Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Luke: Chapter 15].
from \misthos\ (hire). In the N.T. only in this chapter. The use
of "many" here suggests a wealthy and luxurious home. {Have bread
enough and to spare} (\perisseuontai art•n\). Old verb from
\perissos\ and that from \peri\ (around). Present passive here,
"are surrounded by loaves" like a flood. {I perish} (\eg• de
lim•i h•de apollumai\). Every word here counts: While I on the
other hand am here perishing with hunger. It is the linear
present middle of \apollumi\. Note \eg•\ expressed and \de\ of
contrast.
15:18 {I will arise and go} (\anastas proreusomai\). This
determination is the act of the will after he comes to himself
and sees his real condition. {I did sin} (\h•marton\). That is
the hard word to say and he will say it first. The word means to
miss the mark. I shot my bolt and I missed my aim (compare the
high-handed demand in verse 12).
15:19 {No longer worthy} (\ouketi axios\). Confession of the
facts. He sees his own pitiful plight and is humble. {As one}
(\h•s hena\). The hired servants in his father's house are high
above him now.
15:20 {To his father} (\pros ton patera heautou\). Literally, to
his own father. He acted at once on his decision. {Yet afar off}
(\eti autou makran apechontos\). Genitive absolute. \Makran\
agrees with \hodon\ understood: While he was yet holding off a
distant way. This shows that the father had been looking for him
to come back and was even looking at this very moment as he came
in sight. {Ran} (\dram•n\). Second aorist active participle of
the defective verb \trech•\. The eager look and longing of the
father. {Kissed} (\katephil•sen\). Note perfective use of \kata\
kissed him much, kissed him again and again. The verb occurs so
in the older Greek.
15:21 The son made his speech of confession as planned, but it is
not certain that he was able to finish as a number of early
manuscripts do not have "Make me as one of the hired servants,"
though Aleph B D do have them. It is probable that the father
interrupted him at this point before he could finish.
15:22 {The best robe} (\stol•n t•n pr•t•n\). \Stol•\ is an old
word for a fine stately garment that comes down to the feet (from
\stello\, to prepare, equip), the kind worn by kings (Mr 16:5;
Lu 22:46). Literally, "a robe the first." But not the first that
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