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No longer worthy (ουκετ αξιος). Confession of the facts. He sees his own pitiful plight and is humble.
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
No more worthy, etc.
"Such has been my conduct that I have been a disgrace to my father. I am not fit to be honoured by being calle…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will a…
Church Fathers
ChurchFathers
Gregory of Nyssa: The younger son had despised his father when he first departed and had wasted his father’s money. But ov…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
“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…
John Gill
JohnGill
And am no more worthy to be called your son
As all the Jews were; not only by creation, and providential care, as al…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
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 …
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson