Luke 15:9

15:9 Then ¹  when she has found it, she calls together her ²  friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice ³  with me, for I have found the coin ⁴  that I had lost.’

Luke 15:6

15:6 Returning ⁵  home, he calls together ⁶  his ⁷  friends and neighbors, telling them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.’

Luke 14:12

14:12 He ⁸  said also to the man ⁹  who had invited him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, ¹⁰  don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.

[15:9]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[15:9]  ² tn Grk “the”; in context the article is used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[15:9]  ³ sn Rejoice. Besides the theme of pursuing the lost, the other theme of the parable is the joy of finding them.

[15:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “drachma.”

[15:6]  ⁵ tn Grk “And coming into his…” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[15:6]  ⁶ sn A touch of drama may be present, as the term calls together can mean a formal celebration (1 Kgs 1:9-10).

[15:6]  ⁷ tn Grk “the”; in context the article is used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215). It occurs before “neighbors” as well (“his friends and his neighbors”) but has not been translated the second time because of English style.

[14:12]  ⁹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[14:12]  ¹⁰ sn That is, the leader of the Pharisees (v. 1).

[14:12]  ¹¹ tn The meaning of the two terms for meals here, ἄριστον (ariston) and δεῖπνον (deipnon), essentially overlap (L&N 23.22). Translators usually try to find two terms for a meal to use as equivalents (e.g., lunch and dinner, dinner and supper, etc.). In this translation “dinner” and “banquet” have been used, since the expected presence of rich neighbors later in the verse suggests a rather more elaborate occasion than an ordinary meal.