Text -- Luke 15:23 (NET)

15:23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate,

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Luk 15:23

¹ tn Grk “And bring.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

² tn Or “the prize calf” (L&N 65.8). See also L&N 44.2, “grain-fattened.” Such a calf was usually reserved for religious celebrations.

³ tn The participle φαγόντες (fagontes) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.