Luke Chapter 15, Verse 17
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17: εις εαυτον δε ελθων ειπεν ποσοι μισθιοι του πατρος μου περισσευουσιν αρτων εγω δε λιμω απολλυμαι
17: 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!
17: And returning to himself, he said: How many hired servants in my
father's house abound with bread, and I here perish with hunger!
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 folly of
the young man was a kind of derangement -- that he was insane. So it
is of every sinner. Madness is in their hearts (Eccl 9:3); they
are estranged from God, and led, by the influence of evil passions,
contrary to their better judgment and the decisions of a sound mind.
Hired servants. Those in a low condition of life -- those who were not born to wealth, and who had no friends to provide for them.
I perish. I, who had property and a kind father, and who might have been provided for and happy.
