Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Luke 15:15
joined himself, etc.—his pride not yet humbled, unable to brook the shame of a return.
to feed swine—glad to keep life anyhow, behold the son sank into a swineherd—among the Jews, on account of the prohibition of swine's flesh, emphatically vile! "He who begins by using the world as a servant, to minister to his pleasure, ends by reversing the relationship" [TRENCH].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Luke 15:15:
Song of Solomon 1:6
Ezekiel 5:14
Hosea 2:6-7
John 4:19-20
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