It was meet that we should make merry,.... Both father, son, and servants; [See comments on Lu 15:23] [See comments on Lu 15:24] and this elder brother also, because of the relation he stood in to him: and if he had had the same spiritual affection the apostle had for his brethren and kinsmen, according to the flesh, Romans 9:3 and he would have rejoiced at the conversion and return of sinners by repentance:
and be glad; as his father was, and the angels in heaven be; see Lu 15:10
for this thy brother, though he would not own him as such,
was dead, and is alive again, and was lost, and is found: [See comments on Lu 15:24] and so the parable is concluded, the elder brother being silenced, and having nothing to say against such strong reasoning.
It was meet that we should make merry,.... Both father, son, and servants; [See comments on Lu 15:23] [See comments on Lu 15:24] and this elder brother also, because of the relation he stood in to him: and if he had had the same spiritual affection the apostle had for his brethren and kinsmen, according to the flesh, Romans 9:3 and he would have rejoiced at the conversion and return of sinners by repentance:
and be glad; as his father was, and the angels in heaven be; see Lu 15:10
for this thy brother, though he would not own him as such,
was dead, and is alive again, and was lost, and is found: [See comments on Lu 15:24] and so the parable is concluded, the elder brother being silenced, and having nothing to say against such strong reasoning.