Luk 15:15 | JFB | STEP | 15. joined himself, &c.-- his pride not yet humbled, unable to brook the shame of a return. to feed swine-- glad to keep life anyhow, behold the son sank into a swineherd--among the Jews, on account of the prohibition of swine's flesh, emphatically vile! "He who begins by using the world as a servant, to minister to his pleasure, ends by reversing the relationship" [Trench].

‏ Luke 15:15

15. joined himself, &c.--his pride not yet humbled, unable to brook the shame of a return.

to feed swine--glad to keep life anyhow, behold the son sank into a swineherd--among the Jews, on account of the prohibition of swine's flesh, emphatically vile! "He who begins by using the world as a servant, to minister to his pleasure, ends by reversing the relationship" [Trench].