Luke 15:27
He said to him, Thy brother hath come, and thy father hath killed the calf that was fat, because he hath received him well.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
26and he called one of the youths, and asked him what this was.
28And he was angry, and would not go in. And his father came forth and besought him.
Cross References
Acts 9:17Then Hanania went to the house unto him, and he laid upon him the hand, and said to him, Shaol, my brother, our Lord Jeshu hath sent me; He who appeared to thee in the way while thou wast coming, that thine eyes may be opened, and thou mayest be filled with the Spirit of Holiness.
Philemon 1:16not henceforth as a servant, but as more than a servant, a beloved brother of mine, and how much more of thine, both in the flesh and in our Lord!
Matthew Henry on Luke 15:12-32
The Prodigal Son. 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that… Read the whole commentary →