Luke 15:2

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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. “Th...
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...
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...
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 c...
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...
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, say...
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 serie...
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...
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...
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 moun...
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 t...
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, an...
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 miss...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

PENITENCE AND COMMUNION ‘This Man receiveth sinners.’ Luke 15:2 Among the many devices of the Enemy, against which the Christian has to be p...
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,...
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 s...
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 parab...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Lost Sheep and Piece of Silver. 1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans a...
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,...
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 Bethl...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Three Parables Dealing With The Seeking and Saving of the Lost (15:1-32). It will have been noted how great a concentration there is in this secti...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man receives sinners, and eats with them.' It is clear that Jesus welcomed these ‘pu...
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 un...
Scofield Reference Notes

sinners Sin ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 3:23 ).
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...
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....
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 15:1 . Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. However sunken they might be, they knew their best Friend; the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We have read this chapter together many times; possibly some of us have read it hundreds of times; yet whenever we read it, we always find something...
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...
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 REAS...
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 receivin...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Parables of the Love of Christ to the Lost. The murmuring Pharisees:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This Man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. The fifteenth chapter of Luke is, as one comment...
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...
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 shep...

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Related Commentaries of Luke 15:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

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