Luke 15:28 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. ”

Luke 15:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Safe and sound - In health.
Luke 15:28 - 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 15:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

he was angry . Referring to the deep-seated feeling of the Pharisees against Messiah and those who followed Him. This increased steadily (and is seen to-day). Compare Acts 11:2 ; Acts 11:3 ; Acts...
Luke 15:28 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

28. Therefore his father went out. By these words he reproaches hypocrites with intolerable pride, which makes it necessary that the Father should entreat them not to envy the compassion man...
Luke 15:28 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1546 THE PRODIGAL’S ELDER BROTHER Luke 15:28 . And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him . IT is an undeniable fact, that many who have...
Luke 15:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. He was angry - This refers to the indignation of the scribes and Pharisees, mentioned Luke 15:1 , Luke 15:2...
Luke 15:28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Therefore came his father out,— This act of condescension gives a great heightening to the character of the father, and adds an inexpressible beauty and elegance to the parable; and when we conside...
Luke 15:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him. As it is the...
Luke 15:28 - 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 15:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And he was angry, and would not go in. — This, then, was the first feeling. He who professed obedience to his father is out of harmony with his father’s mind. He “shuts love out,” and, as by a righ...
Luke 15:28 - 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 15:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Son Who Never Came to His Father Luke 15:25-32 Notice the difference between the Father's care for his elder son and the son's own estimate of his position, and you will see how easily you...
Luke 15:28 - 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 15:28 - 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 15:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he was angry ,.... Particularly that the fatted calf was killed, Luke 15:27 the preaching of a crucified Christ, and of free and full salvation by him, is highly displeasing and provoking to s...
Luke 15:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. Ver. 28. And he was angry ] Christi consilium est ostendere, iniquum esse qui fratri in gratiam recepto o...
Luke 15:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now his older son was in the field The older son seems to represent the Pharisees and scribes mentioned Luke 15:2 . And now while every one in the family heartily joined in expressing their joy on...
Luke 15:28 - 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 15:28 - 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 15:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Luke 15:25 "
Luke 15:28 - 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 15:28 - 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 15:28 - 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 15:28 - 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 15:28 - 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 15:28 - 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 15:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The older son:
Luke 15:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 17:28 ; 1 Samuel 18:8 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:16 ; 2 Corinthians 5:20 ; Acts 13:45 ; Acts 13:50 ; Acts 14:19 ; Acts 14:2 ; Acts 22:21 ; Acts 22:22 ; Genesis 4:5-7 ; Isaiah 65:5 ; Is...
Luke 15:28 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Elder Son Luke 15:24-32 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We come now to the study of the elder son. In doing this we think it will be wise to give the dispensational picture a little stronger setting th...
Luke 15:28 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He was angry, and would not go in — How natural to us is this kind of resentment!

Luke 15:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 15:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 15:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 15:28 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 15:28 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Luke 15:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 15:28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 15:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 15:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 15:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 15:28 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 15:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 15:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 15:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 15:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 15:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 15:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 15:28 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 15:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 15:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 15:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 15:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 15:28 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 15:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 15:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 15:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 15:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 15:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 15:28 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Luke 15:28 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes