Luke 15:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. ”

• Luke 15:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (4) And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. (4) In true repentance there is a consciousness of our sins, joined...

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• Luke 15:21 - 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 15:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  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 w...

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• Luke 15:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  21. Father, I have sinned against heaven. Here is pointed out another branch of repentance, namely, such a conviction of sin as is accompanied by grief and shame. For he who is not grieved f...

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• Luke 15:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. Make me as one of thy hired servants, is added here by several MSS. and...

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• Luke 15:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven,...

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• Luke 15:21 - 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 15:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Father, I have sinned against heaven. — The iteration of the self-same words comes to us with a wonderful power and pathos. The contrite soul does not play with its contrition, or seek to vary its...

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• Luke 15:21 - 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 15:21 - 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...

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• Luke 15:21 - 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 15:21 - 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...

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• Luke 15:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And the son said unto him, father ,.... Or "my father", as the Syriac version reads; and the Persic version adds, "pardon me": sin lay heavy on him, and he wanted a view and application of pardoning...

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• Luke 15:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. Ver. 21. Father, I have sinned ] Confess, and the mends is made. Ho...

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• Luke 15:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And the son said The perturbation which the aged parent was in, with ecstasy of joy, hindered him from speaking; so the poor, ragged, meager creature, locked in his arms, began and made his acknowl...

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• Luke 15:21 - 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 15:21 - 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...

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• Luke 15:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Now the good thoughts and resolutions of the sinner ripen into action, and the first of it is an expression of his convictions and humiliation by a humble confession of his sins, with their aggravati...

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• Luke 15:21 - 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...

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• Luke 15:21 - 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...

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• Luke 15:21 - Scofield Reference Notes

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

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• Luke 15:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Luke 15:20-24 The Hunger of the Soul. I. Why did God make it so natural for us all to grieve over the past, and to lament so bitterly for sin? One way of looking at the matter may be suggestive t...

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• Luke 15:21 - 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 15:21 - 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 15:21 - 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...

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• Luke 15:21 - 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 15:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The return:

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• Luke 15:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 8:12 ; Ezekiel 16:63 ; Jeremiah 3:13 ; Luke 15:18 ; Luke 15:19 ; Psalms 143:2 ; Psalms 51:4 ; Romans 2:4

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• Luke 15:21 - 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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