[16:3] 1 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events in the parable.
[16:3] 2 tn Grk “the stewardship,” “the management.”
[16:3] 3 tn Here “dig” could refer (1) to excavation (“dig ditches,” L&N 19.55) or (2) to agricultural labor (“work the soil,” L&N 43.3). In either case this was labor performed by the uneducated, so it would be an insult as a job for a manager.
[16:3] 4 tn Grk “I do not have strength to dig; I am ashamed to beg.”
