Luke 15:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. ”

• Luke 15:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Murmured - They affected to suppose that if Jesus treated sinners kindly he must be fond of their society, and be a man of similar character. “They” considered it disgraceful to be with them or t...

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• Luke 15:2 - 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...

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• Luke 15:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Pharisees. See App-120. This settles the scope of all that follows. murmured . were muttering. The word implies subdued threatening. Occurs only here and Luke 19:7 . sinners . See on Matthew...

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• Luke 15:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. Receiveth sinners - Προσδεχεται. He receives them cordially, affectionately - takes them to his bosom...

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• Luke 15:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Then drew near—all the publicans, &c.— To do good unto all sorts of men, was the employment and highest pleasure of the Son of God; accordingly, when the tax-gatherers and sinners came to hear...

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• Luke 15:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with t...

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• Luke 15:2 - 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...

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• Luke 15:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And the Pharisees and scribes... — Here, too, we may well believe that the speakers were some of the guests of Luke 14:15 . They had followed Him to see what He would do, and were at once startled...

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• Luke 15:2 - 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...

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• Luke 15:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Seeking and Finding the Lost Luke 15:1-10 They that have left the fold in which they were nurtured in early life, and have gone over bleak mountains and through tangled brakes, find themselves...

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• Luke 15:2 - 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...

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• Luke 15:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. The imagination can hardly fo...

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• Luke 15:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  EXCLUSIVENESS AND FORMALITY ‘The Pharisees and scribes murmured.’ Luke 15:2 The crowds which gathered about our Lord in the course of His mission were eminently representative of the various p...

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• Luke 15:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And the Pharisees and Scribes murmured ,.... When they saw the easy access these wicked men had to Christ; and that he stopped and stayed with them, and very freely imparted instructions to them: sa...

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• Luke 15:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. Ver. 2. But the scribes and Pharisees ] Being sick of the devil's disease, and doing his lusts, J...

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• Luke 15:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And he spake this parable That he might justify his conversing freely with sinners, in order to their reformation and salvation, he spake the parable of the lost sheep, which he had delivered once...

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• Luke 15:2 - 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...

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• Luke 15:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Lost Sheep and Piece of Silver.       1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.   2 And the Pharisees...

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• Luke 15:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Luke 15:2 "

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• Luke 15:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  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 b...

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• Luke 15:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Luke 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...

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• Luke 15:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

  sinners Sin ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 3:23 ).

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• Luke 15:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Luke 15:1-2 It has been observed that intense cold will produce very much the same effect as fervent heat. The ring of iron that surrounds a wheel, being exposed to keen frosts during a long winte...

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• Luke 15:2 - 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...

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• Luke 15:2 - 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...

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• Luke 15:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

  This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them Christ’s influence with the masses The masses were drawn to Christ’s teachings. I. THE REASONS FOR THIS ADMIRATION. 1. All lack of affecta...

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• Luke 15:2 - 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...

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• Luke 15:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Parables of the Love of Christ to the Lost. The murmuring Pharisees:

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• Luke 15:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 5:9-11 ; Acts 11:3 ; Galatians 2:12 ; Luke 15:29 ; Luke 15:30 ; Luke 19:7 ; Luke 5:30 ; Luke 7:34 ; Luke 7:39 ; Matthew 9:11

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• Luke 15:2 - 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...

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