Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
But the Father said, etc.--The son has not said all he purposed, not so much, because the father's demonstrations had rekindled the filial, and swallowed up all servile feeling [TRENCH] (on the word "Father," see on Luke 15:18), but because the father's heart is made to appear too full to listen, at that moment, to more in this strain.
the best robe--Compare Zechariah 3:4-5, "Take away the filthy garments from him; behold I have clothed thee with change of raiment; and they clothed him with garments" (Isaiah 61:10; Revelation 3:18).
a ring--(Compare Genesis 41:42; James 2:2).
shoes--Slaves went barefoot. Thus, we have here a threefold symbol of freedom and honor, restored, as the fruit of perfect reconciliation.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Song of Solomon 5:14
Song of Solomon 7:1
Zechariah 3:4
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