But when he came to himself (εις εαυτον δε ελθων). As if he had been far from himself as he was from home. As a matter of fact he …

He came to himself. This is a very expressive phrase. It is commonly applied to one who has been deranged, and when he recovers w…

And when he came to himself.—The phrase is wonderfully suggestive. The man’s guilt was that he had been self-indulgent; b…

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. And when he came to himself, he said, …

Gregory of Nyssa: The younger son had despised his father when he first departed and had wasted his father’s money. But ov…

“Came to his senses” seems to carry the Semitic idea of repentance. Certainly repentance lies at the heart of the words that the son prepared to te…

And when he came to himself. Here is described for us the way in which God invites people to repentance. If they were wise of their own ac…

And when he came to himself
An unregenerate man, whether while a voluptuous man, or a self-righteous man, is not hims…

Having viewed the prodigal in his abject state of misery, we are next to consider his recovery from it. This begins when he comes to himself. That …