לוקם 15:20

Hebrew Modern Translation

ויקם ויבא אל אביו עודנו מרחוק ואביו ראהו ויהמו מעיו וירץ ויפל על צואריו וישקהו׃

Parallel Translations

Delitzsche Hebrew NT (1877)
וַיָּקָם וַיָּבֹא אֶל־אָבִיו עוֹדֶנּוּ מֵרָחוֹק וְאָבִיו רָאָהוּ וַיֶּהֱמוּ מֵעָיו וַיָּרָץ וַיִּפֹּל עַל־צַוָּארָיו וַיִּשָּׁקֵהוּ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

But: Deuteronomy 30:2-4, Job 33:27, Job 33:28, Psalms 86:5, Psalms 86:15, Psalms 103:10-13, Isaiah 49:15, Isaiah 55:6-9, Isaiah 57:18, Jeremiah 31:20, Ezekiel 16:6-8, Hosea 11:8, Micah 7:18, Micah 7:19, Acts 2:39, Ephesians 2:13, Ephesians 2:17

and fell: Genesis 33:4, Genesis 45:14, Genesis 46:29, Acts 20:37

Reciprocal: Genesis 21:16 - Let Genesis 45:15 - Moreover Judges 10:16 - his soul 2 Samuel 14:33 - kissed Absalom Psalms 32:5 - forgavest Song of Solomon 1:2 - him Song of Solomon 6:12 - soul Isaiah 30:18 - wait Isaiah 57:15 - to revive the spirit Jeremiah 31:18 - surely Lamentations 3:32 - General Ezekiel 33:11 - I have Hosea 14:8 - I have Joel 2:18 - and pity Jonah 3:10 - God saw Mark 8:2 - compassion Luke 23:43 - To day John 1:38 - turned Philemon 1:12 - mine James 1:5 - and upbraideth

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he arose,.... This shows that his resolution to arise was not of nature, but of grace, by its being put into execution; for it was made and executed, not in his own strength, but in another's. He did not confer with flesh and blood; nor listen to discouragements which might present; as the distance of the way, the danger in it, the cold reception, if not rejection, he might expect from his father: but he arose immediately; he arose and stood upon his feet, in obedience to the heavenly call, being assisted by divine grace; he arose, and quitted the far country, the citizen, swine, and husks, and denied both sinful and righteous self;

and came to his father; his own father; "the father of himself", as in the Greek text, who was so before he came to him; a sense of which he had, and was what encouraged him the rather to go to him: and this coming to him denotes a progression towards him; for as yet he was not come to him, but was at some distance, as the next clause expresses; and means not so much attendance on ordinances, as some inward secret desires after God:

but when he was yet a great way off. This is not to be understood of his state of alienation from God, which is before signified by his being in a far country; but the distance he observed, as conscious of his vileness, and unworthiness; and the humility he expressed on a view of himself; and a sense he had of his need of divine grace: and which is grateful to God; he looks to such that are of an humble, and of a contrite spirit, and dwells among them, and gives more grace to them:

his father saw him; he saw him when in the far country, spending his substance with harlots, and in riotous living; he saw him when among the swine and husks; he saw him when he came to himself, and all the motions and determinations of his heart; he saw him in his progress towards him, and looked upon him with an eye of love, pity, and compassion, as it follows,

and had compassion: God is full of compassion, and pities him, as a father does his children; yea, as a woman's heart of compassion yearns after the son of her womb: he had compassion on him, and his heart of pity moved towards him, he being as one grieved in spirit for his sins, and wounded with a sense of them, and wanting a view of pardon, as starving and famishing, and as naked, and without clothing.

And ran; to him, which shows the quick notice God takes of the first motions of his own grace in the hearts of sensible sinners; the speedy relief he gives to distressed ones; and this points out his preventing grace and goodness.

And fell on his neck; expressive of the strength of his affection to him, Genesis 45:14 and of his great condescension and grace to fall on that neck which had been like an iron sinew, so stiff and rebellious; though now, through divine grace, was made flexible and pliable, and subject to him, and willing to bear the yoke, and to do whatever he would have him; and this was grateful to his father:

and kissed him; as a token of love; and as owning the relation he stood in to him; as a sign of reconciliation and friendship; and was an admission of him to great nearness to his person; and an application and manifestation of great love indeed to him; and a strong incentive of love in the son to him again; see 1 John 4:19.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He arose, and came - Was coming. But here is no indication of “haste.” He did not “run,” but came driven by his wants, and, as we may suppose, filled with shame, and even with some doubts whether his father would receive him.

A great way off - This is a beautiful description - the image of his father’s happening to see him clad in rags, poor, and emaciated, and yet he recognized “his son,” and all the feelings of a father prompted him to go and embrace him.

Had compassion - Pitied him. Saw his condition - his poverty and his wretched appearance - and was moved with compassion and love.

And ran - This is opposed to the manner in which the son came. The beauty of the picture is greatly heightened by these circumstances. The son came slowly - the father “ran.” The love and joy of the old man were so great that he hastened to meet him and welcome him to his home.

Fell on his neck - Threw his arms around his neck and embraced him.

And kissed him - This was a sign at once of affection and reconciliation. This must at once have dissipated every doubt of the son about the willingness of his father to forgive and receive him. A kiss is a sign of affection, 1 Samuel 10:1; Genesis 29:13. This is evidently designed to denote the “readiness of God” to pity and pardon returning sinners. In this verse of inimitable beauty is contained the point of the parable, which was uttered by the Saviour to vindicate “his own conduct” in receiving sinners kindly. Who could “blame” this father for thus receiving his repenting son? Not even a Pharisee could blame him; and our Saviour thus showed them, so that “they” could not resist it, that “God” received returning sinners, and that it was right for “him” also to receive them and treat them with attention.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 15:20. And kissed him. — Or, kissed him again and again; the proper import of καταεφιλησεν αυτον. The father thus showed his great tenderness towards him, and his great affection for him.