ὦδε. אBL. It has probably been lost in some MSS. by homoeoteleuton with ἐγὼ δέ.

17. εἰς ἑαυτὸν δὲ ἐλθών. 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 mind.” “The heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live,” Ecclesiastes 9:3. In Acts 12:11 the phrase is used of awaking from a trance. Comp. Lucret. IV. 994, “Donec discussis redeant erroribus ad se.”

πόσοι μίσθιοι τοῦ πατρός μου. The hired servants correspond to any beings who stand in a lower or more distant relation to God, yet for whom His love provides.

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