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Luk 15:18. Ἀναστὰς, having arisen) The first steps of repentance are herein accurately indicated.-Πάτερ, Father) The name, Father, remains the same [His willingness to receive us in that character, as our Father, remains], even though the sons he degenerate.-εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν, against heaven) Comp. Luk 15:7 [which implies that the inhabitants of heaven have a concern in the sinner’s recovery, and therefore also in the fall of the sinner, who accordingly in part sins against them].