Luke 15:12

Context
15:12 The¹ younger of them said to his² father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate³ that will belong⁴ to me.’ So⁵ he divided his⁶ assets between them.⁷

[15:12] ¹tn Grk “And the.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[15:12] ²tn Grk “the”; in context the article is used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[15:12] ³tn L&N 57.19 notes that in nonbiblical contexts in which the word οὐσία (ousia) occurs, it refers to considerable possessions or wealth, thus “estate.”

[15:12] ⁴tn L&N 57.3, “to belong to or come to belong to, with the possible implication of by right or by inheritance.”

[15:12] ⁵tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the father’s response to the younger son’s request.

[15:12] ⁶tn Grk “the”; in context the article is used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[15:12] ⁷sn He divided his assets between them. There was advice against doing this in the OT Apocrypha (Sir 33:20). The younger son would get half of what the older son received (Deut 21:17).