Luke 15:5

And when he hath found it,.... In a sad plight and condition: so Christ finds his sheep in a most desolate one, in a pit, in the mire and clay of nature; in the paw of the roaring lion, Satan;…

Here is, I. The diligent attendance of the publicans and sinners upon Christ's ministry. Great multitudes of Jews went with him (Luk 14:25), with such an assurance of admission into the kingdom of God…

he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing Literally, "his own shoulders."All anger against the folly of the wanderer is swallowed up in love, and joy at its recovery. "He bare our sins in His own…