Luk 15:1 | Clarke | e4.org | CHAPTER XV. Publicans and sinners draw near to hear our Lord, at which the Pharisees are offended , 1, 2. Christ vindicates his conduct in receiving them by the parable of the lost sheep , 3-7. The parable of the lost piece of money , 8-10; and the affecting parable of the prodigal son , 11-32. NOTES ON CHAP. XV. Verse 1. Publicans and sinners ] τελωναικαιαμαρτωλοι, tax-gatherers and heathens ; persons who neither believed in Christ nor in Moses. . Concerning the tax-gatherers , .

‏ Luke 15:1

CHAPTER XV.

Publicans and sinners draw near to hear our Lord, at which the Pharisees are offended, 1, 2.

Christ vindicates his conduct in receiving them by the parable of the lost sheep, 3-7.

The parable of the lost piece of money, 8-10;

and the affecting parable of the prodigal son, 11-32.

NOTES ON CHAP. XV.

Verse 1. Publicans and sinners] τελωναικαιαμαρτωλοι, tax-gatherers and heathens; persons who neither believed in Christ nor in Moses. See Clarke on Lu 7:36. Concerning the tax-gatherers, See Clarke on Mt 5:46.