Lukas 15:12

15:12 The ¹  younger of them said to his ²  father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate ³  that will belong ⁴  to me.’ So ⁵  he divided his ⁶  assets between them. ⁷ 

Lukas 19:14

19:14 But his citizens ⁸  hated ⁹  him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man ¹⁰  to be king ¹¹  over us!’

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

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

[15:12]  ³ tn 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]  ⁴ tn L&N 57.3, “to belong to or come to belong to, with the possible implication of by right or by inheritance.”

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

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

[15:12]  ⁷ sn 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).

[19:14]  ⁸ tn Or “subjects.” Technically these people were not his subjects yet, but would be upon his return. They were citizens of his country who opposed his appointment as their king; later the newly-appointed king will refer to them as his “enemies” (v. 27).

[19:14]  ⁹ tn The imperfect is intense in this context, suggesting an ongoing attitude.

[19:14]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “this one” (somewhat derogatory in this context).

[19:14]  ¹¹ tn Or “to rule.”