Luke 15:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. ”

Luke 15:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

No more worthy ... - “Such has been my conduct that I have been a disgrace to my father. I am not fit to be honored by being called the son of a man so kind and virtuous.” Make me as one ... -...
Luke 15:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 fro...
Luke 15:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

am no more worthy . I no longer deserve. make me. Contrast "give me " ( Luke 15:12 ).
Luke 15:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
Luke 15:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

When he came to himself, &c.— That is, to a true sense, through grace, of his present state, and the right use of his reason, which had before been dethroned and extinguished by the mad intoxic...
Luke 15:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. Mark the term, "Father." Th...
Luke 15:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Parables of the Lost Sheep, of them Lost Coin, of the Prodigal Son 1-7. Parable of the Lost Sheep. See on Matthew 18:12-13 . The first of a series of three parables for the encouragement of penit...
Luke 15:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 21 LOST AND FOUND. IN this chapter we see how the waves of influence, moving outward from their Divine center, touch the outermost fringe of humanity, sending the pulsations of new excite...
Luke 15:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Son Who “Came to Himself” and to His Father Luke 15:11-24 The pearl of parables! Too often we desire God's gifts apart from Himself. The far country is not far in actual distance, but in...
Luke 15:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Our Lord's attitude toward the sinning multitudes aroused the hostility of the Pharisees, and to them principally He uttered the great discourse of this chapter, consisting of a threefold parable. In...
Luke 15:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And he said, A certain man had two sons: 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 af...
Luke 15:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And am no more worthy to be called thy son ,.... As all the Jews were; not only by creation, and providential care, as all men are; but by national adoption: and however worthy this man might think...
Luke 15:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. Ver. 19. I am not worthy ] So Austin, Domino, non sum dignus quem tu diligas. So another, Non sum dignus, Domi...
Luke 15:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

SEEKING THE LOST SHEEP (vs.3-7) Though discipleship to Christ is a wonderful privilege, yet man would never choose a path of true discipleship if God did not seek him first. In this chapter we se...
Luke 15:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prodigal Son. 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me th...
Luke 15:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Luke 15:18 "
Luke 15:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Luke 15:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 15:11 . A certain man .—Our heavenly Father, since Christ never represents Himself thus. He always speaks of Himself as a Son, though often as a possessor, or lord. Two sons...
Luke 15:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 15:18-19 I. These words contain consolation. It is the prodigal who speaks them. None can say, "By some course of thought or action of mine, I have excluded myself from the right to use them...
Luke 15:19 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This is a chapter that needs no explanation; it carries its key within itself, and the experience of every child of God is the best exposition of it. The three parables recorded here set forth the wo...
Luke 15:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 15:1 . Then drew near all the publicans and sinners to hear him. The pharisees were so intoxicated with ideas of their own righteousness, as to regard all such characters as excluded from the...
Luke 15:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

A certain man had two sons. The prodigal and his brother I. GOD’S TREATMENT OF THE PENITENT. 1. The alienation of the heart from God. (1) Homelessness. (2) Worldly happiness is unsatis...
Luke 15:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 15:1-42 The Lord speaks his three parable-stories of the "lost," in which he explains his reason for loving and receiving the sinful. Luke 15:1 , Luke 15:2...
Luke 15:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Folly and repentance:
Luke 15:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:9 ; 1 Peter 5:6 ; 1 Timothy 1:13-16 ; Genesis 32:10 ; James 4:8-10 ; Job 42:6 ; Joshua 9:24 ; Joshua 9:25 ; Luke 5:8 ; Luke 7:6 ; Luke 7:7 ; Matthew 15:26 ; Matthew 15:2...
Luke 15:19 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...

Luke 15:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 15:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 15:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 15:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 15:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 15:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 15:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 15:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 15:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 15:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 15:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 15:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 15:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 15:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 15:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 15:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 15:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 15:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 15:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 15:19 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 15:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 15:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 15:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 15:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 15:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 15:19 - Wells of Living Water Commentary