16. would fain have filled —rather, "was fain to fill," ate greedily of the only food he could get. the husks —"the hulls of a leguminous plant which in the East is the food of cattle and swine, and often the nourishment of the poorest in times of distress" [STIER]. no man gave . . . him —not this food, for that he had, but anything better ( :- ). This was his lowest depth— perishing unpitied, alone in the world, and ready to disappear from it unmissed! But this is just the blessed turning-point; midnight before dawn of day ( 2 Chronicles 12:8 ; 2 Chronicles 33:11-13 ; Jeremiah 2:19 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-17" class="com-number"
Pericope (part_of)
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pericope/per-luk-15-004
절 (explains)
Source
source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological