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John Gill
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...
Matthew Henry
Evil manners, we say, beget good laws; so, in this chapter, the murmuring of the scribes and Pharisees at the grace of Christ, and the favour he showed to publicans and sinners, gave occasion for a more full discovery of that grace than perhaps otherwise we should have had in these three parables which we have in this chapter, the scope of all of which is the same, to show, not only what God had...
Charles H. Spurgeon
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. It was the fit thing, and the proper thing, and the right thing, that there should be extraordinary joy over a returning sinner. There ought to he, there must be, there shall be, special music and dancing over sinners saved by the grace of God. The Lord give us some...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And it was meet¾ It was fitting, it was proper,¾ Luk_15:32. That we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother¾ “For he is thy brother. Notwithstanding thy richer experience, and thy deeper Christian knowledge, and thy high standing in the church, this poor prodigal, who is just saved, is thy brother; so it is meet that we should make merry, and be glad, for this thy brother”¾...
Charles H. Spurgeon
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost and is found. After that reply, there was nothing more that could be said, even by the grumbling elder brother.
Charles H. Spurgeon
But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. And so, dear friends, there is more joy over the prodigal when...
Charles H. Spurgeon
It was meet It was right, it was proper, it Was fitting — Luk_15:32. That we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother. “You call him my son, but he is your brother, and I remind you of it — this thy brother.” Luk_15:32. Was dead, and is alive again: and was lost, and is found. So if there be any here that do not take the joy which they ought in the conversion of great sinners, let...