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But when he came to himself he said, `How many hired servants of my father`s have bread enough to spare, and I`m dying with hunger!
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The Sanity of Repentance
Multiple commentators emphasize the phrase "he came to himself." They explain that a life of sin is portrayed as a kind of insanity or being "out of one's head." The prodigal was estranged from his true self and reality. Therefore, repentance is not just a change of mind, but a return to sanity—a moment of God-given clarity where a person awakens from the delusion of sin and begins to see their situation as it truly is.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
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 …
19th Century
Anglican
And when he came to himself.—The phrase is wonderfully suggestive. The man’s guilt was that he had been self-indulgent; b…
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Baptist
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, …
“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…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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 …
