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Luke 15:28 KJV
Luke · chapter 15 · verse 28
And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.Luke 15:28 · King James Version
Luke 15:28 in context
26And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
27And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
28And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
29And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- intreatedparakaleōto call to one's side, call for, summon, to address, speak to, , which may be done in the…G3870 →
- fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- angryorgizōto provoke, to arouse to anger, to be provoked to anger, be angry, be wrothG3710 →
- cameexerchomaito go or come forth of, with mention of the place out of which one goes, or the point…G1831 →
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We have here the parable of the prodigal son, the scope of which is the same with those before, to show how pleasing to God the conversion of sinners is, of great sinners, and how ready he is to receive and entertain such, upon their repentance;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-32