Robertson Word Pictures - Luke 15:15 - 15:15

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Robertson Word Pictures - Luke 15:15 - 15:15


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Joined himself (ekollēthē). First aorist passive of kollaō, an old verb to glue together, to cleave to. In the N.T. only the passive occurs. He was glued to, was joined to. It is not necessary to take this passive in the middle reflexive sense.

The citizens (tōn politōn). Curiously enough this common word citizen (politēs from polis, city) is found in the N.T. only in Luke’s writings (Luk 15:15; Luk 19:14; Act 21:39) except in Heb 8:11 where it is quoted from Jer 31:34.

To feed swine (boskein choirous). A most degrading occupation for anyone and for a Jew an unspeakable degradation.