Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
a great way off—Oh yes, when but the face is turned homeward, though as yet far, far away, our Father recognizes His own child in us, and bounds to meet us—not saying, Let him come to Me and sue for pardon first, but Himself taking the first step.
fell on his neck and kissed him—What! In all his filth? Yes. In all his rags? Yes. In all his haggard, shattered wretchedness? Yes. "Our Father who art in heaven," is this Thy portraiture? It is even so (Jeremiah 31:20). And because it is so, I wonder not that such incomparable teaching hath made the world new.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Luke 15:20:
Song of Solomon 1:2
Song of Solomon 2:8
Jeremiah 31:20
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