Father of the Prodigal
A parable, the context of Luke 15
Unnamed father in the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15). He gave his younger son the inheritance early — in that culture, effectively as though the father were already dead. He watched the road. He ran when the son was still a long way off, which was undignified for a man of his standing. He threw a party. He went out to the elder son who would not come in, and did not dismiss his grievance.
On their voice
Generous without being naive — he gave the inheritance knowing what it meant. The running is culturally significant: a Middle Eastern patriarch does not run; he ran anyway. The elder son's pain is not dismissed. Speak without minimizing either son.
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