ on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on _his_ feet:
Ver. 22. _The best robe_] That white raiment of Christ's
righ...
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Luke 15:21, 22. "And the father said to the servant, Bring forth the
best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on
his feet, and bring hither the fatted calf," etc. As Christ's...
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When in humility and penitence men return to God, trusting in Jesus
Christ for what they need he rejoices to receive them with exceeding
great joy; and notwithstanding all their transgressions, he par...
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The return:...
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BUT THE FATHER SAID TO HIS SERVANTS, BRING FORTH THE BEST ROBE, AND
PUT IT ON HIM; AND PUT A RING ON HIS HAND AND SHOES ON HIS FEET;...
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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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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,...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
Then, on the people who entered into the good land He bestowed a noble
inheritance; and He killed the fatted calf for those converted to the
Father, and presented th...
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Luke 15:22 But G1161 father G3962 said G2036 (G5627) to G4314 his G846
servants G1401 out G1627 ...
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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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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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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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“But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring forth quickly the
best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on
his feet, and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat,...
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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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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 15:22. BUT THE FATHER. The father's acts respond ; but not
according to the worthiness of the son.
BRING FORTH QUICKLY. ‘Quickly,' omitted in the E. V., is
suggestive.
THE BEST ROBE. The upper...
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THE BEST ROBE
(στολην την πρωτην). Στολη is an old word for a
fine stately garment that comes down to the feet (from στελλο,
to prepare, equip), the kind worn by kings (Mark 16:5; Luke 22:46).
Liter...
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Luke 15:20
The Hunger of the Soul.
I. Why did God make it so natural for us all to grieve over the past,
and to lament so bitterly for sin? One way of looking at the matter
may be suggestive to us al...
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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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WHEN HIS FATHER SAW HIM. Up to this point the parable tells a story
that has happened many times in this world. Countless people have
acted like this younger son. But the real difference in this parab...
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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 15:22 The RING may have contained a seal,
indicating that the son has been welcomed back as a full member of the
family.
⇐...
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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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_But the father said to his servant_, &c. "The servants," says
Theophylact, "are the angels or the priests," or, according to S.
Augustine, the preachers, for by their ministry God reconciles sinners...
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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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Deuteronomy 33:25; Ephesians 1:13; Ephesians 1:14; Ephesians 4:22;...
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To his servants. Bond - servants. There is a fine touch in throwing in
the bond - servants immediately after thy son (ver. 21).
Bring forth. Some texts add quickly [τ α χ υ]. So Rev.
The best robe [σ...
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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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But the father said — Interrupting him before he had finished what
he intended to say. So does God frequently cut an earnest confession
short by a display of his pardoning love....