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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; And he sent him into his fields to feed swine. At the very best the comforts of this world are ignominious to a man; they degrade him; as it was a very degrading employment for a Jew to feed swine so the comfort the world can give to a man does but degrade his noble spirit.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks,.... חרובא, the fruit of the "Charub" tree, as the Syriac version interprets it; and which the Jews (y) say is מאכל בהמה, "the food of beasts": though, according to what is elsewhere said of it, it should be the food of men also. It is said (z) of R. Simeon ben Jochai, and his son, that they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. Perhaps he did not want to employ him, but said that he would give him that occupation if he cared to accept it. It was small pay, very dishonouring work to a Jew, not fit employment for the son of a nobleman; yet “half a loaf is better than...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat. and no man gave unto him. And when he came to himself, he said, How ‘many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! “I, his son, perish with hunger, when there is not only enough in my father’s house for his children, but...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. “He would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat,” but he could not, for he was a man, and not one of the swine. Worldlings are happy in their own poor way, and I, for one, never grudge them their husks. One never...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat and no man gave unto him. The prodigal cannot be brought any lower; he is made to herd with the swine, and he envies even them, because they are satisfied with the husks; he cannot eat of the same, and, therefore, he envies even the brutes. Surely, when a sinner becomes...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when he came to himself,.... An unregenerate man, whether while a voluptuous man, or a self-righteous man, is not himself; he is beside himself; and is no other than a madman. The man that pursues his worldly lusts and pleasures, promises himself liberty, while he is a slave; he ruins himself, his soul, body, and estate, and chooses to do it...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! “My father’s day-labourers have bread enough and to spare, yet I, his child, perish with hunger.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he came to himself, — For sin is insanity. He was out of his mind while he was acting so foolishly: “When he came to himself,”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. It was the knowledge that there was plenty in his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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; he had left his harlots, and his old course of living before, but was in the same country still; for this a man may do, and yet remain unregenerate: but he is now for leaving the country itself, and his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. You notice that this last part of the prayer he never did pray; for it was stopped by his father’s love. There was a legalism about it naturally suggested...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And am no more worthy to be called thy son,.... As all the Jews were; not only by creation, and providential care, as all men are; but by national adoption: and however worthy this man might think himself to be called a Son of God before, and value himself upon it; he now sees, and was ready to own his unworthiness to be called so in any sense;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he arose,.... This shows that his resolution to arise was not of nature, but of grace, by its being put into execution; for it was made and executed, not in his own strength, but in another's. He did not confer with flesh and blood; nor listen to discouragements which might present; as the distance of the way, the danger in it, the cold...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 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. There comes an interruption there; the kiss upon his lips...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, Perhaps, before he saw his father: “his father saw him,” Luk_15:20. And had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. Matthew Henry’s comment on this verse is excellent: “’His father saw him.’ Here were eyes of mercy. ‘And had...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And had compassion, Here was a heart of mercy Luk_15:20. And ran, Here were legs of mercy. Luk_15:20. And fell on his neck, Here were deeds of mercy. Luk_15:20. And kissed him. And here were lips of mercy.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 grace, though he seems to be prevented making this request by the kiss he received from his father: I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight;...