Albert Barnes on Luke 15:24
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Luke15:24
Was dead. This is capable of two significations:
1st. I supposed that he was dead, but I know now that he is alive.
2nd. He was dead to virtue--he was sunk in pleasure and vice. The word is not unfrequently thus used. See 1Timm 5:6, Mt 8:22, Rom 6:13. Hence to be restored to virtue is said to be restored to life, Rom 6:13, Rev 3:1, Eph 2:1. It is probable that this latter is the meaning here. See Lk 15:31.
Was lost. Had wandered away from home, and we knew not where he was.
(p) "For" Lk 15:32 (q) "was dead" Eph 2:1, 5:14, Rev 3:1 (r) "is alive again" Rom 6:11,13 (s) "was lost" Eze 34:4,16, Lk 19:10
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