Luke 15:2-32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 15:7

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be heaven ,.... In the church below, and among the members of it; which is sometimes called heaven, especially in the book of the Revelations; or in heaven above, and among the angels there; see Luke 15:10 Over one sinner that repenteth ; for the joy in heaven, is not over sinners as such; for as such, they are not grateful to God, nor to Christ, nor to the angels, nor to saints; only sinners delight in each other, as such; but as repenting... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 15:8

Either what woman, having ten pieces of silver ,.... Or "drachmas": a "drachma" was the fourth part of a shekel, and of the same value with a Roman penny; and was worth of our money, seven pence half penny; so that the ten pieces amounted to six shilling's, and three pence: the Ethiopic version renders it "ten rings": this parable is delivered, with the same view as the former; the scope and design of them are alike, being occasioned by the same circumstance, only the passiveness of a sinner... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 15:9

And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends ,.... See Gill on Luke 15:6 a parable somewhat like to this, the Jews F24 Shirhashirim Rabba, fol. 1. 4. have on those words in Proverbs 2:4 "If thou seekest her as silver", &c.; "it is like to a man that has lost a "shekel", (a piece of money,) or beryl rings, within his house; he lights up many lamps and many candles, until he lights on them; and lo, these things much more: for if a man for the things of the temporary life... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 15:10

Likewise I say unto you ,.... As before, in Luke 15:7 there is joy in the presence of the angels of God ; who are the friends and neighbours of Christ: See Gill on Luke 15:6 , over one sinner that repenteth ; which they have knowledge of, either by immediate revelation from God, or by observation in the church where they attend: the reason of this joy is, because there is one rescued out of the hands of Satan and his angels, between whom and them, there is an implacable enmity;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 15:11

And he said ,.... The Syriac and Persic versions read "and Jesus said again"; he added another parable to the two former, at the same time, of the same import, with the same view, and on the same occasion; setting forth the different characters of the Scribes and Pharisees, and of the publicans and sinners; and what little reason the one had to murmur, at his conversation with the other: a certain man had two sons ; by "the certain man" is meant, God the Father: God indeed is not a man,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 15:12

And the younger of them said to his father ,.... God's chosen ones among the publicans and sinners, are fitly signified by the younger son, since man, as a sinner, is younger than man as righteous; and since there are instances of God's choice of the younger, before the elder, as Jacob before Esau, &c.; and the characters and conduct of young men agree with God's elect, in a state of nature; who are imprudent and ignorant, without any knowledge of divine and spiritual things, and of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 15:13

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together ,.... That his father had divided to him, all his goods and substance: as soon as a man has any internal substance, any considerable degree of natural knowledge, he immediately sets out from God, and employs it against him, in reasoning against him, against his being, his works, his providence, his purposes, his revelation, and will; as soon as a man has the exercise of his reason, as soon as he can think and speak, nay, as soon... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 15:14

And when he had spent all ,.... Sin strips a man of all that is good and valuable; of the image of God, of the knowledge of divine things, of natural holiness, of moral righteousness, and of strength to perform moral good; hence man is in a wretched and miserable condition, he is poor, and blind, and naked: and if man has spent all, and sin has stripped him of all, where is his free will? there is no good thing in man, but what comes from the grace of God; nor has he any thing to recommend... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 15:15

And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country ,.... Not to any one of the saints, for they are not citizens of the far country, but of the church of God below, and of heaven above; besides, carnal men do not like the company of such citizens: nor is the devil intended, for though he dwells in this country, he is more than a citizen, than an inhabitant; he is king and governor, the prince of the world, and the god of it; nor is it feasible, that a man under conviction, and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 15:16

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks ,.... חרובא , the fruit of the "Charub" tree, as the Syriac version interprets it; and which the Jews F25 T. Hieros. Maascrot, fol. 50. 2. say is מאכל בהמה , "the food of beasts": though, according to what is elsewhere said of it, it should be the food of men also. It is said F26 T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 33. 2. of R. Simeon ben Jochai, and his son, that they hid themselves in a cave for fear of the king, and a miracle was... read more

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