路加福音 15:29-30 CUNPTS

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 15:29

A kid - A young goat. This was of less value than the calf; and he complains that while his father had never given “him” a thing of so little value as “a kid,” he had now given his other son the “fatted calf.”Make merry with - Entertain them give them a feast. This complaint was unreasonable, for his father had divided his property, and he “might” have had his portion, and his father had uniformly treated him with kindness. But it serves to illustrate the conduct of the scribes and Pharisees,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 15:30

This thy son - This son of “thine.” This is an expression of great contempt. He did not call him “his brother,” but “his father’s son,” to show at once his contempt for his younger brother, and for his father for having received him as he did. Never was there a more striking instance of petty malice, or more unjustifiable disregard of a father’s conduct and will.Thy living - Thy property. This is still designed to irritate the father, and set him against his younger son. It was true that the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 15:29-30

Luke 15:29-30. But he answering, said to his father The kindness and respect which his father showed him on this occasion, did not soften him in the least. He stubbornly persisted in his anger, and answered the affectionate speeches of his parent with nothing but loud and haughty accusations of his conduct. These many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time This branch of the parable is finely contrived to express the high opinion which the Pharisees, here represented by... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 15:1-32

102. Lost sheep; lost coin; lost son (Luke 15:1-32)Jesus told these three short stories to answer the scribes and Pharisees, who had complained that he mixed with tax collectors and other low class people. The more respectable Jews considered such people unworthy of God’s blessings. They were angry that Jesus showed interest in them and that many of them responded to his message (Luke 15:1-2).The stories of the lost sheep and the lost coin show that God does more than welcome sinners; he... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 15:29

Lo . Greek. idou. App-133 . Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6 . neither transgressed I , &c. This was the Pharisees' claim and boast. Compare Luke 18:11 , Luke 18:12 ; Luke 18:18-21 . a kid. In contrast with "the fatted calf" (Luke 15:23 ). with. Greek. meta. App-104 . friends. Contrast with harlots (Luke 15:30 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 15:30

thy son. Not "my brother". Contrast with "thy brother" (Luke 15:32 ). was come = came as though a stranger. Not "returned". devoured = eaten up. Contrast with Luke 15:23 . thy. Malignant thought. harlots. Contrast with "my friends" (Luke 15:29 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 15:29

But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.The distorted views of the selfish soul are evident in this verse. The older brother had received the double portion of the divided estate (Luke 15:12); and he was in fact the owner of the whole estate (Luke 15:31), therefore it was his duty to have given to the father, not the other way around.... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 15:30

But when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killest for him the fatted calf.The charge of immorality against the younger son is not denied by anything in the parable, but neither is it affirmed. Selfishness always alleges unworthiness against those who should have been the beneficiaries of charity. The big point in the older brother's mind had nothing to do with a brother rescued, but with the relative value of a kid vs. that of the fatted calf! read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 15:29

Luke 15:29. Lo, these many years do I serve thee, &c.— This is the young man's own testimony concerning his dutifulness: in which respect it fully represented the self-righteous Pharisees. It is his testimony also concerning the returns which his father had made to him for his services; nevertheless his behaviour on this occasion, as well as that of his father, seems to fix on him the lie in both particulars. Indeed, this branch of the parable is finely contrived to express the high opinion... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 15:29

29. these many years . . . neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment—The words are not to be pressed too far. He is merely contrasting his constancy of love and service with the conduct of his brother; just as Job, resenting the charge of hypocrisy by his friends, speaks as if nothing could be laid to his charge ( :-), and David too ( :-). The father attests the truth of all he says. never . . . a kid—I say not a calf, but not even a kid. that I might make merry with my friends—Here... read more