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Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Luke 15:1-24

Christ Seeking To Save Luke 15:1-24 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 the ninety and nine safely corralled at home, while the one was wandering far from the fold. Out into the wilderness the faithful shepherd went, seeking the sheep that was lost. He sought until he found that which was lost, and then, laying it upon his shoulders he brought it home with... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 15:10

THE DOCTRINE OF SIN‘I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.’ Luke 15:10 We are to speak of sin. I. What do we mean by sin?—There is first of all the philosophic definition of sin; that sin is the serviceable and necessary foil of goodness, that sin is the whetstone on which the axe of goodness is ground. Doubtless there is truth in this view, though not the whole truth. Almighty God is seated above the water floods, be the earth never... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:1-10

The Parables of The Seeking Shepherd and the Lost Coin (15:1-10). In these twin parables Jesus illustrates Heaven’s concern over all lost persons, whoever they may be, and of whatever class they be, and stresses that His purpose in coming is to reach out to them and find them. He has the love of the shepherd for his wayward sheep. He has concern at the loss of a treasured possession. At the same time it illustrates God’s election of those who are His, and whom He has given to His Son (John... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:1-32

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 ‘Saviour’ and ‘Lord Messiah’; and in Section 2 that as ‘the Son of God’ Jesus had faced His temptations as to what His Messiahship would involve and defeated the Tempter; and that in Section 3 He had proclaimed in parables the secrets of ‘the Kingly Rule of God’; and had in Section 4 taught His... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:8-10

The Woman And The Lost Coin (15:8-10). As the analysis above shows this is in continuity with the previous parable and brings out Luke’s tendency to combine parables together and to refer to both men and women. For similar pairs of parables compare Luke 5:36-37; Luke 11:31-32; Luke 12:24-27; Luke 13:18-21; Luke 14:28-32, the centre three of which also include the man/woman element. (We say Luke’s tendency, but of course the tendency must be traced back to Jesus). The stress in this parable is... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:10

“Even so, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” But a greater joy than both is found in Heaven when a sinner repents. Here the rejoicing of the lost sinner who repents is in ‘the presence of the angels’ (compare Luke 15:7). All Heaven is involved in the rejoicing. The one who is found is precious to Heaven. And we have in this parable the lesson that both men and women are to be involved in seeking the lost. It is not a ‘men only’... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 15:1-32

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 Luke 5:29 f. ( Mark 2:15 f.). Both the introduction (sinners crowding to hear Jesus) and the parables strike the new noto that Jesus came to sound— the direct interest in and appeal to the outcast ( cf. p. 622). “ This parable” ( Luke 15:3) must mean the parabolic discourse, embracing the three... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 15:8-10

This parable (as appeareth by the conclusion of it) is of the same import with the other, and needs no further explication. By both these parables our blessed Lord lets the Pharisees know the end he aimed at in conversing with publicans and sinners, viz. In order to their repentance and conversion, than which nothing could be more grateful and well pleasing to that God who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that they should turn from their wickedness and live. Of the same import is... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 15:1-10

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 15:1. Publicans and sinners.—I.e., tax-gatherers, odious to the whole nation on account of their occupation and their unscrupulousness in carrying it on, and persons from whom the religiously minded held aloof because of their gross and sensual life. The parables imply that they came to Jesus because they were penitent—a fact which should have led the Pharisees to rejoicing rather than to murmuring.Luke 15:2. Murmured.—I.e., among themselves. Receiveth sinners, etc.—An... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 15:8-10

Luke 15:8-10 The piece of silver whatever it was was great to the owner. And here lies the point in the analogy. A soul, an individual creature, an atom in God's universe, may be in itself a very insignificant thing, but it is great to God. This is its dignity. How great, how dear to God, no man can adequately judge, because no man is a creator, and no man is a redeemer. It needs absolutely to have created a thing, and absolutely to have redeemed a thing, before you can calculate what its worth... read more

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