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!
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Gill's Exposition
And when he came to himself,.... An unregenerate man, whether while a voluptuous man, or a self-righteous man, is not himself; he is beside himself; and is no other than a madman. The man that pursues…
Barnes' Notes
He came to himself - This is a very expressive phrase. It is commonly applied to one who has been “deranged,” and when he recovers we say he has “come to himself.” In this place it denotes that the…
Adam Clarke
When he came to himself - A state of sin is represented in the sacred writings as a course of folly and madness; and repentance is represented as a restoration to sound sense. See this fully explained…
We have here the parable of the prodigal son, the scope of which is the same with those before, to show how pleasing to God the conversion of sinners is, of great sinners, and how ready he is to…
Cambridge Bible
And when he came to himself His previous state was that of his false self a brief delusion and madness -the old man with his affections and lusts." Now he was once more beginning to be "in his right…
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