Unto his own (εις τα ιδια). Neuter plural, "unto his own things," the very idiom used in 19:27 when the Beloved Disciple took the …

He came unto his own. His own land or country. It was called his land because it was the place of his birth, an…

The phrase "He came," as distinct from the "was" of the previous verse, moves on to the historic advent. But since that advent was only the more di…

He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them …

St. John Chrysostom: When He said that the world did not know Him, He referred to the times of the old covenant. But what foll…

In the phrase “he came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him,” the former “own” (neuter in Greek) refers to things; and the ph…

He came into his own. Here is displayed the absolutely desperate wickedness and malice of men; here is displayed their execrable impiety, …

He came unto his own
Not all the world, who are his own by right of creation; for these, his own, are opposed to the…

John the Baptist came to bear witne concerning Jesus. Nothing more fully shows the darkne of human minds than the fact that when the Light had appe…

1. Having explained the nece ity for the incarnation of the Word, the Evangelist then shows the advantage humanity gained from that incarnat…