Luke 15:18

I will arise and go to my father — How accurately are the first steps of true repentance here pointed out! Against Heaven — Against God.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will arise - This is a common expression among the Hebrews to denote “entering on a piece of business.” It does not imply that he was “sitting,...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against (b) heaven, and before thee, (b) Against God, because he is s...
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

to . Greek. pros. App-104. sinned . App-128. against . Greek. eis. App-104. heaven. Singular with Art. See notes on Matthew 6:9 ; Matth...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, Against heaven - Εις τον ουρανον; tha...
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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, I will arise and go to my fat...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Prodigal Son (peculiar to Lk). 'This parable, like the two preceding, is intended to show what joy there is in heaven at the conversion of sinn...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I will arise and go to my father. — This, then, was the firstfruits of repentance. He remembers that he has a father, and trusts in that father’s l...
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

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 f...
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

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I will arise ,.... This is the resolution which at last, through divine grace, he came into: he determines to quit the country, and his companions;...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, Ver. 18. Against heaven and befor...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And when he came to himself When the infamy and distress of his present condition began to lead him into serious consideration; and he so far recov...
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 Prodigal Son. 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younge...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 18-20. The way of a sinner's returning to God must be by arising, going to the Father, confessing his sins with the aggravations of them, discla...
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

The Parable of The Loving Father, The Prodigal Son and the Dissatisfied Brother (15:11-32). When we come to the third parable there is a different...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight, I am no more worthy to be called yo...
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 So...
Scofield Reference Notes

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

Luke 15:18 I. Note the awaking or arising of the soul out of sheer worldliness into a condition of godliness. A life of worldliness is unmanly, fo...
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,...
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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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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

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)...
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

Folly and repentance:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before thee,
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 1:8-10 ; 1 Kings 20:30 ; 1 Kings 20:31 ; 1 Kings 8:47 ; 1 Kings 8:48 ; 2 Chronicles 33:12 ; 2 Chronicles 33:13 ; 2 Chronicles 33:19 ;...
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 shep...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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¹⁸ I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

Related Commentaries of Luke 15:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study 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

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

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

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Luke 15:18