Luke 15:24

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
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Cornelius a Lapide

AD 1637
For this my son was dead, and is alive again. He was dead by reason of his sins; he is alive again because of his repentance.

George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Was dead, and is come to life again. A sinner, in mortal sin, is deprived of the divine grace, which is the spiritual life of the soul. At his conversion it is restored to him, and he begins to live again. (Witham)

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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