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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 15:11-32

"From home, and back." The two previous parables which our Lord related in defence of his conduct are really but introductory to what has been with justice called "the pearl of parables," that of the prodigal son. To it we will now devote ourselves, under the title recently given to it as "From home, and back." It brings out in a most interesting way the attitude of God the Father towards lost souls. It is necessary before setting out, however, to notice that, according to the ancient Law,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 15:12-13

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 after the younger son gathered all together . The subject of the story this time is not derived from humble life. The family pictured is evidently one belonging to the wealthy class. There was money to be distributed; there were estates to be cultivated; means existed to defray the cost of feasting on a large scale; mention, too, is made... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 15:12-13

Departure; the far country. We all know only too well that God's gracious purpose concerning us (see previous homily) has been diverted by our sin; the holy and happy home-life which he designed and introduced has been broken up by our unfilial attitude and action. From the Father's home we have wandered away into "the far country." The strict parallel to this picture we find in the disobedience of our first parents and in the gradual departure of our race from God and from his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 15:13-15

Life in the far country. When the prodigal son had attained his wish and was free to do as he liked without the restraints of home, how did he fare? He found, as in our distance from God we shall find, that life there meant three evil things— I. A TWOFOLD WASTE . He "wasted his substance in riotous living." He misspent his powers, devoting to frivolous and unremunerative enjoyment those bodily and mental faculties that might have been put to profitable use, and he scattered the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 15:14

And when he had spent all. True of many a soul in all times, but especially in that age of excessive luxury and splendour and of unbridled passions. "On that hard Roman world, disgust And secret loathing fell; Deep weariness and sated lust Made human life a hell." (Matthew Arnold.) There arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want . The "mighty famine" may be understood to represent difficult times. Wax or political convulsions, so common in those days, may... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 15:15

And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country . "That citizen," says St. Bernard, quoted by Archbishop Trench, "I cannot understand as other than one of the malignant spirits, who in that they sin with an irremediable obstinacy, and have passed into a permanent disposition of malice and wickedness, are no longer guests and strangers, but citizens and abiders in the land of sin." This is a true picture of the state of such a lost soul, which in despair has yielded itself up to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 15:13

Gathered all together - Collected his property. If he had received flocks or grain, he sold them and converted them into money. As soon as this arrangement had been made he left his father’s house.Took his journey - Went, or traveled.Into a far country - A country far off from his father’s house. He went probably to trade or to seek his fortune, and in his wanderings came at last to this dissipated place, where his property was soon expended.Wasted his substance - Spent his property.In riotous... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 15:14

A mighty famine - Famines were common in Eastern nations. They were caused by the failure of the crops - by a want of timely rains, a genial sun, or sometimes by the prevalence of the plague or of the pestilence, which swept off numbers of the inhabitants. In this case it is very naturally connected with the luxury, the indolence, and the dissipation of the people in that land, read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 15:15

Joined himself - Entered the service of that citizen. Hired himself out to him. It would seem that he engaged to do any kind of work, even of the lowest kind.A citizen - One of the inhabitants of one of the cities or towns of that region, probably a man of property.Into the fields - Out of the city where the owner lived.To feed swine - This was a very low employment, and particularly so to a “Jew.” It was forbidden to the Jews to eat swine, and of course it was unlawful to keep them. To be... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 15:13-16

Luke 15:13-16. And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together Having gotten possession of his fortune, he lost no time, but, gathering together all he had, took his journey into a far country That he might be wholly from under the eye of his parent, who was a person of great piety, and be freed from the restraints of religion, he went into a distant land, among the heathen, (Luke 15:15,) where was neither the knowledge nor worship of God, choosing such companions as were... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 15:11-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 15:12-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 15:12-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 15:13-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 15:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 15:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 15:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 15:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 15:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 15:13-16

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