Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 15].
sarcasm. He does not say: "This my brother." {Came} (\•lthen\).
He does not even say, came back or came home. {Devoured}
(\kataphag•n\). We say, "eaten up," but the Greek has, "eaten
down" (perfective use of \kata-\). Suggested by the feasting
going on. {With harlots} (\meta porn•n\). This may be true (verse
13), but the elder son did not know it to be true. He may
reflect what he would have done in like case.
15:31 {Son} (\Teknon\). Child. {Thou} (\su\). Expressed and in
emphatic position in the sentence. He had not appreciated his
privileges at home with his father.
15:32 {It was meet} (\edei\). Imperfect tense. It expressed a
necessity in the father's heart and in the joy of the return that
justifies the feasting. \Euphranth•nai\ is used again (first
aorist passive infinitive) and \char•nai\ (second aorist passive
infinitive) is more than mere hilarity, deep-seated joy. The
father repeats to the elder son the language of his heart used in
verse 24 to his servants. A real father could do no less. One
can well imagine how completely the Pharisees and scribes (verse
2) were put to silence by these three marvellous parables. The
third does it with a graphic picture of their own attitude in the
case of the surly elder brother. Luke was called a painter by the
ancients. Certainly he has produced a graphic pen picture here of
God's love for the lost that justifies forever the coming of
Christ to the world to seek and to save the lost. It glorifies
also soul-saving on the part of his followers who are willing to
go with Jesus after the lost in city and country, in every land
and of every race.
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Luke: Chapter 15)