Verse 1
kindness = grace, favour, or lovingkindness.
Verse 3
any = a man. Hebrew. "ish. App-14.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. lame. Compare 2 Samuel 4:4.
Verse 4
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
Lo-debar = no pasture. Where the sinner is until found by God " s free grace.
Verse 5
sent, and fetched. This is the action of grace towards the "lost" sinner. Compare Luke 15:4, Luke 15:5
Verse 6
Mephibosheth. Born in 965 (2 Samuel 4:4). Now seventeen, and father of a young son (2 Samuel 9:12).
Verse 7
thy father"s sake. So with God"s grace to us; not for the sake of the lost one.
Saul thy father = Saul thy grandfather.
Verse 8
What . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
a dead dog. Self-abasement is ever the result of grace shown.
I am. So the sinner is concerned about what he is, rather than what he has done. Compare Isaiah 6:5. Luke 5:8.
Verse 12
Mephibosheth. Note the Figure of speech Epanadiplosis (App-6) in this verse: being repeated at the beginning of the next verse.
was = he was.