Theophylact of Ohrid, on Luke 15:25

“Now his elder son was in the field, and when he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing:”

“The son then says to the father, For nothing I left a life of sorrow, ever harassed by sinners who were my enemies, and never hast thou for my sake ordered a kid to be slain, (that is, a sinner who persecuted me,) that I might enjoy myself for a little. Such a kid was Ahab to Elijah, who said, Lord, they have killed thy prophets. (1 Kings 19:14.)”

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