To his father (προς τον πατερα εαυτου). Literally, to his own father. He acted at once on his decision.

Yet afar of…

He arose, and came. He was coming. But here there is no indication of haste. He did not run, but came driven by his needs, and, a…

When he was yet a great way off.—In the story of the parable, we must think of the wanderer as coming back weary, foot-so…

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…

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 while he was still far away. This is the main point of the parable.

And he arose
This shows that his resolution to arise was not of nature, but of grace, by its being put into executio…

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 …