Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Joined himself (ekollhqh). First aorist passive of kollaw, an old verb to glue together, to cleave to. In the N.T. only the passive occurs. He was glued to, was joined to. It is not necessary to take this passive in the middle reflexive sense.
The citizens (twn politwn). Curiously enough this common word citizen (polithv from poliv, city) is found in the N.T. only in Luke's writings (Luke 15:15; Luke 19:14; Acts 21:39) except in Hebrews 8:11 where it is quoted from 38:34.
To feed swine (boskein xoirouv). A most degrading occupation for anyone and for a Jew an unspeakable degradation.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 15:15:
Luke 15:11
Luke 15:15
Acts 5:13
Acts 8:29
Acts 9:26
Hebrews 8:11
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