Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:24
Was dead - Lost to all good - given up to all evil. In this figurative sense the word is used by the best Greek writers. See many examples in Kypke. read more
ルカによる福音書 15:23-30 Jc
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:25
His elder son - Meaning probably persons of a regular moral life, who needed no repentance in comparison of the prodigal already described. In the field - Attending the concerns of the farm. He heard music - Συμφωνιας , a number of sounds mingled together, as in a concert. Dancing - Χορων . But Le Clerc denies that the word means dancing at all, as it properly means a choir of singers. The symphony mentioned before may mean the musical instruments which accompanied the choirs... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:28
He was angry - This refers to the indignation of the scribes and Pharisees, mentioned Luke 15:1 , Luke 15:2 . In every point of view, the anger of the older son was improper and unreasonable. He had already received his part of the inheritance, see Luke 15:12 , and his profligate brother had received no more than what was his just dividend. Besides, what the father had acquired since that division he had a right to dispose of as he pleased, even to give it all to one son; nor did the... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:29
Never - a kid - It is evident from Luke 15:12 , that the father gave him his portion when his profligate brother claimed his; for he divided his whole substance between them. And though he had not claimed it, so as to separate from, and live independently of, his father, yet he might have done so whenever he chose; and therefore his complaining was both undutiful and unjust. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:30
This thy son - This son of Thine - words expressive of supreme contempt: This son - he would not condescend to call him by his name, or to acknowledge him for his brother; and at the same time, bitterly reproaches his amiable father for his affectionate tenderness, and readiness to receive his once undutiful, but now penitent, child! For Him - I have marked those words in small capitals which should be strongly accented in the pronunciation: this last word shows how supremely he despised... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:25
Verse 25 This latter portion of the parable charges those persons with cruelty, who would wickedly choose to set limits to the grace of God, as if they envied the salvation of wretched sinners. For we know that this is pointed at the haughtiness of the scribes, (543) who did not think that they received the reward due to their merits, if Christ admitted publicans and the common people to the hope of the eternal inheritance. The substance of it therefore is, that, if we are desirous to be... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:28
Verse 28 28.Therefore his father went out. By these words he reproaches hypocrites with intolerable pride, which makes it necessary that the Father should entreat them not to envy the compassion manifested to their brethren. Now though God does not entreat, yet by his example he exhorts us to bear with the faults of our brethren. And in order to take away every excuse from wicked severity, he not only introduces hypocrites as speaking, whose false boasting might be confuted, but even affirms... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 15:1-32
The Lord speaks his three parable-stories of the "lost," in which he explains his reason for loving and receiving the sinful. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 15:11-32
The parable of the prodigal son. This parable is at once a history, a poem, and a prophecy, A history of man in innocence, in sin, in redemption, in glory. A poem—the song of salvation, whose refrain, "My son was dead, and is alive again, was lost, and is found," is ringing through the courts of the Zion of God. A prophecy, speaking most directly and solemnly, in warning and meditation, emphasis of reproof or of encouragement, to each of us. It is beyond the reach of the scalpel of... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:23
The fatted calf, and kill it - Θυσατε , Sacrifice it. In ancient times the animals provided for public feasts were first sacrificed to God. The blood of the beast being poured out before God, by way of atonement for sin, the flesh was considered as consecrated, and the guests were considered as feeding on Divine food. This custom is observed among the Asiatics to this day. read more