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for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.` They began to be merry.
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Dead in Sin, Alive in Christ
Commentators unanimously interpret the father's words 'was dead, and is alive again' as a powerful metaphor for spiritual conversion. To be 'dead' is to be separated from God by sin, as described in Ephesians 2:1. Repentance and return to God are not just a change of mind, but a resurrection from spiritual death into a new life of righteousness, made possible by God's grace.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Was dead. This is capable of two meanings:
And is alive (κα ανεζησεν). First aorist active indicative of αναζαω, to live again. Literally, he was dead and he came back to li…
19th Century
Anglican
This my son was dead.—The words, looked at merely as part of the story, have a wonderful pathos. Absence, alienation, the…
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Baptist
Said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: and bring hither the fat…
The son’s speech was never completed (v.21). Instead the father more than reversed the unspoken part about becoming a “hired man” (v.19). What he g…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For this my son was dead These words contain the reasons of the above entertainment, and of all that spiritual joy a…
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Having viewed the prodigal in his abject state of misery, we are next to consider his recovery from it. This begins when he comes to himself. That …
