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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 15:21

I have sinned = I sinned. Confession of sin is the necessary condition for receiving the blessing. Compare 2 Samuel 12:13 .Psalms 32:5 .Isaiah 6:5 , Isaiah 6:6 . Isaiah 5:8 , &c. And so with Israel (Leviticus 26:40-42 .Isaiah 64:6 , Isaiah 64:7 . Hosea 5:15 ; Hosea 14:1 , Hosea 14:2 ). in thy sight . Same Greek words as "before thee" in Luke 15:18 . son. Note the Figure of speech Aposiopesis ( App-6 ), for he did not finish what he meant to have said. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 15:22

servants = bond-servants. Bring forth. L [Tr. ] A WH R add "quickly". best = first. Either the first that comes to hand, or the former robe the son used to wear. See on Genesis 27:15 . and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton ( App-6 ), emphasizing each particular. put it on him = clothe him with it. ring = a signet-ring. Occurs only here. See James 2:2 , and compare Genesis 41:42 . on = for (Greek. eis. App-104 .) shoes = sandals. The ring and the sandals mark a free man. Servants... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 15:23

kill it = sacrifice it. It was a sacrificial feast. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 15:24

was . Not the past tense of the verb "die", but of the verb "to be". He had been as a dead man (Greek. nekros. App-189 ) to his father. is found = was; i.e. "when he came to himself" (Luke 15:17 ), which shows that that was the result of the father's seeking. began, &c. Contrast "began to be in want" (Luke 15:14 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 15:25

his elder son . This is the point of the parable (Compare Luke 15:2 ). It was addressed "unto them" specially (v 3), as the correction of their murmuring. musick and dancing. Greek. symphonies and chorus, i.e. a "choral dance". Both words Occurs only here. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 15:22

But the father said to his servants, Bring forth quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry: for this my son was dead, and is alive again; and he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.It will be noted that the prodigal never came out with the intended request to be made as one of his father's hired servants. It would appear that the father interrupted him before... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 15:25

Now the elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.The logical thing for the elder son to have done would have been to go at once to the father; but apparently something was missing from the rapport which he should have had with the father. He was living the life of a slave in the house of his father; and it is to be feared that many a child of God is doing the same thing. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 15:22

Luke 15:22. Bring forth the best robe,— It is observed by Ferrarius, that the στολη, or long robe, was a garment which servants never wore; so that his father's ordering any such garment, and especially the best, to be brought, was declaring in the most moving manner that can be imagined, how far hewas from intending to treat him like a servant. His mentioning the shoes and the ring (which were worn not only as signs of freedom, but of dignity and honour) speaks the same language. See Genesis... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 15:23

Luke 15:23. Bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it;— And sacrifice it. Elsner. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 15:24

Luke 15:24. This my son was dead, and is alive, &c.— It is by a very common and beautiful emblem, that vicious persons are represented as dead, both by sacred and prophane authors; (Compare 1 Timothy 5:6. Ephesians 2:1; Ephesians 5:14.) and the natural death of their children would certainly be less grievous to pious parents, than to see them abandoned to such a course as this young sinner took. Nothing so powerfully calls home the mind as distress; (see Luke 15:17.) the tense fibre then... read more

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